SB 11
Repeals provisions relating to the authority to confer degrees at public institutions of higher education
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LR Number:
1191S.01I
Committee:
Last Action:
1/16/2025 - Second Read and Referred S Education Committee
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Effective Date:
August 28, 2025

Current Bill Summary

SB 11 - This act repeals the following provisions of law:

(1) That the University of Missouri shall be the state's only public research university and the exclusive grantor of research doctorates and first-professional degrees, including dentistry, law, medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine (Section 172.280);

(2) That degrees in podiatry and chiropractic and osteopathic medicine may be conferred only by the University of Missouri or by a public institution of higher education in collaboration with the University of Missouri, with the University of Missouri being the degree-granting institution, unless the University of Missouri declines to collaborate with such institution (Section 173.005); and

(3) That degrees in engineering may be conferred only by the University of Missouri or by a public institution of higher education in collaboration with the University of Missouri, with the University of Missouri being the degree-granting institution, unless the University of Missouri declines to collaborate with such institution (Section 174.160).

This act is identical to SB 749 (2024), HB 1497 (2024), HB 2673 (2024), SB 473 (2023), and HB 1189 (2023).

OLIVIA SHANNON

Amendments

No Amendments Found.