Missouri § 162.1180 - Instructional services and programs, educational service agency may be designated, organization, meetings.
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§ 162.1180. Instructional services and programs, educational service agency may be designated, organization, meetings.
1. Any public school district or districts may designate an educational service agency, as defined in 20 U.S.C. Section 7801, for the purpose of developing, managing, and providing instructional services or programs to the participating school district or districts.
2. The educational service agency shall be designated by contract which is to be authorized by the board of education of the participating district and shall operate pursuant to standards adopted by the state board of education.
3. An educational service agency shall be organized as a nonprofit corporation as provided pursuant to chapter 355 with the method of selection of officers to be governed by section 355.326.
4. An educational service agency shall be considered a political subdivision of the state as defined in section 105.450 with the governing board and employees subject to the conflict of interest prohibitions provided in chapter 105.
5. All meetings of the governing board of the educational service agency shall be subject to the provisions of sections 610.010 to 610.035.
6. Nothing in this section shall relieve a participating school district from the responsibility of providing the instructional service or program which it has contracted for through an educational service agency.
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(L. 2003 S.B. 686)
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Source: official Missouri text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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