2005 Missouri Revised Statutes - § 163.081. — Secretary to report to state department, when, contents, penalty--distribution, when. Secretary to report to state department, when, contents, penalty--duties of state board of education to calculate state aid, distribution, when.

163.081. 1. Between June fifteenth and June thirtieth each year the secretary of each school district shall make a report to the state department of elementary and secondary education which shall contain all necessary data for calculating the amounts of state support which each district is to receive for the following school year. Reports shall be forwarded to the state board of education on or before July fifteenth. Any district secretary, superintendent or teacher who knowingly furnishes any false information in the reports, or neglects or refuses to make the reports, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.

2. The moneys appropriated for the state schools in any such year shall be distributed to the several districts entitled thereto through twelve monthly disbursements, provided that the total disbursements through the twelve payments shall not exceed the total amount appropriated for such purpose.

(L. 1963 p. 200 § 4-8 and p. 338 § 161.051, A.L. 1973 H.B. 158, A.L. 1977 H.B. 130, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1450, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287)

(Source: RSMo 1959 § 161.051)

*Effective 7-1-06

163.081. 1. Between June fifteenth and June thirtieth each year the secretary of each school district shall make a report to the state department of elementary and secondary education which shall contain all necessary data for calculating the amounts of state support which each district is to receive for the following school year. The report shall be sworn to before a notary public or the county clerk. Reports shall be forwarded to the state board of education on or before July fifteenth. Any district secretary, superintendent or teacher who knowingly furnishes any false information in the reports, or neglects or refuses to make the reports, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.

2. Until July 1, 1982, the state board of education upon receipt of the report from the school district shall calculate the amount which each school district is to receive and on or before September fifteenth of each year shall distribute all moneys available August thirty-first to the several districts. Additional distributions of all moneys available November thirtieth and February twenty-eighth shall be made on or before December fifteenth and March fifteenth of each school year. The state board of education shall certify the amounts so apportioned to the commissioner of administration for his approval and warrants shall be issued payable to the several school districts of the state and forwarded to them. Beginning July 1, 1982, the moneys appropriated for the state schools in any such year shall be distributed to the several districts entitled thereto through twelve monthly disbursements. Each of the first six monthly disbursements during any fiscal year shall be equal to one-twelfth of the total amount appropriated for such purpose. Each of the remaining six monthly disbursements shall be in an amount which shall not be less than seven and one-half percent of the total appropriation; provided, however, that the total disbursements through the twelve payments shall not exceed the total amount appropriated for such purpose.

(L. 1963 p. 200 § 4-8 and p. 338 § 161.051, A.L. 1973 H.B. 158, A.L. 1977 H.B. 130, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1450)

(Source: RSMo 1959 § 161.051)

Effective 2-18-82

*This section was amended by S.B. 287, 2005, effective 7-1-06. Consult RSMo 2000 for existing section.