2014 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES (160-186)
Chapter 162 School Districts
Section 162.725 (Repealed L. 2005 S.B. 287 § A)

162.725. 1. The state board of education shall provide special educational services for all severely handicapped children residing in school districts which are not included in special districts provided that such school districts are unable to provide appropriate programs of special instruction for severely handicapped children; however, this shall not prevent any school district from conducting a program for the special instruction of severely handicapped children, except that such program must provide substantially the same special educational services as would be provided in a school operated by the state board of education and such program must be approved by the state department of elementary and secondary education in accordance with regulations established pursuant to section 162.685.

2. Special educational programs shall be established which are designed to develop the individual pupil in order that he may achieve the best possible adjustment in society under the limitation of his handicap.

3. When special districts have been formed to serve handicapped and severely handicapped children under the provisions of sections 162.670 to 162.995, severely handicapped children residing in school districts comprising the special district shall be educated in programs of the special district.