2014 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES (160-186)
Chapter 168 Personnel--Teachers and Others
Section 168.555 (Repealed L. 2012 H.B. 1608 § A)

168.555. As used in sections 168.555 to 168.595, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms shall mean:

(1) "Academic year", the period from August first of any year through July thirty-first of the following year;

(2) "Area of critical need", both geographic areas and areas of teacher certification as defined by the state board;

(3) "Coordinating board", the coordinating board for higher education;

(4) "Eligible student", a full-time student who has met criteria as established by the state board and the coordinating board and who has been accepted at a participating school and enrolled in a formal course of instruction leading to qualifications necessary to obtain a teaching certificate in Missouri;

(5) "Full-time student", persons defined as full-time students in section 173.205;

(6) "Fund", the Missouri prospective teacher loan fund;

(7) "Loan", the Missouri prospective teacher loan;

(8) "Participating school", a public or private Missouri institution offering an approved program of teacher education;

(9) "Resident", any person declared a resident under guidelines established by the coordinating board for higher education;

(10) "State board", the state board of education.