2014 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES (160-186)
Chapter 174 State Colleges and Universities
Section 174.030 Board authorized to change name--does not grant additional powers or authority--not to limit missions.

174.030. The board of regents of each state teachers college located in the districts described in subdivisions (1) through (4) of section 174.010 may in its discretion change the name of its college as provided by section 174.020 by eliminating from the name of the institution the words "teachers college" or any of such words and to add the word "university" in lieu of the word "college", and to change the name of the board as provided by section 174.040 by eliminating therefrom the word "teachers" and to add thereto the word "university" in lieu of the word "college"; and thereafter the institutions and boards shall have and enjoy the same rights and privileges as are granted to teachers colleges by law, but this section shall not be construed to grant authority to such institutions to confer postgraduate degrees except those which may be necessary to the training of teachers for the free public schools of the state, or degrees other than those in education and arts and sciences, nor does it grant additional powers or authorities to those institutions or those boards not enjoyed by other colleges or boards whose names are not changed; provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the missions, degree programs, powers or authorities granted to those institutions or boards under section 173.030 and section 174.450.

(L. 1945 p. 1622 § 10760a, A.L. 1972 S.B. 427, A.L. 1979 S.B. 2, A.L. 1985 H.B. 196, A.L. 1995 S.B. 340)