Statutory Responsibilities

Statewide Coordination

  • Design unified budget
  • Establish coordinated plan
  • Develop master plan for vocational and technical education
  • Public policy development
  • Proprietary school certification program
  • Administer state financial aid program
  • Manage loan portfolio $4.5 billion
  • Promote student transfer
  • Perform five-year mission review of public institutions
  • Review and approve collegiate certificate and degree programs
  • Approve residence centers
  • Fine institutions that willfully disregard state policy
  • Establish policies for tuition stabilization
    • Serve as appeal board for any waivers above statutory maximums
    • Set fines for institutions that raise tuition above maximum amount allowed by statute and do not receive a waiver
  • Ensure consumer information about faculty credentials
  • Approve programs for out of state public institutions
  • Recommend to collegiate boards consolidations, eliminations, and development of new programs
  • Report on English language proficiency teaching assistants
  • Report to joint committee on education
  • Establish state- and institutional performance measures
  • Approve courses delivered out-of-district by community colleges
  • Conduct binding dispute resolutions between and among institutions
  • Administer Studies in Energy Conservation Fund with Department of Natural Resources
  • Coordinate reciprocal agreements among institutions
  • Determine student residence status
  • Ensure course Coverage of U.S. and Missouri constitutions
  • Assignment in Statute to Serve on State Organizations
    • MOHELA
    • MOST
    • P-20
    • MOWIB
    • Holocaust Commission
    • Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders
    • Youth in Nature
  • Participation in Other Statewide Boards and Committees
    • Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC)
    • eMINTS
    • Family and Community Trust (FACT) Board
    • MOREnet Council
    • MOBIUS
    • Science and Citizens Organized for Purposeful Engagement (SCOPE)
    • Science, Technology Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM AKA METS)
    • Excellence in Missouri Foundation (EMIF)
    • Aging out of Foster Care
  • Participation in National/Regional Groups
    • State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO)
    • Midwest Higher Education Compact (MHEC)
    • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
    • Education Commission of the States (ECS)
    • Education Trust (Ed Trust)
    • American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)