Missouri SB 424: Modifies provisions regarding employment information provided to graduates of institutions of higher education

Bill Text

EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 424
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MAY.
1916S.01I ADRIANE D. CROUSE, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal sections 173.035 and 173.1004, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections
relating to employment opportunities for graduates of institutions of higher education.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 173.035 and 173.1004, RSMo, are 1
repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be 2
known as sections 173.035 and 173.1004, to read as follows:3
173.035. 1. The department of higher education and 1
workforce development shall develop, maintain, and operate a 2
website containing information of public and private 3
institutions of higher education in this state directing 4
students to resources including, but not limited to, 5
academic programs, financial aid, and how academic course 6
credit may be transferred from one institution of higher 7
education to another. The information on the website shall 8
be made available to the public and shall be accessible from 9
various devices including, but not limited to, computers, 10
tablets, and other electronic communication devices. 11
2. Inclusion of institution information on the website 12
is voluntary, and institutions of higher education may elect 13
to have institutional information included on the website by 14
notifying the department of higher education and workforce 15
development. 16
3. The website shall contain a list of career areas 17
with the highest demand in the state and the average 18

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starting salary, median salary, and typical education and 19
training prerequisites for each such career area. 20
4. The department of higher education and workforce 21
development may promulgate all necessary rules and 22
regulations for the administration of this section. Any 23
rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in 24
section 536.010, that is created under the authority 25
delegated in this section shall become effective only if it 26
complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of 27
chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This 28
section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the 29
powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 30
536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove 31
and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, 32
then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed 33
or adopted after August 28, 2016, shall be invalid and void. 34
173.1004. 1. The coordinating board shall promulgate 1
rules and regulations to ensure that each approved public 2
higher education institution shall post on its website the 3
names of all faculty, including adjunct, part-time, and full- 4
time faculty, who are given full or partial teaching 5
assignments along with web links or other means of providing 6
information about their academic credentials and, where 7
feasible, instructor ratings by students. In addition, 8
public institutions of higher education shall post course 9
schedules on their websites that include the name of the 10
instructor assigned to each course and, if applicable, each 11
section of a course, as well as identifying those 12
instructors who are teaching assistants, provided that the 13
institution may modify and update the identity of 14
instructors as courses and sections are added or cancelled. 15

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2. The coordinating board for higher education and the 16
department of economic development shall jointly provide the 17
following information for each credential offered by a 18
public institution of higher education: 19
(1) Common areas of employment for people who have 20
earned the credential, including estimates of the numbers 21
and types of jobs available in the professions or industries 22
in which people who have earned the credential usually work; 23
(2) The number and percentage of graduates who earned 24
the credential who were employed within one year of 25
graduation for the five most recent graduating classes and, 26
for the graduates so employed, their average income, where 27
such data are available and can be provided in a manner that 28
protects the privacy of graduates; 29
(3) The number and percentage of graduates who earned 30
the credential who were working in a field related to their 31
educational program within one year of graduation for the 32
five most recent graduating classes and, for the graduates 33
so employed, their average income, where such data are 34
available and can be provided in a manner that protects the 35
privacy of graduates; 36
(4) The number and percentage of graduates who earned 37
the credential who were working in any field of employment 38
within one year of graduation for the five most recent 39
graduating classes and, for the graduates so emp