177.011. Title and control of school property.
Title and control of school property.
177.011. The title of all schoolhouse sites and otherschool property is vested in the district in which the propertyis located, or if the directors of both school districts involvedagree, a school district may own property outside of theboundaries of the district and operate upon such property forschool purposes; provided that, such property may only be usedfor school purposes for students residing in the school districtowning such property or students who are enrolled in such schooldistrict as part of a court-ordered desegregation plan. Allproperty leased or rented for school purposes shall be whollyunder the control of the school board during such time. No boardshall lease or rent any building for school purposes while thedistrict schoolhouse is unoccupied, and no schoolhouse or schoolsite shall be abandoned or sold until another site and house areprovided for the school district.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 12-1, A.L. 1994 S.B. 442)(Source: RSMo 1959 § 166.010)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Control of property, metropolitan school districts, RSMo 162.571