Adoption or Changing of School District Names

PURPOSE: The State Board of Education has the authority to establish regulations governing the adoption or changing of the names of school districts. This rule establishes those regulations. (1) The official name of any school district shall be adopted by the board of education of the district and may be changed by the board of education as specified by state law. (2) The board of education may omit county names from the official name chosen for the district. (3) The name of the community may or may not be included in the official district name. (4) The name chosen for the district or any change in district name may not substantially duplicate the name of any existing school district. (5) The secretary of the board of education of each district, within ten (10) days after adoption of a district name, shall notify the State Board of Education and the county clerk of the name adopted. AUTHORITY: sections 162.311 and 162.321, RSMo 2000.* This rule was previously filed as 5 CSR 40-260.010. Original rule filed April 15, 1968, effective April 25, 1968. Amended: Filed Nov. 5, 1979, effective Feb. 11, 1980. Amended: Filed April 27, 2006, effective Nov. 30, 2006. *Original authority: 162.311, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 1979 and 162.321, RSMo 1963, amended 1978.