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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 3221
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE CASTEEL.
7040H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 173, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to a prohibition on
state funding of low-earning outcome degree programs.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 173, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 173.1530, to read as follows:
173.1530. 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the
2 "Accountability for Low-Earning Outcome Degr ees in Higher Education Act of 2026".
3 2. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
4 (1) "Board", the coordinating board for higher education;
5 (2) "Low-earning outcome degr ee pro gram", an educational prog ram described
6 as a low-earning outcome pr ogram in Section 84001 of Pub. L. 1 19-21;
7 (3) "State agency", any state agency , as the term "state agency" is defined in
8 section 32.385, that administers funding for higher education purposes.
9 3. The board shall adopt rules to pro hibit institutions of higher education in this
10 state and any state agencies fr om allocating or expending state funds, either directly or
11 indir ectly , for low-earning outcome degr ee progra ms. The proh ibition shall apply to,
12 but not be limited to, the following categories of higher education funding:
13 (1) Individual student financial aid;
14 (2) Base operational or instructional funding;
15 (3) Separately or specially appr opriated aid or grants; and
16 (4) Capital or facilities funding.
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
17 4. The board shall annually revi ew updated federal determinations of low-
18 earning outcome degree pro grams under Section 84001 of Pub. L. 1 19-21 and adopt
19 rules in accordance with subsection 3 of this section.
20 5. The board shall submit an annual and publicly available r eport to the general
21 assembly documenting:
22 (1) Pr ograms pro hibited fr om recei ving state aid under this section;
23 (2) Enfor cement of such proh ibitions; and
24 (3) The estimated fiscal impact due to the pro hibitions.
25 6. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is
26 cr eated under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it
27 complies with and is subject to all of the pr ovisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable,
28 section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers
29 vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to revi ew , to delay the
30 effective date, or to disappr ove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional,
31 then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule pro posed or adopted after August
32 28, 2026, shall be invalid and void.
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