162.571. Corporate powers of metropolitan district — board of education, powers. — Every city in this state, not within a county, together with the territory now within its limits, or which may in the future be included by any change thereof, constitutes a single metropolitan school district, and is a body corporate. Except as otherwise provided in section 162.621, the supervision and government of public schools and public school property therein is vested in a board, to be known as "The Board of Education of ______" (in which title the name of the city shall be inserted). The board of education, by and in that name, may sue and be sued, purchase, receive, hold and sell property, and, except as otherwise provided in section 162.621, do all things necessary to accomplish the purpose for which the school district is organized. All titles to property granted to the city by the United States or this state for school purposes, and the title to all school lands and other property of every kind, is vested in the board of education established by this law.
Notes of Decisions
Davis v. Bd. of Educ. City of St. Louis, 963 S.W.2d 679 (Mo. Ct. App. 1998).
· cites it 3× “Section 162.571 RSMo (1994). Prior to and for the school years 1990-1991, 1991-1992, and 1992-1993, plaintiff William Davis (hereinafter individually referred to as plaintiff) was employed by the St.”
Bd. of Educ. of City of St. Louis v. Daly, 129 S.W.3d 405 (Mo. Ct. App. 2004).
· cites it 3× “The Board is a body corporate, a political subdivision of the State of Missouri, and a metropolitan school district established pursuant to section 162.571 RSMo (2000). 1 The Board employs about 6,000 people around St.”
Brown v. Weir, 675 S.W.2d 135 (Mo. Ct. App. 1984).
“§ 162.571. Thus, the Board is not bound by the above-noted statutes governing teacher terminations; rather, it is bound by the termination process for metropolitan school districts set out in § 168.”
Leftwich v. Harris-stowe State Coll., Etc., 540 F. Supp. 37 (E.D. Mo. 1982).
“Even though the State of Missouri ultimately governs both of these Boards, each is a separate operating entity, empowered by the State to govern and control itself, see §§ 162.571 R.S.Mo.1978, including employing staff for schools under their government and control.”
Soward v. Mahan, 926 S.W.2d 138 (Mo. Ct. App. 1996).
“Louis School District is a metropolitan school district as defined by § 162.571. As such, removal of metropolitan permanent teachers is governed by a specific statute, § 168.”
Toole v. Jones, 778 S.W.2d 376 (Mo. Ct. App. 1989).
· cites it 2× “…in this state, not within a county, ... constitutes a single metropolitan school district, and is a body corporate.” § 162.571, RSMo 1986.”
Cason v. St. Louis Pub. Schs., No. 4:22-cv-00478 (E.D. Mo. Mar. 29, 2023).
· cites it 2× “” Mo. Rev. Stat. § 162.571 . But that statute says nothing about whether SLPS may sue and be sued, and Defendants cite no on-point case law.”
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