Missouri Revised Statutes

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.081 (2026)

Secretary to report to state department, when, contents, penalty

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  163.081.  Secretary to report to state department, when, contents, penalty — distribution, when. — 1.  Between June fifteenth and June thirtieth each year the secretary of each school district shall make a report to the state department of elementary and secondary education which shall contain all necessary data for calculating the amounts of state support which each district is to receive for the following school year.  Reports shall be forwarded to the state board of education on or before July fifteenth.  Any district secretary, superintendent or teacher who knowingly furnishes any false information in the reports, or neglects or refuses to make the reports, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.

  2.  The moneys appropriated for the state schools in any such year shall be distributed to the several districts entitled thereto through twelve monthly disbursements, provided that the total disbursements through the twelve payments shall not exceed the total amount appropriated for such purpose.

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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 4-8 and p. 338 § 161.051, A.L. 1973 H.B. 158, A.L. 1977 H.B. 130, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1450, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287)

(Source: RSMo 1959 § 161.051)

Effective 7-01-06

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1975–2014 · leading case: Comm. for Educ. Equality v. State, 878 S.W.2d 446 (Mo. 1994).
Comm. for Educ. Equality v. State, 878 S.W.2d 446 (Mo. 1994). · cites it 5× “After the lawsuits were commenced, four school districts, Ladue, Pattonville, Kirkwood and School of the Osage, sought to intervene as defendants apparently because one of the petitions asked for a “pro rata” redistribution of the “Foundation Formula” funds free of the “previous…”
State ex rel. Sch. Dist. of Indep. v. Jones, 653 S.W.2d 178 (Mo. 1983). · cites it 3× “Between June fifteenth and June thirtieth, the secretary of each school district submits to the State Department of Education a report containing all necessary data for calculating the amounts of state support the district is to receive for the following school year, § 163.081,…”
State ex rel. Sch. Dist. of Kansas City v. Young, 519 S.W.2d 328 (Mo. Ct. App. 1975). · cites it 5× “Section 163.081, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S. The application filed by relator did not re- *330 fleet “the amount derived from a tax of one dollar and twenty-five cents for each one hundred dollars” of the assessed valuation of the property in Pleasant Valley for the year of 1972…”
State ex rel. Saint Louis Charter Sch. v. State Bd. of Educ., 438 S.W.3d 437 (Mo. Ct. App. 2014). “§§ 163.081, 163.087, 160.415.2. The District was required to pay Charter schools an amount calculated pursuant to the statutory formula plus any other state or federal aid received “on account of’ children who were attending Charter schools.”
State ex rel. Liberty Sch. Dist. v. Holden, 121 S.W.3d 232 (Mo. 2003). · cites it 3× “To the extent the school districts rely on section 163.081, RSMo 2000, the constitutional authority of the governor, under article IV, section 27, to reduce expenditures supercedes any state statute or state regulation that would purport to require the expenditure.”
State ex rel. Saint Louis Charter Sch. v. State Bd. of Educ., 376 S.W.3d 712 (Mo. Ct. App. 2012). “§§ 163.081, 163.087, 160.415.2, RSMo 2000.”
Union Elec. Co. v. Toulouse, 572 S.W.2d 167 (Mo. 1978). “Distribution of state school aid, whether basic or supplemental, is based on an application for state aid, which the school district must file not later than June 30, § 163.081, from which the amount of state aid is calculated.”
State of MO ex rel. Saint Louis Charter Sch. v. State Bd. of Educ., No. WD76828 (Mo. Ct. App. Aug. 5, 2014). “§§ 163.081, 163.087, 160.415.2. The District was required to pay Charter schools an amount calculated pursuant to the statutory formula plus any other state or federal aid received "on account of" children who were attending Charter schools.”
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