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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 168.011 (2026)

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  168.011.  Teachers — license required — teaching, and administration, to be recognized as professions. — 1.  No person shall be employed to teach in any position in a public school until he has received a valid certificate of license entitling him to teach in that position.

  2.  Teaching in the state of Missouri, performing other related education duties, school administration, and teacher education are hereby declared to be professions with all the appropriate rights, responsibilities and privileges accorded to other recognized professions.

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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 9-1, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1457 & 1501)

(Source: RSMo 1959 § 168.010)

Effective 9-1-88

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1977–2013 · leading case: Hudson v. Marshall, 549 S.W.2d 147 (Mo. Ct. App. 1977).
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Hudson v. Marshall, 549 S.W.2d 147 (Mo. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 11× “The “laws relating to the certification of teachers” include §§ 168.011 8 and 168.021. 9 Section 168.011 forbids the employment of a person to teach in any position in a public school until he has received a valid certificate entitling him to teach in that position.”
McCormack v. Maplewood-Richmond Heights Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ., 935 S.W.2d 703 (Mo. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 3× “Section 168.011 prohibits a person from being employed to teach in a public school unless he or she has a valid Missouri certificate of a license to teach in that position.”
Bd. of Educ. of St. Louis v. Labor & Indus. Relations Comm'n, Div. of Emp. Sec., 633 S.W.2d 126 (Mo. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “At the end of these 90 days (March 30, 1979), claimant was prohibited from teaching in a public school by § 168.011, and the Board was prohibited from offering her further employment in that school year by § 168.”
Mitchell v. Bd. of Educ. of Normandy Sch. Dist., 913 S.W.2d 130 (Mo. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 4× “Although the precise issue presented apparently has not been definitively addressed in this district, there is ample authority from the Western and Southern Districts establishing the basic ground rules for invoking the protection of the Teacher Tenure Act.”
Hosack v. Hosack, 973 S.W.2d 863 (Mo. Ct. App. 1998). “She taught home economics in Nebraska for a couple of years after 1972. Ms. Hosack has never held a Missouri certificate of license; one cannot teach in the public schools in Missouri without such a certificate.”
Sadler v. Bd. of Educ. of Cabool Sch. Dist. R-4, 851 S.W.2d 707 (Mo. Ct. App. 1993). “” “Teacher” is defined as any school district employee (except a superintendent or assistant superintendent) “regularly required to be certified under laws relating to certification_” § 168.”
Scott Cnty. Reorganized Sch. Dist. R-6 v. Labor & Indus. Relations Comm'n, 703 S.W.2d 528 (Mo. Ct. App. 1985). “” The court pointed out that claimant accepted her employment “with her eyes wide open, fully aware that she would be unemployed when the [certificate] expired.”
Stolov v. Jackson Cnty. Sch. Dist. C-1 of Hickman Mills, 408 S.W.3d 218 (Mo. Ct. App. 2013). “” “[T]he source of the certification requirement must be the statute, specifically sections 168.011, and 168.081, and not merely a requirement of the school board or employment contract.”
Sealey v. Bd. of Educ., 14 S.W.3d 597 (Mo. Ct. App. 1999). “” Although it is undisputed that Board required Plaintiff to have a valid teaching certificate as a condition of her employment, to come within the purview of section 168.”
McLaughlin v. Bd. of Educ., 659 S.W.2d 249 (Mo. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 5× “Section 168.011, RSMo 1978 provides: *251 Teachers — License Required.”
— Mo. Rev. Stat. § 168.011(1) — 1 case
Mitchell v. Bd. of Educ. of Normandy Sch. Dist., 913 S.W.2d 130 (Mo. Ct. App. 1996). “Although the precise issue presented apparently has not been definitively addressed in this district, there is ample authority from the Western and Southern Districts establishing the basic ground rules for invoking the protection of the Teacher Tenure Act.”
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