Missouri CTE Pathway Profile

Missouri at a glance

Missouri is a strong local-control state. CTE is delivered in comprehensive high schools and through area career centers: 57 of the state’s 444 comprehensive high school districts operate area career centers, and four of the 12 community college districts do as well (Confirmed, DESE). Students typically attend a center part of the day and still meet their home district’s graduation requirements. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Office of College and Career Readiness, approves career education programs. There is no regional intermediate body like a Michigan ISD or an Arizona CTED between the district and DESE.

Every student has an Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP), a multi-year plan that begins no later than grade 8 (RSMo 167.903; Confirmed, DESE school counseling page). The ICAP is a documented plan, not a required course. Students who finish a CTE program can also earn a state CTE Certificate in addition to the diploma (RSMo 170.029; the State Board sets the requirements; Confirm with the agency for the current criteria).

Missouri has no statewide CTE articulation framework. Articulation runs through college-by-college Programs of Study agreements. The state’s distinctive transition tools are two student aid programs run by the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development (MDHEWD), not DESE: the A+ Scholarship, which pays tuition at public community colleges and technical schools, and the Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Scholarship announced August 25, 2026.

What is most different for someone starting a pathway in Missouri:

• The nurse aide program is long. Missouri requires 175 hours (75 classroom plus 100 supervised on-the-job), well above the 75-hour federal floor, and students in a secondary health program can start at 16 (Confirmed).
• Missouri’s child labor law (RSMo chapter 294) reaches only children under 16. For 16 and 17 year olds there is no state permit, no state hour limit and no state hazardous-work list; federal rules govern (Confirmed).
• Trades licensing is local. There is no statewide journeyman electrician, general contractor or HVAC license (Confirmed for electrical; Confirm with the agency for construction and HVAC).
• Teachers can enter CTE without a degree through the Career Education Temporary Authorization Certificate (CTAC) with 6,000 hours of work experience (Confirmed).
• The credential list has two versions: the New System list for the class of 2029 and later, and the Previous System list for the classes of 2026 to 2028 (Confirmed).

Who approves what in Missouri

No second state agency approves a secondary welding, electrical, construction, HVAC, cybersecurity or programming program. DESE approval is the only state program approval for those pathways (Confirmed for welding; no second agency found for the others).

Opening a state-approved CTE program in Missouri

You apply to DESE on form MO 500-2457, Application for Approval of Career Education Programs (Rev 9/20), sent electronically or by mail to the DESE program area (for example Skilled Technical Sciences, Health Sciences, or Business, Marketing and IT). DESE accepts applications between September 1 and May 1 for the following school year (Confirmed). The posted form is Rev 9/20; references to a “2025 revised” application are not supported.

The application asks for:

• A rationale covering student interest (Missouri Connections data), workforce data and expected enrollment.
• Two business or industry support letters and two advisory committee letters, with the committee roster.
• Program goals, the program of study and unit outlines, hours and course sequence, and delivery methods.
• A CTSO and student support plan, postsecondary and apprenticeship partners, and work-based learning.
• End-of-program assessments and the IRCs students will earn, plus the annual evaluation plan (CCQI).

DESE also expects a Missouri-certified CTE teacher, safe and adequate facilities, a competency-based curriculum finished before instruction starts, articulation in place within one year, and a sequence in which students can earn three credits (Confirmed, form MO 500-2457).

DESE approval is widely treated as the gateway to state career education aid, the Enhancement Grant and Perkins V. The form itself does not state the funding tie (Confirm with the agency). The Enhancement Grant planning guide limits that grant to DESE-approved occupational preparatory programs in high-demand occupations (Confirmed for FY26). DESE also counts students transported one mile or more to approved career education courses for state transportation aid (5 CSR 30-261.040; Confirmed).

If your program’s credential is not yet on the DESE list, an LEA administrator applies during the IRC window. The 2026 window closed; the 2027 window runs April 1 to May 30, scored on DESE’s IRC rubric (updated 3/19/2026) (Changing: recheck before use).

Health science programs need a second approval. For nurse aide, file form MO 580-2469 with the DHSS CNA Registry. DHSS decides within 90 days, approval lasts two years, you renew 30 days before it ends, and DHSS inspects within two years and every two years after (19 CSR 30-84.010; Confirmed). For EMT, the course must run under a training entity certified by the DHSS Bureau of EMS, with a physician medical director and written clinical affiliation agreements; the rule has no high-school track, so many schools partner with a college or existing training entity (19 CSR 30-40.331; Confirmed).

A realistic sequence: file the DESE application in the spring of the year before launch (before May 1), name and qualify the instructor over the summer, and for nurse aide file the DHSS application at least four to five months before the first class. See Launching a CTE Pathway: Sequence and Approvals Timeline and the Approvals and Applications toolkit.

Funding streams for Missouri CTE

Perkins V funds must supplement, not supplant, state and local CTE funds. Special-purpose equipment of $10,000 or more per unit, general-purpose equipment and capital improvements need prior written approval from DESE as the pass-through entity (2 CFR 200.439). Among the seven states in this series, Missouri’s Enhancement Grant is the only confirmed state stream that clearly pays for facility renovation.

Pathway rules at a glance

Credential notes from the DESE lists (Confirmed):

• Missouri CNA and NREMT EMT-Basic are IRCs under both lists. NREMT EMT becomes a stackable credential in Cluster 13 Public Service and Safety in 2028-29.
• Welding counts as the AWS IRC only when the student passes an NCCER, NOCTI, Precision or SENSE welding exam and at least one weld approved by an AWS-certified teacher or inspector. NCCER Welding alone is not a listed IRC.
• NCCER Carpentry, Electrical and HVAC are IRCs. OSHA 10 and EPA 608 are stackable only; in the New System list EPA 608 must be paired with OSHA 10, and some EPA 608 types and OSHA 10 clusters drop off in 2028-29.
• CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+ and Cisco CCST are Digital Technology IRCs.
• For Python, use Cisco Programming Essentials in Python or Certiport IT Specialist: Python. Python Institute PCEP and PCAP are not on the list.

Wave 2 pathways

Working with minors in Missouri

Missouri’s child labor law, RSMo chapter 294, defines a “child” as an individual under 16 (RSMo 294.011). Its permit, hour and occupation rules apply only below that age (Confirmed).

Permits and certificates. A child under 16 may not be employed during the regular school term without a work certificate or work permit (RSMo 294.024). The superintendent, charter school CEO or principal issues it (RSMo 294.045). Students 16 and 17 need no Missouri permit (Confirmed).

Hours. For children under 16, Missouri allows no more than 3 hours on a school day, 8 hours on a non-school day, and 6 days or 40 hours a week (RSMo 294.030). Federal rules are stricter for 14 and 15 year olds during the school year: 18 hours in a school week, between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. (9 p.m. in summer). Neither Missouri nor federal law limits hours for 16 and 17 year olds (Confirmed).

State hazardous-work bars. RSMo 294.040 bars children under 16 from power-driven machinery, ladders and scaffolding, motor vehicles, hazardous chemicals, establishments where metals are heated, and places where alcohol is made, stored or sold unless at least half of gross sales are other goods. Missouri adds no occupation bans for 16 and 17 year olds beyond the federal Hazardous Occupations Orders (HOs) (Confirmed).

Federal rules for 16 and 17 year olds. In paid or work-based placements, the federal HOs apply. The ones that matter most for CTE are HO 2 (driving and outside helper), HO 5 (power woodworking), HO 7 (forklifts, scissor lifts, bucket trucks and power patient lifts), HO 8 (metal forming), HO 14 (power saws and abrasive cutting discs), HO 15 (demolition), HO 16 (roofing and work on or about a roof, including rooftop HVAC) and HO 17 (trenches over 4 feet). Classroom and school lab instruction is not employment, so the HOs govern placements, not your shop class (Confirmed).

The exemption route. Chapter 294 has no CTE exemption. The federal student-learner exemption (29 CFR 570.50(c)) lets a 16 or 17 year old do limited work under HOs 5, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 17 when enrolled in a cooperative vocational program and employed under a written agreement signed by the employer and the school. The agreement must make the hazardous work incidental, intermittent and closely supervised, include safety instruction and a progressive schedule of work processes. The exemption does not cover HOs 2, 7 or 15. Registered apprentices have a parallel exemption (570.50(b)) (Confirmed).

Filing. You file nothing with a Missouri agency for 16 and 17 year olds. Keep the signed student-learner agreement on file at the school and the employer (Confirmed: no state filing found). No DESE work-based learning agreement template was located (Confirm with the agency).

Pathway-specific points.

• 16- and 17-year-olds may only assist a trained adult with powered patient lifts, and only when all six FAB 2011-3 conditions are met (including completed nurse aide training and a two-person team led by an adult). They may never operate a lift on their own (Confirmed). Trainees may not be on the DHSS Employee Disqualification List (19 CSR 30-84.010(6)(A); Confirmed).
• Child care junior aides 16 to 17 count only under direct adult supervision and never in infant or toddler ratios (5 CSR 25-500.102; Confirmed). Paid junior aides need the full DESE child care background check; there is no age exemption (Confirmed).
• Workers’ compensation for unpaid work-based learning students is not assigned by any Missouri statute found. Check with your district’s insurer or risk pool (Confirm with the agency).
• Missouri has no OSHA State Plan, so federal OSHA does not cover public school employees and does not cover students (Confirmed).

See Working with Minors in CTE Pathways and the Clinical and Work-Based Learning Partnerships toolkit.

Teacher certification routes for CTE in Missouri

Career Education Temporary Authorization Certificate (CTAC). This is Missouri’s industry-experience route. You can hire someone who has closely related, DESE-approved work experience within the past 10 years at one of three levels: a bachelor’s degree plus 4,000 hours, an associate degree plus 5,000 hours, or no degree plus 6,000 hours. The CTAC lasts one year and is renewable. The holder must be employed by a district or career center with an approved CTE program, complete 6 semester hours of college credit each year, and teach under district mentoring for at least two years. After the coursework, the holder upgrades to the Initial Career Education Certificate (ICEC) by submitting transcripts online (Confirmed, DESE). Processing time is not published.

Full certificate rule. 5 CSR 20-400.660 uses the same experience levels and caps the education coursework at 18 credit hours. Health Sciences teachers need a valid, unencumbered professional license and authorization from the applicable accrediting agency. Skilled Technical Sciences teachers need a valid license “if applicable” to the area (Confirmed). Because Missouri has no statewide electrician license, confirm with DESE what “if applicable” means for electrical (Confirm with the agency).

Pathway-specific add-ons.

• Nurse aide. A current Missouri or multistate RN license, 2 years of nursing experience with at least 1 in long-term care within the past 10 years, the DHSS Nursing Assistant Instructor Workshop, and a DHSS approval letter. The instructor cannot have pending discipline or appear on the Employee Disqualification List. Clinical supervisors complete the DHSS clinical supervisor workshop (19 CSR 30-84.010(12); Confirmed).
• EMT. The primary instructor must be a paramedic, or an RN or physician, with 2 years of clinical experience; must complete an instructor course meeting the DOT EMS Instructor Curriculum (2002); and must earn 20 hours of instructional continuing education every 5 years. An EMT-level license alone is not enough. Faculty teaching 20% or more of sessions must meet Bureau requirements (19 CSR 30-40.331(8); Confirmed).
• Welding, construction, electrical, HVAC. CTAC applies; no AWS or trade license requirement for the teacher was found. NCCER instructor certification is needed to deliver NCCER credentials; who serves as NCCER sponsor in Missouri is not confirmed (Confirm with the agency).
• Computer science. The Computer Science K-12 certificate requires MEGA test 315 (NES), passing score 220 (Confirmed). Temporary authorization or test-only add-on mechanics are not confirmed (Confirm with the agency).
• Business and marketing. Business Education and Business and Marketing Education certificates exist; whether CTAC (5 CSR 20-400.180) covers these areas is not confirmed (Confirm with the agency).
• Cosmetology and fire. The Board cosmetology instructor license and the Division of Fire Safety Instructor I and II (3 years in fire protection or emergency services) sit on top of the DESE certificate.

Alternatives when you cannot hire.

• Area career center. Send students part-day to an area career center run by one of the 57 districts or four community college districts that operate them, where the center holds the certified staff and approvals.
• College partner. A college can teach the course as dual credit or run the EMT training entity. The MDHE dual credit policy (revised 2009) requires a master’s degree with 18 graduate hours in the field for high-school-taught general education courses; it does not cover technical courses (Confirmed). Some college CNA programs require age 18 (for example East Central College).
• Industry adjunct. No Missouri adjunct statute was found; whether a certified teacher of record must be present is not confirmed (Confirm with the agency).
• Grow your own. Combine the CTAC with DESE Grow Your Own grants or DESE’s Registered Teacher Apprenticeship (page not opened; Confirm with the agency).

See the Staffing toolkit.

Graduation credit and college eligibility in Missouri

State minimum. Missouri requires 24 units: 4 English language arts, 3 mathematics, 3 science, 3 social studies, 1 fine arts, 1 practical arts, 1 physical education, 0.5 health, 0.5 personal finance and 7 electives (24 units and the 0.5 personal finance unit Confirmed on the DESE site; the subject breakdown read from the DESE graduation handbook, October 2025 copy: Confirm with the agency). Districts may set higher local requirements.

Practical arts. CTE coursework can satisfy the 1-unit practical arts requirement, which the handbook describes as coursework that provides life skills or contributes to a student’s career goals (Confirm with the agency). Using CTE for practical arts does not displace an English, math, science or social studies unit.

Academic credit routes. The DESE handbook (October 2025 copy) describes two local options (Confirm with the agency):

• A local board may waive one unit of academic credit (English language arts, mathematics, science or social studies) for a student who completes a three-unit CTE program of study.
• A student may fulfill one unit of English language arts, mathematics, science or social studies with an LEA-approved agriculture or CTE course.

These are local decisions; Missouri has no statewide CTE-to-academic crosswalk. Either route can cost a student a core unit that a public university counts. The University of Missouri requires 4 English, 4 math (Algebra I and higher; consumer math and personal finance excluded), 3 science, 3 social science, 2 world language and 1 fine art, and does not mention CTE courses (Confirmed for Mizzou). The statewide CBHE core for other public universities was not checked. Before you approve a waiver or substitution, check it against the CBHE core and the admission requirements of the universities your students target, and tell families in writing (needs checking).

Computer science. Every public and charter high school must offer at least one CS course (since July 1, 2023). A district-approved CS course meeting RSMo 170.018 standards may fill one math, science or practical arts unit, and since 2023-24 it counts as one science or practical arts unit for public college admission. The district must tell families that some colleges require 4 math units and get a parent acknowledgment (Confirmed). A cybersecurity course qualifies only if the district approves it as CS under 170.018. The statute does not cover engineering courses (Confirmed).

Personal finance. The 0.5-unit requirement stands (Confirmed). DESE allows the unit through a stand-alone course or embedded coursework. Students who earn it through embedded coursework take DESE’s online Personal Finance assessment, and the district sets the pass rate (5 CSR 20-100.190; Confirmed). A business course that embeds the standards is a local option. Who may teach it is not stated (Confirm with the agency). HCS HBs 2303 and 2867 (2026), which would have put the requirement in statute from 2027-28, did not pass (LegiScan; Confirmed by live check). Mizzou excludes personal finance from its math count.

Career plan. Each student has an ICAP beginning no later than grade 8 (RSMo 167.903; Confirmed). Record the pathway sequence and the student’s college core units in the ICAP.

CTE Certificate. The CTE Certificate (RSMo 170.029) was created in 2016 (SB 620/582) for students entering high school in 2017-18 and after, and amended in 2021 (HB 297). It is earned in addition to the diploma; it does not replace any graduation requirement (Confirmed). The State Board sets the criteria; the July 2026 module describes a three-course program of study, a 3.0 in the concentration, a TSA or IRC, and work-based learning, and the curriculum toolkit records that an IRC or passed TSA satisfies the assessment piece (Confirm with the agency for current criteria). IRCs also count for MSIP 6 and Perkins reporting.

Articulation and dual enrollment in Missouri

No statewide CTE articulation framework. Missouri has no statewide secondary-to-postsecondary articulation agreement for the pathways in this series. Searches found none for electrical, cybersecurity, welding, construction, HVAC, automotive or the wave 2 pathways (Confirmed as not found). Articulation runs through Programs of Study agreements between a district or career center and a specific college, and DESE’s program application expects articulation to be in place within one year of approval (Confirmed). No Missouri agreement with a published expiration date was found.

College-specific examples (Confirm with the college):

• Ozarks Technical Community College runs a high school career center EMT program for juniors and seniors, including emergency department sessions and ambulance shifts.
• Cass Career Center lists up to 13 credits at Metropolitan Community College for its fire science program.
• The corrected inventory names community college partners such as State Fair Community College, Jefferson College, Moberly Area Community College and St. Louis Community College; active agreements vary by region and year.

Dual credit and dual enrollment. The MDHE dual credit policy (revised 2009) governs high-school-taught general education courses and requires instructors with a master’s degree and 18 graduate hours in the field. It does not cover technical courses (Confirmed). The MDHEWD Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Scholarship pays tuition and fees for students with a 2.5 GPA who meet a financial-need indicator such as free or reduced lunch, public assistance, foster care or homelessness, and who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and Missouri residents. The fall priority date is October 1, extended to December 1; the spring priority date is February 1, extended to April 1 (Changing: recheck before use). College age policies can block partnerships: St. Charles Community College admits under-18 students to its CNA class but requires age 18 for clinicals (Confirm with the college).

A+ Scholarship. Administered by MDHEWD. A student qualifies by attending an A+ designated high school for the 2 years before graduation, keeping a 2.5 unweighted GPA and 95% attendance in grades 9 to 12, completing 50 hours of unpaid tutoring or mentoring (up to 25% may be job shadowing), keeping a good citizenship record with no unlawful drug or alcohol use, meeting the math requirement (proficient or advanced on the Algebra I EOC or a higher DESE math exam, or the ACT math and GPA alternative), and being a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. It pays unpaid tuition and general fees after non-loan federal aid at public community colleges and vocational or technical schools, not four-year institutions, capped at $240 per credit hour in 2026-27 (Confirmed; amount Changing: recheck before use).

Registered youth apprenticeship. Registration runs through the U.S. DOL Office of Apprenticeship; the minimum age is 16 (Confirmed). DESE’s Skilled Technical Sciences page links Registered Youth Apprenticeship resources and examples such as Lebanon Technology and Career Center (Confirmed). Missouri has no statute that lets high school CTE hours substitute for licensed-trade on-the-job hours (inventory note; Confirm with the agency).

AP and PLTW credit. AP credit at Missouri public universities under CBHE policy and the Missouri PLTW university partner list were not verified (Confirm with the agency).

Open questions for Missouri agencies

1. DESE, Office of College and Career Readiness: Is program approval on form MO 500-2457 the condition for state career education aid and Perkins eligibility, and how is state career education aid calculated?
2. DESE, Career Education: What are the MOSIS course codes and CIP mappings for the eight wave 1 pathways in the Approved Course List and the STS Program Descriptions (O*NET 2025)?
3. DESE, Health Sciences: Does the CTE program application require DHSS or Bureau of EMS approval documents for nurse aide and EMT programs?
4. DHSS Bureau of EMS: Does any policy or form require EMT licensees to be 18? Is a rulemaking under way to move 19 CSR 30-40.331 from the DOT National Standard Curriculum to the National EMS Education Standards?
5. DHSS CNA Registry: Does DHSS require anything extra for 16 and 17 year old secondary students under 19 CSR 30-84.010 section 6(A)(2)? Is any part of the 75 classroom hours allowed online? How are trainees under 18 screened against the Employee Disqualification List?
6. DESE Educator Certification: What does “if applicable” mean for electrical teachers given there is no statewide license? The CTAC rule is 5 CSR 20-400.180. Is there a new-teacher institute for Career Education Temporary Authorization Certificate (CTAC) holders, and does CTAC cover business, marketing, cybersecurity and agriculture areas?
7. DESE Educator Certification: What are the temporary authorization or add-on routes for the Computer Science K-12 certificate?
8. DESE Financial and Administrative Services: What are the FY27 Enhancement Grant award limits and the FY28 application window? What does the MACCO grant pay for?
9. DESE, Office of College and Career Readiness: Is there a DESE work-based learning training agreement template and insurance guidance for unpaid placements?
10. DESE and the State Board: Confirm the current graduation handbook language on the CTE academic-unit waiver and substitution, how the personal finance unit may be met, and the current CTE Certificate criteria.
11. MDHEWD (CBHE): Which high school core units do public universities require, and how do they treat a CTE course substituted for an academic unit? What is the current AP credit policy?
12. Division of Professional Registration and cities: Confirm there is no statewide general contractor or HVAC license, and the apprentice registration ages and CTE-hour credit rules in Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield and Columbia.
13. NCCER: Who is the NCCER sponsor or accreditation body that Missouri schools operate under, with fees and timelines?
14. Missouri General Assembly: Did any 2026 bill change child labor, CNA or EMS rules? (Checked once; no relevant hit.)
15. Division of Fire Safety: Is the minimum age for Fire Fighter I and HazMat certification 18 (2019 HazMat booklets) or 17 (as one career center states) under the July 2025 Certification Policy and Procedure Manual? Can current seniors use the case-by-case education route, and what is the course approval lead time?
16. DESE Office of Childhood: Does an area career center or high school-only district lab preschool count as a “school system” exempt from licensure under RSMo 210.211 and 210.201?
17. DESE program areas: What are the CIP and course codes for cosmetology, early childhood, fire science, engineering and PLTW, culinary, dental assisting, criminal justice and entrepreneurship, and which CIP does DESE prefer for a mechatronics program? Are ESB, DFS Fire Fighter I and II, CCMA, Autodesk Certified User, CSWA and PLTW scores on the current IRC list for those programs?
18. Missouri Dental Board and DHSS radiation program: What did the Sept. 30, 2026 amendment to 20 CSR 2110-2.120 change for assistants, and what DHSS rules apply to school dental X-ray equipment?
19. Missouri Department of Revenue: Are CTE school-store sales to the public “educational functions” exempt from sales tax under 12 CSR 10-110.955?
20. St. Louis city and county health departments: Which food handler card or certified manager rules apply to student placements in food service?
21. Missouri State Highway Patrol, Motor Vehicle Inspection Division: Does a high school automotive program count as “a course of vocational instruction in automotive mechanics” for the inspector/mechanic permit at age 17 (11 CSR 50-2.080)?

Review status and sources

Last checked October 2 to 3, 2026. State and federal facts marked Confirmed were checked against primary sources (or a named mirror of the primary text) in the October 2026 verification pass and toolkit research. Live checks on October 3, 2026 covered the FY27 Enhancement Grant status, HB 2303 and HB 1838 (2026 session), the ICAP statute, the graduation handbook and RSMo 170.029. Corrections on October 3, 2026 covered the CTE Certificate history, Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Scholarship eligibility and deadlines, the CTAC name and the Perkins administration wording. Wave 2 rows were verified in a second research round on October 3, 2026; open items are listed above. Dollar amounts and application windows change each year; recheck them before use.

Program approval and credentials

• DESE form MO 500-2457, Application for Approval of Career Education Programs and form page
• DESE TSA/IRC page
• DESE New System IRC guidance (updated 11/3/2025)
• DESE Previous System IRC guidance (updated 2/5/2026)
• DESE Skilled Technical Sciences and DESE Career and Technical Education

Health pathways

• 19 CSR 30-84.010, Nursing Assistant Training Program (LII)
• DHSS form MO 580-2469, DHSS Training Agencies and DHSS Trainers
• 19 CSR 30-40.331, EMS training entities (LII) and 19 CSR 30-40.342 (Justia)
• DHSS EMT and Paramedic Licensing

Minors and work-based learning

• Missouri DOLIR Chapter 294 child labor summary
• RSMo 294.011, 294.024, 294.030, 294.040
• 29 CFR 570.50 (eCFR) and DOL Field Assistance Bulletin 2011-3
• 29 CFR 29.5 (LII) and OSHA State Plans

Teachers

• DESE, Become a Certified Career Education Teacher
• 5 CSR 20-400.660 (LII)
• RSMo 170.018 and MEGA requirements
• MDHE Dual Credit Policy

Funding

• DESE FY26 Enhancement Grant Planning Guide and DESE Program Management, Accountability and Finance (FY27 status)
• MACCO Grant Guidance
• 5 CSR 30-261.040 (LII)
• 20 U.S.C. 2355 (Perkins V local uses) and DOL release on Perkins administration, Sept. 8, 2025; DOL release on the ED-DOL interagency agreement

Graduation, articulation and aid

• DESE graduation requirements and DESE graduation handbook, October 2025 copy
• DESE Individual Student Planning (ICAP)
• RSMo 170.029 (CTE Certificate); SB 620 (2016) truly agreed text (checked Oct. 3, 2026)
• Mizzou freshman admission
• MDHEWD A+ Scholarship and Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Scholarship announcement; MDHEWD Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Scholarship, educators page (checked Oct. 3, 2026)
• LegiScan HB 2303 (2026) and LegiScan HB 1838 (2026)

Wave 2

• RSMo 329.050 and 329.040 (cosmetology)
• 20 CSR 2110-2.120 (dental)
• 5 CSR 25-500.102 (LII) (child care)
• Division of Fire Safety, Fire Fighter I/II
• DPS POST licensing and MPOA criminal justice program
• DESE Business, Marketing and IT Education
• DESE Agricultural Education
• 12 CSR 10-110.955 (LII) (sales tax)
• 20 CSR 2085-12 (cosmetology schools) and RSMo 329.080
• 11 CSR 50-2 (vehicle inspector permit) and DESE New System IRC guidance (automotive, machining and robotics)
• 2 CSR 70-25 (pesticide applicator age) and DESE Agricultural Education Handbook Chapter 8 (SAE)
• RSMo 210.211 and DESE child care background check process
• RSMo 311.300 (alcohol service ages) and DFS HazMat certification booklet (fire certification age)