Missouri Statutes

§ 168.081 — Teaching or acting as school administrator without certificate prohibited.

Missouri § 168.081

JurisdictionMissouri

Title XIEDUCATION AND LIBRARIES

Ch. 168Personnel — Teachers and Others

This text of Missouri § 168.081 (Teaching or acting as school administrator without certificate prohibited.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Missouri primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 168.081 (2026).

Text

After September 1, 1988, no person without a valid Missouri certificate shall:

(1)Engage in the practice of teaching or the performance of education duties in grades kindergarten through twelve in any public school in the state;

(2)Act as a school administrator in any public school district.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Legislative History

(L. 1963 p. 200 § 9-8, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1457 & 1501, A.L. 2002 S.B. 722, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1298 Revision) (Source: RSMo 1959 § 168.020)

Nearby Sections

15

§ 168.011

Teachers — license required — teaching, and administration, to be recognized as professions.

§ 168.014

Criminal background check, fingerprint submission.

§ 168.015

Advisory council of certification for educators established — number — appointment — qualifications — powers — duties.

§ 168.021

Issuance of teachers' licenses and scholars certificates, requirements, procedure — fees — effect of certification in another state and subsequent employment in this state — certificate issuance for military members.

§ 168.023

Contact hours included in professional development requirements for vocational-technical certification.

§ 168.024

Local business externship, count as contact hours of professional development.

§ 168.025

Teacher externships, requirements — rulemaking authority.

§ 168.036

Substitute teacher certificates, issuance of — requirements — retired teachers employed as substitutes, no loss of retirement, when — employment as a substitute teacher — orientation — background checks — rules.

§ 168.037

Web-based survey, substitute teachers, purpose — survey completion and contents.

§ 168.071

Revocation, suspension or refusal of certificate or license, grounds — procedure — appeal.

§ 168.081

Teaching or acting as school administrator without certificate prohibited.

§ 168.082

Retirement benefits, speech-language pathology assistant considered speech implementer, when.

§ 168.101

Employment of certificated teachers ineligible for permanent status under the teacher tenure act (all districts except metropolitan).

§ 168.102

§ 168.104

View on official source ↗

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)

Missouri § 168.081, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/mo/168/168.081.