Senate adopts SCR 3 to expand Missouri Southern State University mission to include health, life sciences
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The Senate adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 3 on Feb. 11, accepting a Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education-approved expansion of Missouri Southern State University's mission to include health and life sciences and immersive learning. The resolution will clear a technical step needed for the university to proceed with program and
The Missouri Senate on Feb. 11 adopted a substitute to Senate Concurrent Resolution 3, supporting an expansion of Missouri Southern State University's mission statement to include health and life sciences and immersive learning. Sponsor Senator Newton said the proposed additions respond to workforce needs and follow approval by the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education in September 2023.
Newton said the change is largely technical and is the next step in a longer approval process the university has followed; the panel’s approval allows Missouri Southern to proceed with curricular changes and new facilities tied to workforce development. A roll-call vote recorded the substitute’s adoption by 31 yeas, 9 nays, and 0 absent.
Senators asked about overlapping missions and taxpayer-funded program duplication; the sponsor said the coordinating board evaluated regional needs and typically prevents mission creep among institutions. The Senate adopted the substitute and the resolution as printed.
Vote: Senate substitute for SCR 3 adopted by a roll-call vote of 31-9-0. The resolution was then adopted and will be printed in the journal.