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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
For the purposes of sections 178.900 to 178.960 the following words mean:
(1)“Department”, the department of elementary and secondary education;
(2)“Disabled persons”, a lower range educable or upper range trainable developmentally disabled or other disabled person sixteen years of age or over who has had school training and has a productive work capacity in a sheltered environment adapted to the abilities of persons with a developmental disability but whose limited capabilities make him or her nonemployable in competitive business and industry and unsuited for vocational rehabilitation training;
(3)“Sheltered workshop”, an occupation-oriented facility operated by a not-for-profit corporation, which, except for its staff, employs only persons with disabilities and has a minimum enrollment of at least fifteen employable persons with disabilities;
(4)“Staff”, employees of a sheltered workshop engaged in management, work procurement, purchasing, supervision, sales, bookkeeping, and secretarial and clerical functions.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Missouri Revised Statutes Title XI. Education and Libraries § 178.900. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mo/title-xi-education-and-libraries/mo-rev-st-178-900/
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