{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-173.475","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 173.475","heading":"No discrimination in hiring based on lack of a graduate degree, when.","body":"Notwithstanding any provision of law or policy of a public institution of higher education to the contrary, no public college or university, as defined in section 173.355, shall reject an applicant for a faculty position based solely on the applicant having not earned a graduate degree, provided that the applicant has earned an undergraduate baccalaureate degree and has served for at least eight years in the general assembly.","path":["Title XI - EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES","Chapter 173 - Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=173.475","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:25Z","sha256":"dbcbce86e1f70a18501bc776a23401b64703cb0a3d4f5cf8899ec6158913170e","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-173.445","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-173.480"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}