{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-178.900","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 178.900","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of sections 178.900 to 178.960 the following words mean:\n(1) \"Department\" , the department of elementary and secondary education;\n(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;\n(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;\n(4) \"Staff\" , employees of a sheltered workshop engaged in management, work procurement, purchasing, supervision, sales, bookkeeping, and secretarial and clerical functions.","path":["Title XI - EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES","Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=178.900","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:25Z","sha256":"d3822b99efc3fe396a62bcacc1e469b69bcabad346f6df2e6ed5cffdd9e613b8","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-178.891","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-178.910"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}