MO HB2742

Requires the Coordinating Board for Higher Education to maintain and publish on its website a list of post-secondary educational institutions that meet specific requirements under section 173.616, establishing them as authorized to operate programs beyond secondary education in Missouri

Provides formal state authorization for qualifying institutions under federal regulation 34 C.F.R. 600.9, which is necessary for students at those institutions to access federal financial aid

Includes an emergency clause making the law effective immediately upon passage and approval, citing the importance of sustaining access to federal financial aid for Missouri higher education students

Amends section 173.005, RSMo, which governs the Department of Higher Education and the Coordinating Board's duties and responsibilities