Missouri S.B. 125

Missouri S.B. 125

Unaccredited School Districts

Requires public comment be obtained on the appropriate scoring guides, instruments, and procedures used in determining the accreditation status of a district at least fourteen days in advance of a meeting on the accreditation status.
Removes the two-year waiting period that exists between the classification of a school district as unaccredited and the lapse of the district's governance. Instead, when the State Board of Education initially classifies, or reclassifies, a district as unaccredited, it must review the governance of the district to establish the conditions under which the existing school board will continue to govern or determine the date on which the district will lapse and determine an alternative governing structure for the district.
Requires the Department to conduct at least two public hearings annually regarding the accreditation status of a district. The hearings must provide an opportunity to convene community resources that may be useful or necessary to support the district as it attempts to return to accredited status.
Permits the State Board of Education, when it classifies a district as unaccredited, to allow continued governance by the existing local board of education under specific terms and conditions or to appoint a special administrative board to oversee the district. Specifies special administrative board's membership, rights, responsibilities, and length of service.
Permits a special administrative board to enter into contracts with accredited districts or other education service providers to deliver high quality educational programs. Allows a student who graduates from a school operated under a contract with an accredited district to receive his or her diploma from the accredited district.
Repeals the requirement that provisionally accredited and unaccredited districts develop a plan to divide up the district if the district cannot regain accreditation within three years of the loss of accreditation.
Allows tenured teachers in the St. Louis City School District to be removed based on incompetency.
Shortens the period of time (to 30 days) a between when a teacher is notified of dismissal for inefficiency prior to the presentment of charges.
Repeals a provision governing how a reduction in force based on insufficient funds or a decrease in student enrollment would be conducted for non-certified employees in the St. Louis City School District.
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moga.mo.gov

Status: Signed into law Status Date: 05/22/2013

Missouri S.B. 125
Unaccredited School Districts
Requires public comment be obtained on the appropriate scoring guides, instruments, and procedures used in determining the accreditation status of a district at least fourteen days in advance of a meeting on the accreditation status. Removes the two-year waiting period that exists between the classification of a school district as unaccredited and the lapse of the district's governance. Instead, when the State Board of Education initially classifies, or reclassifies, a district as unaccredited, it must review the governance of the district to establish the conditions under which the existing school board will continue to govern or determine the date on which the district will lapse and determine an alternative governing structure for the district. Requires the Department to conduct at least two public hearings annually regarding the accreditation status of a district. The hearings must provide an opportunity to convene community resources that may be useful or necessary to support the district as it attempts to return to accredited status. Permits the State Board of Education, when it classifies a district as unaccredited, to allow continued governance by the existing local board of education under specific terms and conditions or to appoint a special administrative board to oversee the district. Specifies special administrative board's membership, rights, responsibilities, and length of service. Permits a special administrative board to enter into contracts with accredited districts or other education service providers to deliver high quality educational programs. Allows a student who graduates from a school operated under a contract with an accredited district to receive his or her diploma from the accredited district. Repeals the requirement that provisionally accredited and unaccredited districts develop a plan to divide up the district if the district cannot regain accreditation within three years of the loss of accreditation. Allows tenured teachers in the St. Louis City School District to be removed based on incompetency. Shortens the period of time (to 30 days) a between when a teacher is notified of dismissal for inefficiency prior to the presentment of charges. Repeals a provision governing how a reduction in force based on insufficient funds or a decrease in student enrollment would be conducted for non-certified employees in the St. Louis City School District. http://www.moga.mo.gov/
Source: moga.mo.gov
Status: Signed into law	Status Date: 05/22/2013