Bill Text: MO HB1856 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the State Board of Education to classify the public schools as either unaccredited, provisionally accredited, accredited, or accredited with distinction

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-25 - Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education(H) [HB1856 Detail]

Download: Missouri-2014-HB1856-Introduced.html

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1856

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES KELLEY (127) (Sponsor), BAHR, SWAN AND ANDERSON (Co-sponsors).

6012L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 161, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to school accreditation.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 161, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 161.086, to read as follows:

            161.086. When the state board of education assigns classification designations to school districts pursuant to its authority to classify the public schools of the state in section 161.092, the state board shall only use the following classification designations based on the standards adopted by the state board:

            (1) Unaccredited;

            (2) Provisionally accredited;

            (3) Accredited; and

            (4) Accredited with distinction.

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