Bill Text: MO HB2217 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes an accreditation system that includes individual school building accreditation and a transfer process for students in districts with both accredited and unaccredited school buildings
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-16 - Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education(H) [HB2217 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2014-HB2217-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE MITTEN.
5768L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 161, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to student transfers.
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 161.853, to read as follows:
161.853. 1. As authorized under its duty to classify the schools of the state under section 161.092, the state board of education shall adopt a system of classification that accredits individual school buildings within an unaccredited district. This system shall be used only to classify the individual schools operated by any district that the state board of education has classified as unaccredited.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (9) of section 161.092 to the contrary, the rules and regulations promulgated under this section shall be effective thirty days after publication in the code of state regulations as provided in section 536.021 and shall not be subject to the two-year delay contained in subdivision (9) of section 161.092.
3. Notwithstanding any provision of section 167.121 or any other provision of law, students attending school in buildings classified as accredited under the classification system established under subsection 1 of this section located within districts that are classified as unaccredited as a whole by the state board of education shall not be eligible to transfer to any other school district. Any student attending school in a building classified as unaccredited under the classification system established under subsection 1 of this section shall be eligible only to transfer to another school building that is classified as accredited that is located within a student's unaccredited resident district. If every school building classified as accredited in a student's resident district is at maximum capacity, a student shall be allowed to transfer to an accredited school building in an adjoining accredited district. In the event a student is eligible to transfer to an accredited school building in an adjoining district:
(1) The receiving district shall not be required to accept students beyond a ninety-five percent maximum capacity; and
(2) The tuition paid to the receiving district by the unaccredited district shall not exceed the per-pupil cost of the unaccredited district.
4. For purposes of this section, "school building" means a structure or structures dedicated to housing teachers and students in the instructional process that are assigned an individual school number by the department of elementary and secondary education.
5. The state board of education shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2014, shall be invalid and void.
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