Bill Text: MO HB920 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the Missouri Early Childhood Education Act which allows children four and five years of age to attend early childhood programs under certain circumstances
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-17 - Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education(H) [HB920 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2013-HB920-Introduced.html
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES DUNN (Sponsor), MIMS, OTTO, ELLINGTON, MAYFIELD, RUNIONS AND ENGLISH (Co-sponsors).
2178L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 163, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to early childhood education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 163, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 163.019, to read as follows:
163.019. 1. The provisions of this section shall be known and referred to as the "Missouri Early Childhood Education Act".
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, children who are at least four years of age but not more than five years of age on or before August first and who have not attended a public school kindergarten shall be entitled to attend half-day or full-day early childhood education programs at any public school in the state where such programs are offered, provided no child shall be required to attend any early childhood education program.
3. Children meeting the age requirement of subsection 2 of this section shall be entitled to attend either half-day or full-day early childhood programs in their district of residence free of charge as long as the district has the physical facilities and teaching personnel to accommodate the child. Pupils attending a program under the provisions of this section shall be included in the resident district's calculation of average daily attendance.
4. Children meeting the age requirement of subsection 2 of this section who reside in a district where no early childhood program is offered shall be eligible for transfer to a district in which an early childhood education program is offered if the district offering the early childhood program agrees to the transfer. A district offering early childhood programs may refuse to accept a nonresident child if the child does not meet the age requirement of subsection 2 of this section or if the district does not have the physical facilities or teaching personnel to accommodate the child in an early childhood education class. Children who are accepted into a program outside of the child's resident district as provided in this subsection shall be entitled to attend such program free of charge and shall be included in the nonresident district's calculation of average daily attendance.
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