Missouri HB 425: Modifies provisions relating to transfer of students within districts and between districts.

Bill Text

FIRST REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 425
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE MOON.
0802H.01I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal sections 162.1040, 162.1042, 162.1045, 162.1047, 162.1049, 162.1052, 162.1055,
162.1057, 162.1059, and 162.1190, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections
relating to elementary and secondary education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 162.1040, 162.1042, 162.1045, 162.1047, 162.1049, 162.1052,
2 162.1055, 162.1057, 162.1059, and 162.1190, RSMo, are repealed and two new sections enacted
3 in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 162.1070 and 162.1190, to read as follows:
162.1070. 1. In accordance with the provisions of this section, the boards of
2 education of any two or more school districts may make and enter into agreements
3 providing for the attendance of students residing in one school district at school in
4 kindergarten or any grade not higher than the twelfth grade maintained by any such other
5 school district. The boards of education may also provide by agreement for the
6 combination of enrollments for kindergarten or one or more grades, courses, or units of
7 instruction.
8 2. Before entering into any agreement under this section, the board of education
9 shall adopt a resolution declaring that it has made a determination that such an agreement
10 should be made and that making and entering into such an agreement would be in the best
11 interests of the educational system of the school district.
12 3. Any agreement under this section shall be subject to the following conditions:
13 (1) The agreement shall be for any term not exceeding five years;
14 (2) The agreement shall be subject to change or termination by the legislature;
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended
to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.

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15 (3) Within the limitations provided by law, the agreement may be changed or
16 terminated by mutual agreement of the participating boards of education; and
17 (4) The agreement shall make provision for transportation of students to and from
18 the school attended on every school day, for payment or sharing of the costs and expenses
19 of student attendance at school, and for the authority and responsibility of the
20 participating boards of education. The agreement shall provide that a school district that
21 receives students from another district shall be required to provide transportation of those
22 students only within the boundaries of its district.
23 4. The board of education of any school district that enters into an agreement under
24 this section for the attendance of students at school in another school district may
25 discontinue kindergarten or any or all of the grades, courses, and units of instruction
26 specified in the agreement for attendance of students enrolled in kindergarten or any such
27 grades, courses, and units of instruction at school in such other school district. Upon
28 discontinuing kindergarten or any grade, course, or unit of instruction under this
29 subsection, the board of education may close any school building or buildings operated or
30 used for attendance by students enrolled in such discontinued kindergarten, grades,
31 courses, or units of instruction. The closing of any school building under this subsection
32 shall require a majority vote of the members of the board of education and shall require
33 no other procedure or approval.
34 5. Any student attending school in a district in which he or she does not reside in
35 accordance with an agreement made and entered into under this section shall be counted
36 as a resident student of such school district of attendance for the purposes of determining
37 state aid under section 163.031.
38 6. A nonresident district shall accept all credits toward promotion or graduation
39 awarded by a district of residence. If a student returns to the student’s district of residence
40 before graduation, the district of residence shall accept all credits awarded by the
41 nonresident district.
42 7. A student who satisfactorily completes twelfth grade while in attendance at
43 school in a district in which he or she does not reside in accordance with an agreement
44 made and entered into under this section shall be certified as having graduated from such
45 school district of attendance unless otherwise provided for by the agreement.
162.1190. 1. Subject to the provisions of this section, the school board of each school
2 district with multiple attendance centers containing the same grade levels shall[, no later than
3 July 1, 2004, develop, and make available to the public, a policy regarding] allow the transfer
4 of that school district's students to other schools within the district.

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5 2. Each school district shall have the right to establish