Missouri SB 931: Modifies the calculation of average daily attendance for early childhood education programs

Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 931
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR ARTHUR.
Read 1st time January 27, 2020, and ordered printed.
ADRIANE D. CROUSE, Secretary.
4925S.01I
AN ACT
To repeal section 163.018, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating
to calculation of average daily attendance for early childhood education
programs.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 163.018, RSMo, is repealed and one new section
2 enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 163.018, to read as follows:
163.018. 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall
2 mean:
3 (1) "Eligible program", an early childhood education program
4 that is either:
5 (a) Operated by and in a school district or by a charter school
6 that has declared itself as a local educational agency providing full-day
7 kindergarten and that meets standards established by the state board
8 of education; or
9 (b) Under contract with a school district or charter school that
10 has declared itself as a local educational agency and that meets
11 standards established by the state board of education and this section;
12 (2) "Qualifying pupil", a pupil ages three, four, or five who is
13 eligible for free and reduced price lunch and attends an eligible
14 program.
15 2. (1) Notwithstanding the definition of average daily attendance in
16 subdivision (2) of section 163.011 to the contrary, qualifying pupils [between the
17 ages of three and five who are eligible for free and reduced price lunch and attend
18 an early childhood education program:
EXPLANATION--Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted in the law.

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19 (a) That is operated by and in a district or by a charter school that has
20 declared itself as a local educational agency providing full-day kindergarten and
21 that meets standards established by the state board of education; or
22 (b) That is under contract with a district or charter school that has
23 declared itself as a local educational agency and that meets standards established
24 by the state board of education;] who attend eligible programs shall be
25 included in the district's or charter school's calculation of average daily
26 attendance. For the 2020-2021 school year, the total number of [such]
27 qualifying pupils included in the district's or charter school's calculation of
28 average daily attendance shall not exceed four percent of the total number of
29 non-qualifying pupils ages five through eighteen who are eligible for free
30 and reduced price lunch [between the ages of five and eighteen] and who are
31 included in the district's or charter school's calculation of average daily
32 attendance. For the 2021-2022 school year, the total number of qualifying
33 pupils included in the district's or charter school's calculation of
34 average daily attendance shall not exceed six percent of the total
35 number of non-qualified pupils ages five through eighteen who are
36 eligible for free and reduced price lunch and who are included in the
37 district's or charter school's calculation of average daily
38 attendance. For the 2022-2023 school year, the total number of
39 qualifying pupils included in the district's or charter school's
40 calculation of average daily attendance shall not exceed eight percent
41 of the total number of non-qualified pupils ages five through eighteen
42 who are eligible for free and reduced price lunch and who are included
43 in the district's or charter school's calculation of average daily
44 attendance. For the 2023-2024 school year, and each school year
45 thereafter, the total number of qualifying pupils included in the
46 district's or charter school's calculation of average daily attendance
47 shall not exceed ten percent of the total number of non-qualified pupils
48 ages five through eighteen who are eligible for free and reduced price
49 lunch and who are included in the district's or charter school's
50 calculation of average daily attendance.
51 (2) If a qualifying pupil [described under subdivision (1) of this
52 subsection] leaves an [early childhood education] eligible program during the
53 school year, a district or charter school shall be allowed to fill the vacant
54 enrollment spot with another qualifying pupil [between the ages of three and

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55 five who is eligible for free and reduced price lunch] without affecting the
56 district's or charter school's calculation of average daily attendance.
57 [2.] 3. In establishing standards for any early childhood education
58 program that is under contract with a district or charter school that has declared
59 itself as a local educational agency, the state board of education shall consider:
60 (1) Whether a program offers full-day and full-year programming;
61 (2) Whether a program has teacher-to-child ratios consistent with
62 reasonable standards set by early chil