Missouri HB 1453: Requires the state board of education to terminate the transitional school board under certain circumstances

Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1453
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE MAY.
5222H.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 162.1100, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
transitional school districts.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 162.1100, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 162.1100, to read as follows:
162.1100. 1. There is hereby established within each city not within a county a school
2 district to be known as the "Transitional School District of (name of city)", which shall be a body
3 corporate and politic and a subdivision of the state. The transitional school district shall be
4 coterminous with the boundaries of the city in which the district is located. Except as otherwise
5 provided in this section and section 162.621, the transitional school district shall be subject to
6 all laws pertaining to "seven-director districts", as defined in section 160.011. The transitional
7 school district shall have the responsibility for educational programs and policies determined by
8 a final judgment of a federal school desegregation case to be needed in providing for a transition
9 of the educational system of the city from control and jurisdiction of a federal court school
10 desegregation order, decree or agreement and such other programs and policies as designated by
11 the governing body of the school district.
12 2. (1) The governing board of the transitional school district shall consist of three
13 residents of the district: one shall be appointed by the governing body of the district, one shall
14 be appointed by the mayor of the city not within a county and one shall be appointed by the
15 president of the board of aldermen of the city not within a county. The members of the
16 governing board shall serve without compensation for a term of three years, or until their
17 successors have been appointed, or until the transitional district is dissolved or terminated. Any
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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18 tax approved for the transitional district shall be assigned to the governing body of the school
19 district in a city not within a county after dissolution or termination of the transitional district.
20 (2) In the event that the state board of education shall declare the school district of a city
21 not within a county to be unaccredited, the member of the governing board of the transitional
22 district appointed by the governing body of the district as provided in subdivision (1) of this
23 subsection shall, within ninety days, be replaced by a chief executive officer nominated by the
24 state board of education and appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.
25 The chief executive officer need not be a resident of the district but shall be a person of
26 recognized administrative ability, shall be paid in whole or in part with funds from the district,
27 and shall have all other powers and duties of any other general superintendent of schools,
28 including appointment of staff. The chief executive officer shall serve for a term of three years
29 or until his or her successor is appointed or until the transitional district is dissolved or
30 terminated. His or her salary shall be set by the state board of education.
31 3. In the event that the school district loses its accreditation, upon the appointment of a
32 chief executive officer, any powers granted to any existing school board in a city not within a
33 county on or before August 28, 1998, shall be vested with the special administrative board of the
34 transitional school district containing such school district so long as the transitional school
35 district exists, except as otherwise provided in section 162.621.
36 4. The special administrative board's powers and duties shall include:
37 (1) Creating an academic accountability plan, taking corrective action in
38 underperforming schools, and seeking relief from state-mandated programs;
39 (2) Exploration of alternative forms of governance for the district;
40 (3) Authority to contract with nonprofit corporations to provide for the operation of
41 schools;
42 (4) Oversight of facility planning, construction, improvement, repair, maintenance and
43 rehabilitation;
44 (5) Authority to establish school site councils to facilitate site-based school management
45 and to improve the responsiveness of the schools to the needs of the local geographic attendance
46 region of the school;
47 (6) Authority to submit a proposal to district voters pursuant to section 162.666
48 regarding establishment of neighborhood schools.
49 5. (1) The provisions of a final judgment as to the state of Missouri and its officials in
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