FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.1056
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEDOUGLAS.
2392H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Toamendchapter160,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtocharterschools.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Chapter160,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe
2knownassection160.426,toreadasfollows:
160.426.1.BeginningAugust28,2025,nocharterschoolshallbeeligibleto
2operateinthisstatewithoutthestateboardofeducation'sissuanceofacertificateof
3needforsuchcharterschoolasprovidedinthissection.
4 2.Acertificateofneedshallberequiredonlyforproposedcharterschoolsthat
5arenotestablishedasofAugust28,2025,andshallnotberequiredfor:
6 (1)Therenewalofachartercontractpursuanttotheprovisionsofsection
7160.405;or
8 (2)Thetransferofsponsorshipofacharterschoolinaccordancewithrules
9promulgatedbythestateboardofeducation.
10 3.Thissectionshallnotbeconstruedtoexemptacharterschoolfromthe
11requirementsofsection160.405oranyotherapplicablestateorfederallawor
12regulation.
13 4.Thecharterschoolcertificateofneedapplicationshallconsistofawritten
14certification,includingsupportingdocumentation,submittedbythegoverningboardof
15theschooldistrictorthegoverningbodyofthecityorcountyinwhichtheproposed
16charterschoolwouldbelocated,affirmingthatthefollowingconditionsapplytothe
17schooldistrictinwhichtheproposedcharterschoolwouldbeoperated:
18 (1)Consumerdemandforalternativeeducationaloptionsexceedssupply;
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 19 (2)Theschooldistrict'sattendanceareacontainssufficienteconomiesofscaleto
20ensurebothanadequatesupplyofhigh-qualityteachersandasufficientnumberof
21potentialstudentsinorderfortheproposedcharterschooltosucceedwithout
22detrimentallyimpactingtheschooldistrict'sabilitytoprovideafreepubliceducation
23forstudentswhoenrollintheschooldistrict.Forpurposesofthissubdivision,
24"economiesofscale"shallmeanthecapacitytoreducecostsandincreaseefficiencyas
25studentenrollmentnumberschange;and
26 (3)Theproposedcharterschoolislikelyto:
27 (a)Alleviateeconomicandracialinequitiesacrosstheschooldistrict's
28attendancecenters;
29 (b)Improvestudents'academicachievementandtestscores;
30 (c)Reducestudent-teacherratiosacrosstheschooldistrict;
31 (d)Resultinamoreefficienteducationservicedeliverysystemwithout
32superfluousduplicationofservices;
33 (e)Limitthenumberofschoolingdisruptionsfacedbychildrenandfamilies;
34and
35 (f)Addressfamilyprioritiesthatarenotstrictlyeducationalinnatureincluding,
36butnotlimitedto,safety,convenience,transportationtime,neighborhoodwalkability,
37andschoolculture.
38 5.Thestateboardofeducationshallrevieweachcharterschoolcertificateof
39needapplicationandeitherapproveordisapproveeachapplicationwithinonehundred
40twentycalendardaysofreceipt.Iftheboarddeterminesthattheinformationprovided
41intheapplicationisfactualandbasedonsounddataandreasoning,theboardshall
42considertheconditionsofthissubsectiontobesatisfiedandtheboardshallapprove
43suchapplication.Iftheboarddeterminesthattheinformationprovidedinthe
44applicationisnotfactualandbasedonsounddataandreasoning,theboardshall
45disapprovetheapplicationandprovidetotheapplicantwrittendocumentationofthe
46reasonswhytheapplicationwasnotapproved.
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