| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.1056 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEDOUGLAS. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 2392H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Toamendchapter160,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtocharterschools. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SectionA.Chapter160,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe |
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| 10 | 10 | | 2knownassection160.426,toreadasfollows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | 160.426.1.BeginningAugust28,2025,nocharterschoolshallbeeligibleto |
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| 12 | 12 | | 2operateinthisstatewithoutthestateboardofeducation'sissuanceofacertificateof |
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| 13 | 13 | | 3needforsuchcharterschoolasprovidedinthissection. |
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| 14 | 14 | | 4 2.Acertificateofneedshallberequiredonlyforproposedcharterschoolsthat |
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| 15 | 15 | | 5arenotestablishedasofAugust28,2025,andshallnotberequiredfor: |
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| 16 | 16 | | 6 (1)Therenewalofachartercontractpursuanttotheprovisionsofsection |
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| 17 | 17 | | 7160.405;or |
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| 18 | 18 | | 8 (2)Thetransferofsponsorshipofacharterschoolinaccordancewithrules |
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| 19 | 19 | | 9promulgatedbythestateboardofeducation. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 10 3.Thissectionshallnotbeconstruedtoexemptacharterschoolfromthe |
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| 21 | 21 | | 11requirementsofsection160.405oranyotherapplicablestateorfederallawor |
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| 22 | 22 | | 12regulation. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 13 4.Thecharterschoolcertificateofneedapplicationshallconsistofawritten |
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| 24 | 24 | | 14certification,includingsupportingdocumentation,submittedbythegoverningboardof |
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| 25 | 25 | | 15theschooldistrictorthegoverningbodyofthecityorcountyinwhichtheproposed |
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| 26 | 26 | | 16charterschoolwouldbelocated,affirmingthatthefollowingconditionsapplytothe |
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| 27 | 27 | | 17schooldistrictinwhichtheproposedcharterschoolwouldbeoperated: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 18 (1)Consumerdemandforalternativeeducationaloptionsexceedssupply; |
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| 29 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 19 (2)Theschooldistrict'sattendanceareacontainssufficienteconomiesofscaleto |
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| 31 | 31 | | 20ensurebothanadequatesupplyofhigh-qualityteachersandasufficientnumberof |
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| 32 | 32 | | 21potentialstudentsinorderfortheproposedcharterschooltosucceedwithout |
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| 33 | 33 | | 22detrimentallyimpactingtheschooldistrict'sabilitytoprovideafreepubliceducation |
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| 34 | 34 | | 23forstudentswhoenrollintheschooldistrict.Forpurposesofthissubdivision, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 24"economiesofscale"shallmeanthecapacitytoreducecostsandincreaseefficiencyas |
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| 36 | 36 | | 25studentenrollmentnumberschange;and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 26 (3)Theproposedcharterschoolislikelyto: |
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| 38 | 38 | | 27 (a)Alleviateeconomicandracialinequitiesacrosstheschooldistrict's |
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| 39 | 39 | | 28attendancecenters; |
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| 40 | 40 | | 29 (b)Improvestudents'academicachievementandtestscores; |
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| 41 | 41 | | 30 (c)Reducestudent-teacherratiosacrosstheschooldistrict; |
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| 42 | 42 | | 31 (d)Resultinamoreefficienteducationservicedeliverysystemwithout |
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| 43 | 43 | | 32superfluousduplicationofservices; |
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| 44 | 44 | | 33 (e)Limitthenumberofschoolingdisruptionsfacedbychildrenandfamilies; |
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| 45 | 45 | | 34and |
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| 46 | 46 | | 35 (f)Addressfamilyprioritiesthatarenotstrictlyeducationalinnatureincluding, |
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| 47 | 47 | | 36butnotlimitedto,safety,convenience,transportationtime,neighborhoodwalkability, |
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| 48 | 48 | | 37andschoolculture. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 38 5.Thestateboardofeducationshallrevieweachcharterschoolcertificateof |
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| 50 | 50 | | 39needapplicationandeitherapproveordisapproveeachapplicationwithinonehundred |
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| 51 | 51 | | 40twentycalendardaysofreceipt.Iftheboarddeterminesthattheinformationprovided |
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| 52 | 52 | | 41intheapplicationisfactualandbasedonsounddataandreasoning,theboardshall |
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| 53 | 53 | | 42considertheconditionsofthissubsectiontobesatisfiedandtheboardshallapprove |
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| 54 | 54 | | 43suchapplication.Iftheboarddeterminesthattheinformationprovidedinthe |
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| 55 | 55 | | 44applicationisnotfactualandbasedonsounddataandreasoning,theboardshall |
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| 56 | 56 | | 45disapprovetheapplicationandprovidetotheapplicantwrittendocumentationofthe |
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| 57 | 57 | | 46reasonswhytheapplicationwasnotapproved. |
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| 58 | 58 | | âś” |
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| 59 | 59 | | HB1056 2 |
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