MO SB956

Allows charter schools with foreign language immersion missions where instruction is wholly conducted in a foreign language for at least the first two years to enroll children who have attained age four, rather than the standard age five for kindergarten.

Permits metropolitan and urban school districts with more than 300,000 inhabitants to set their own age cutoff dates between August 1 and October 1 for kindergarten and first grade admission, with eligibility exceptions for foreign language immersion charter schools.

Requires charter schools to report student names, addresses, lunch eligibility, special education and limited English proficiency status to their resident school district for state aid calculation and distribution purposes.

Establishes funding mechanism where school districts pay charter schools annually based on weighted average daily attendance multiplied by state adequacy target, plus local tax revenues and all other state aid attributable to enrolled students.

Allows charter schools with foreign language immersion programs enrolling four-year-olds to include those children in average daily attendance and weighted average daily attendance calculations for state aid purposes.