MO SB123

Permits charter schools with foreign language immersion missions and instruction 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 kindergarten age requirement of five.

Allows four-year-olds enrolled in qualifying charter schools to be included in the school's average daily attendance and weighted average daily attendance for purposes of state aid calculations.

Extends the four-year-old enrollment eligibility to charter schools operating under sections 160.053, 160.054, and 160.055, which govern kindergarten and early grade admission age requirements in metropolitan and urban school districts.

Requires charter schools to report four-year-old students' names, addresses, and eligibility information to their resident school district in the same manner as other enrolled pupils.

Charter schools declaring themselves as local educational agencies may receive state aid directly from the department of elementary and secondary education for four-year-old students, with corresponding reductions to their resident school district's payments.