MO HB1732

Allows school districts to adopt a four-day school week or other calendar with fewer than 174 days, requiring a minimum of 142 days and 1,050 hours of actual pupil attendance instead of the previous 1,044 hours.

Changes the earliest school opening date from ten calendar days prior to the first Monday in September to the first Tuesday after Labor Day, and establishes the latest closing date as the Friday before Memorial Day.

Removes the requirement for school districts to hold a public meeting and board vote to open school before ten days prior to the first Monday in September.

Increases the state funding penalty for violating calendar provisions from one-quarter to one-half of the state funding generated under section 163.031 for each date of violation.

Establishes that state testing for kindergarten through eighth grade students shall begin no earlier than April 15 of each school year, and becomes effective for the 2013-2014 school year.