MO HB159

Allows students whose parents are deployed out of state or within Missouri under Title 32 or Title 10 active duty military orders to attend school in the district where family members or military family support communities are located.

Permits students to finish the school year in the receiving district if active duty orders expire during the school year.

Maintains existing residency requirements for school enrollment, defining domicile as the domicile of a parent, military guardian under military-issued guardianship, or court-appointed legal guardian.

Establishes that submitting false information to satisfy registration requirements is a class A misdemeanor, and school districts may pursue civil action to recover costs of attendance.

Exempts homeless children, foster children, court-placed children, special education students, and participants in interdistrict transfer programs from residency proof requirements.