SB 311 Summary

• Repeals and replaces sections 160.400 and 160.425 to establish the "Parental Involvement Act" allowing parents to petition for school conversion or turnaround options for schools in the bottom 20% of Missouri schools

• Enables parents representing 51% of a school's enrollment to petition for conversion to charter school or implementation of turnaround models (restart, closure, transformation, or turnaround)

• Requires districts to implement parent-selected turnaround option unless logistically impossible; department of education may review and override district objections

• Mandates automatic conversion to charter school if a school fails to show significant academic growth after two years of turnaround implementation

• Creates Missouri Charter Public School Commission as nine-member body to sponsor charter schools and serve as interim sponsor for schools converted through parental petition process