MO SCR24

Grant provisional accreditation to the Kansas City school district, citing its demonstration of two years of improvement on the Missouri School Improvement Program, comparable to St. Louis public schools' prior approval.

Create an accreditation and intervention model enabling reform and governance changes in struggling school districts before they face financial hardship from student transfer laws.

Use authority granted by SB 125 (2013) to intervene in districts where reform efforts have failed, lapse those districts, and attach them to other school districts.

Submit a budget request to the General Assembly to cover tuition and transportation costs for students who transferred from Riverview Gardens and Normandy school districts.

Designate the Commissioner of Education or a DESE staff member to oversee districts that have dropped below full accreditation and monitor their progress toward regaining accreditation.