MO SB70

State board of education prohibited from designating a school district as unaccredited or changing its status from accredited to provisionally accredited when no board member resides in that district's congressional district

Accredited districts may adopt class size and student-teacher ratio policies to limit transfer students from unaccredited districts; denied students may appeal to the state board of education

Accredited districts in the same or adjoining county as an unaccredited district must report available enrollment slots by grade level to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education by January 1st annually and publish on their website

Unaccredited districts, provisionally accredited districts, and districts with performance scores consistent with those designations in the previous two years cannot receive transfer students

Contains an emergency clause making the act effective immediately upon passage due to public health, welfare, peace and safety concerns