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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1777
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR COLEMAN.
7206S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 161, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to public school
transformation campuses.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 161, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 161.1160, to read as 2
follows:3
161.1160. 1. For purposes of this section, the 1
following terms mean: 2
(1) "Charter school", includes only those charter 3
schools established under chapter 160 that satisfy the 4
following criteria: 5
(a) The charter of such charter school has not 6
previously been revoked; 7
(b) For the three school years immediately preceding 8
the school year of the proposed school transformation, the 9
charter school has an annual performance report score 10
consistent with an accreditation status of accredited 11
without provision; and 12
(c) The charter school had no significant findings on 13
the prior year annual financial audit; 14
(2) "Commissioner", the commissioner of elementary and 15
secondary education; 16
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(3) "School district", includes only those school 17
districts that are determined to be in the bottom five 18
percent of scores on the annual performance report and those 19
school districts whose most recent annual performance report 20
score is consistent with an accreditation status of 21
provisionally accredited or unaccredited. 22
2. Subject to approval by the state board of 23
education, a school district board of directors or the 24
commissioner, acting as a school district board of 25
directors, may enter into a performance-based contract with 26
either of the following entities to operate a designated 27
public school as a "Public School Transformation Campus": 28
(1) The governing body of a charter school; or 29
(2) A nonprofit education management organization or 30
other entity, as approved by the state board of education. 31
3. A school district that contracts with an entity 32
identified in subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection 2 of this 33
section to operate a public school transformation campus 34
shall be eligible for an exemption from the provisions of 35
sections 161.1080 to 161.1130, sections 162.081 to 162.083, 36
section 162.085, and sections 167.895 to 167.898. 37
4. A school district proposing to enter into a 38
contract under this section shall notify the commissioner of 39
the school district's intent to enter into the contract. 40
The state board of education shall establish by rule the 41
procedures for a school district to notify the commissioner, 42
including: 43
(1) The time period within which the notification is 44
required before the school year in which the proposed 45
contract would take effect; and 46
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(2) If necessary, the charter school governing board 47
or other entity to which a school district shall submit 48
information as required. 49
5. The commissioner shall notify a school district 50
whether the proposed contract is approved not later than 51
sixty days after the date the state board of education and 52
the commissioner received notice of the proposed contract 53
and all information required by the commissioner to be 54
submitted has been received. 55
6. This section does not prohibit a contract between a 56
school district and another entity for the provision of 57
services for a public school within the school district, 58
including without limitation a contract for food services. 59
7. The department shall encourage charter school 60
operators to enter into contracts with school districts to 61
establish public school transformation campuses. 62
8. For purposes of accountability during the first two 63
school years of operation, a public school transformation 64
campus shall be: 65
(1) Awarded with an alternate performance status, 66
which shall be established and defined by the state board of 67
education; 68
(2) Exempt from any sanction or action against the 69
public school transformation campus for failure to satisfy 70
academic performance standards; and 71
(3) Publicly signaled as a public school 72
transformation campus. 73
9. Following the first two years of transformation, 74
the state board of education shall continue to evaluate and 75
assign all performance ratings received by other public 76
schools within a school district to the public school 77
transformation campus. 78
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10. The department may provide, through state and 79
federal funds where allowable, financial incentives to 80
support transformations under this section. 81
11. The state board of education shall promulgate 82
rules to implement the provisions of this section. Any rule 83
or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 84
536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in 85
this section shall become effective only if it complies with 86
and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, 87
if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 88
536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with 89
the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to 90
delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule 91
are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of 92
rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after 93
August 28, 2026, shall be invalid and void. 94
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