Senator Paul LeVota, D-Independence, today prefiled legislation addressing Missouri’s school accreditation process and the transfer of students from unaccredited districts.
Senator LeVota, a longtime advocate for improving education in Missouri, prefiled Senate Bill 624. The bill allows school districts to establish policies that outline class sizes and student-to-teacher ratios. Once a district establishes a desirable class size and student-to-teacher ratio, districts will not be required to accept transfer students from unaccredited school districts if the move would violate the class size and student-to-teacher ratio.
“This bill addresses the student transfer issue in a way that helps both the accredited andunaccredited school districts,” said Sen. LeVota. “It is unfair to overwhelm accredited districts with transferring students. On the other hand, it’s also unfair to turn students away if the district has the room to accommodate them.”
Senate Bill 624 also prohibits the State School Board from classifying a school district as unaccredited or reclassifying a district accreditation to provisional if a vacancy exists on the board for the congressional district where the school is located.
For more information on Sen. LeVota’s sponsored legislation, visit his Missouri Senate website atwww.senate.mo.gov/levota.
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