The Joplin R-8 Board of Education will reconsider the district's participation in the Missouri Southern State University Center for Advanced Professional Studies when it meets 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Memorial Administration Building.
The regular meeting will be preceded by a closed meeting for real estate, personnel and legal issues at 5 p.m.
A vote to approve a memorandum of understanding with the university failed by a 4-3 margin at the December board meeting, with those voting against it citing the cost.
Cost does not appear to be a problem anymore, according to documentation provided to the board. MSSU was requiring Joplin to pay for 59 seats whether it was able to fill that many or not.
That number had been lowered to 36 and as district officials note in their report, "donors have stepped forward to commit to the coverage up to 36" unused seats.
With that commitment, the district will only be obligated to use taxpayer money to pay for the students who actually participate in the program, which is designed to provide project-based learning experiences for students in conjunction with participating area businesses.
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