School officials from Clayton and Brentwood hope the lower courts will resolve the issue of how students from unaccredited districts are accepted into neighboring districts.
Much to the dismay of local school districts, state lawmakers were unable to come up with a resolution to a recent Missouri Supreme Court ruling that could result in a rapid influx of students from unaccredited schools transferring to neighboring districts. That possibility is the result of the court's July opinion in the Jane Turner vs. School District of Clayton case that students from unaccredited districts can choose to attend any accredited district in the same or adjoining county. Furthermore, the court contends that the accepting district has no discretion in the matter. Local school officials are concerned that the lack of local control would force them to increase class size and add classrooms, which could ultimately result in tax…
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School officials contend a recent Missouri Supreme Court ruling could send a stream of students from unaccredited districts to their classrooms; bills in the legislature may address the issue.
Local school districts, including Brentwood and Maplewood Richmond Heights, hope state lawmakers will provide a fix to a recent Missouri Supreme Court ruling that could result in a rapid influx of students from unaccredited districts transferring to neighboring districts. That possibility is the result of the court's July opinion in the Jane Turner vs. School District of Clayton case that school districts are mandated to accept any student from an unaccredited district and have no say so in the matter. There are several bills currently proposed in the General Assembly addressing the topic. In the St. Louis area, both the St. Louis Public Schools (SLPS) and Riverview Gardens School districts are unaccredited. Under current law, students …
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Jené Costello
11:01 pm on Monday, April 18, 2011
How will city schools get out of the deplorable situation they are in if more of their money needs to go out to adjacent school districts in order for families to find an acceptable way to educate their children? We have to take a long range look at this because although there are immediate concerns for the county schools that will take the brunt of solving the educational needs of children from … more ›