Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 160
Schools--General Provisions
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Section 160.400.1
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August 28, 2015
Charter schools, defined, St. Louis City and Kansas City school districts--sponsors--use of public school buildings--organization of charter schools--affiliations with college or university--criminal background check required.
160.400. 1. A charter school is an independent public school.
2. Except as further provided in subsection 4 of this section,
charter schools may be operated only:
(1) In a metropolitan school district;
(2) In an urban school district containing most or all of a city with
a population greater than three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants;
(3) In a school district that has been declared unaccredited;
(4) In a school district that has been classified as provisionally
accredited by the state board of education and has received scores on its
annual performance report consistent with a classification of provisionally
accredited or unaccredited for three consecutive school years beginning
with the 2012-13 accreditation year under the following conditions:
(a) The eligibility for charter schools of any school district whose
provisional accreditation is based in whole or in part on financial stress
as defined in sections 161.520 to 161.529, or on financial hardship as
defined by rule of the state board of education, shall be decided by a vote
of the state board of education during the third consecutive school year
after the designation of provisional accreditation; and
(b) The sponsor is limited to the local school board or a sponsor who
has met the standards of accountability and performance as determined by
the department based on sections 160.400 to 160.425 and section 167.349 and
properly promulgated rules of the department; or
(5) In a school district that has been accredited without provisions,
sponsored only by the local school board; provided that no board with a
current year enrollment of one thousand five hundred fifty students or
greater shall permit more than thirty-five percent of its student
enrollment to enroll in charter schools sponsored by the local board under
the authority of this subdivision, except that this restriction shall not
apply to any school district that subsequently becomes eligible under
subdivision* (3) or (4) of this subsection or to any district accredited
without provisions that sponsors charter schools prior to having a current
year student enrollment of one thousand five hundred fifty students or
greater.
3. Except as further provided in subsection 4 of this section, the
following entities are eligible to sponsor charter schools:
(1) The school board of the district in any district which is
sponsoring a charter school as of August 27, 2012, as permitted under
subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection 2 of this section, the special
administrative board of a metropolitan school district during any time in
which powers granted to the district's board of education are vested in a
special administrative board, or if the state board of education appoints a
special administrative board to retain the authority granted to the board
of education of an urban school district containing most or all of a city
with a population greater than three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants,
the special administrative board of such school district;
(2) A public four-year college or university with an approved teacher
education program that meets regional or national standards of
accreditation;
(3) A community college, the service area of which encompasses some
portion of the district;
(4) Any private four-year college or university with an enrollment of
at least one thousand students, with its primary campus in Missouri, and
with an approved teacher preparation program;
(5) Any two-year private vocational or technical school designated as
a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended, which is a member of the North Central Association and
accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, with its primary campus in
Missouri; or
(6) The Missouri charter public school commission created in section
160.425.
4. Changes in a school district's accreditation status that affect
charter schools shall be addressed as follows, except for the districts
described in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection 2 of this section:
(1) As a district transitions from unaccredited to provisionally
accredited, the district shall continue to fall under the requirements for
an unaccredited district until it achieves three consecutive full school
years of provisional accreditation;
(2) As a district transitions from provisionally accredited to full
accreditation, the district shall continue to fall under the requirements
for a provisionally accredited district until it achieves three consecutive
full school years of full accreditation;
(3) In any school district classified as unaccredited or
provisionally accredited where a charter school is operating and is
sponsored by an entity other than the local school board, when the school
district becomes classified as accredited without provisions, a charter
school may continue to be sponsored by the entity sponsoring it prior to
the classification of accredited without provisions and shall not be
limited to the local school board as a sponsor.
A charter school operating in a school district identified in subdivision
(1) or (2) of subsection 2 of this section may be sponsored by any of the
entities identified in subsection 3 of this section, irrespective of the
accreditation classification of the district in which it is located. A
charter school in a district described in this subsection whose charter
provides for the addition of grade levels in subsequent years may continue
to add levels until the planned expansion is complete to the extent of
grade levels in comparable schools of the district in which the charter
school is operated.
5. The mayor of a city not within a county may request a sponsor
under subdivision (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of subsection 3 of this
section to consider sponsoring a "workplace charter school", which is
defined for purposes of sections 160.400 to 160.425 as a charter school
with the ability to target prospective students whose parent or parents are
employed in a business district, as defined in the charter, which is
located in the city.
6. No sponsor shall receive from an applicant for a charter school
any fee of any type for the consideration of a charter, nor may a sponsor
condition its consideration of a charter on the promise of future payment
of any kind.
7. The charter school shall be organized as a Missouri nonprofit
corporation incorporated pursuant to chapter 355. The charter provided for
herein shall constitute a contract between the sponsor and the charter
school.
8. As a nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to chapter 355,
the charter school shall select the method for election of officers
pursuant to section 355.326 based on the class of corporation selected.
Meetings of the governing board of the charter school shall be subject to
the provisions of sections 610.010 to 610.030.
9. A sponsor of a charter school, its agents and employees are not
liable for any acts or omissions of a charter school that it sponsors,
including acts or omissions relating to the charter submitted by the
charter school, the operation of the charter school and the performance of
the charter school.
10. A charter school may affiliate with a four-year college or
university, including a private college or university, or a community
college as otherwise specified in subsection 3 of this section when its
charter is granted by a sponsor other than such college, university or
community college. Affiliation status recognizes a relationship between
the charter school and the college or university for purposes of teacher
training and staff development, curriculum and assessment development, use
of physical facilities owned by or rented on behalf of the college or
university, and other similar purposes. A university, college or community
college may not charge or accept a fee for affiliation status.
11. The expenses associated with sponsorship of charter schools shall
be defrayed by the department of elementary and secondary education
retaining one and five-tenths percent of the amount of state and local
funding allocated to the charter school under section 160.415, not to
exceed one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars, adjusted for inflation.
The department of elementary and secondary education shall remit the
retained funds for each charter school to the school's sponsor, provided
the sponsor remains in good standing by fulfilling its sponsorship
obligations under sections 160.400 to 160.425 and 167.349 with regard to
each charter school it sponsors, including appropriate demonstration of the
following:
(1) Expends no less than ninety percent of its charter school
sponsorship funds in support of its charter school sponsorship program, or
as a direct investment in the sponsored schools;
(2) Maintains a comprehensive application process that follows fair
procedures and rigorous criteria and grants charters only to those
developers who demonstrate strong capacity for establishing and operating a
quality charter school;
(3) Negotiates contracts with charter schools that clearly articulate
the rights and responsibilities of each party regarding school autonomy,
expected outcomes, measures for evaluating success or failure, performance
consequences, and other material terms;
(4) Conducts contract oversight that evaluates performance, monitors
compliance, informs intervention and renewal decisions, and ensures
autonomy provided under applicable law; and
(5) Designs and implements a transparent and rigorous process that
uses comprehensive data to make merit-based renewal decisions.
12. Sponsors receiving funds under subsection 11 of this section
shall be required to submit annual reports to the joint committee on
education demonstrating they are in compliance with subsection 17 of this
section.
13. No university, college or community college shall grant a charter
to a nonprofit corporation if an employee of the university, college or
community college is a member of the corporation's board of directors.
14. No sponsor shall grant a charter under sections 160.400 to
160.425 and 167.349 without ensuring that a criminal background check and
family care safety registry check are conducted for all members of the
governing board of the charter schools or the incorporators of the charter
school if initial directors are not named in the articles of incorporation,
nor shall a sponsor renew a charter without ensuring a criminal background
check and family care registry check are conducted for each member of the
governing board of the charter school.
15. No member of the governing board of a charter school shall hold
any office or employment from the board or the charter school while serving
as a member, nor shall the member have any substantial interest, as defined
in section 105.450, in any entity employed by or contracting with the
board. No board member shall be an employee of a company that provides
substantial services to the charter school. All members of the governing
board of the charter school shall be considered decision-making public
servants as defined in section 105.450 for the purposes of the financial
disclosure requirements contained in sections 105.483, 105.485, 105.487,
and 105.489.
16. A sponsor shall develop the policies and procedures for:
(1) The review of a charter school proposal including an application
that provides sufficient information for rigorous evaluation of the
proposed charter and provides clear documentation that the education
program and academic program are aligned with the state standards and
grade-level expectations, and provides clear documentation of effective
governance and management structures, and a sustainable operational plan;
(2) The granting of a charter;
(3) The performance framework that the sponsor will use to evaluate
the performance of charter schools;
(4) The sponsor's intervention, renewal, and revocation policies,
including the conditions under which the charter sponsor may intervene in
the operation of the charter school, along with actions and consequences
that may ensue, and the conditions for renewal of the charter at the end of
the term, consistent with subsections 8 and 9 of section 160.405;
(5) Additional criteria that the sponsor will use for ongoing
oversight of the charter; and
(6) Procedures to be implemented if a charter school should close,
consistent with the provisions of subdivision (15) of subsection 1 of
section 160.405.
The department shall provide guidance to sponsors in developing such
policies and procedures.
17. (1) A sponsor shall provide timely submission to the state board
of education of all data necessary to demonstrate that the sponsor is in
material compliance with all requirements of sections 160.400 to 160.425
and section 167.349. The state board of education shall ensure each
sponsor is in compliance with all requirements under sections 160.400 to
160.425 and 167.349 for each charter school sponsored by any sponsor. The
state board shall notify each sponsor of the standards for sponsorship of
charter schools, delineating both what is mandated by statute and what best
practices dictate. The state board shall evaluate sponsors to determine
compliance with these standards every three years. The evaluation shall
include a sponsor's policies and procedures in the areas of charter
application approval; required charter agreement terms and content; sponsor
performance evaluation and compliance monitoring; and charter renewal,
intervention, and revocation decisions. Nothing shall preclude the
department from undertaking an evaluation at any time for cause.
(2) If the department determines that a sponsor is in material
noncompliance with its sponsorship duties, the sponsor shall be notified
and given reasonable time for remediation. If remediation does not address
the compliance issues identified by the department, the commissioner of
education shall conduct a public hearing and thereafter provide notice to
the charter sponsor of corrective action that will be recommended to the
state board of education. Corrective action by the department may include
withholding the sponsor's funding and suspending the sponsor's authority to
sponsor a school that it currently sponsors or to sponsor any additional
school until the sponsor is reauthorized by the state board of education
under section 160.403.
(3) The charter sponsor may, within thirty days of receipt of the
notice of the commissioner's recommendation, provide a written statement
and other documentation to show cause as to why that action should not be
taken. Final determination of corrective action shall be determined by the
state board of education based upon a review of the documentation submitted
to the department and the charter sponsor.
(4) If the state board removes the authority to sponsor a currently
operating charter school under any provision of law, the Missouri charter
public school commission shall become the sponsor of the school.
(L. 1998 S.B. 781 § 4, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287, A.L. 2009 S.B. 291, A.L.
2012 S.B. 576)
*Word "subdivisions" appears in original rolls.
2009
2006
1998
2009
160.400. 1. A charter school is an independent public school.
2. Charter schools may be operated only in a metropolitan school district
or in an urban school district containing most or all of a city with a
population greater than three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants and may be
sponsored by any of the following:
(1) The school board of the district;
(2) A public four-year college or university with its primary campus in
the school district or in a county adjacent to the county in which the
district is located, with an approved teacher education program that meets
regional or national standards of accreditation;
(3) A community college located in the district; or
(4) Any private four-year college or university located in a city not
within a county with an enrollment of at least one thousand students, and
with an approved teacher preparation program.
3. The mayor of a city not within a county may request a sponsor under
subdivision (2), (3), or (4) of subsection 2 of this section to consider
sponsoring a "workplace charter school", which is defined for purposes of
sections 160.400 to 160.420 as a charter school with the ability to target
prospective students whose parent or parents are employed in a business
district, as defined in the charter, which is located in the city.
4. No sponsor shall receive from an applicant for a charter school any
fee of any type for the consideration of a charter, nor may a sponsor
condition its consideration of a charter on the promise of future payment of
any kind.
5. The charter school shall be a Missouri nonprofit corporation
incorporated pursuant to chapter 355. The charter provided for herein shall
constitute a contract between the sponsor and the charter school.
6. As a nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to chapter 355, the
charter school shall select the method for election of officers pursuant to
section 355.326 based on the class of corporation selected. Meetings of the
governing board of the charter school shall be subject to the provisions of
sections 610.010 to 610.030, the open meetings law.
7. A sponsor of a charter school, its agents and employees are not liable
for any acts or omissions of a charter school that it sponsors, including
acts or omissions relating to the charter submitted by the charter school, the
operation of the charter school and the performance of the charter school.
8. A charter school may affiliate with a four-year college or university,
including a private college or university, or a community college as
otherwise specified in subsection 2 of this section when its charter is
granted by a sponsor other than such college, university or community college.
Affiliation status recognizes a relationship between the charter school and
the college or university for purposes of teacher training and staff
development, curriculum and assessment development, use of physical
facilities owned by or rented on behalf of the college or university, and
other similar purposes. The primary campus of the college or university must
be located within the county in which the school district lies wherein the
charter school is located or in a county adjacent to the county in which the
district is located. A university, college or community college may not
charge or accept a fee for affiliation status.
9. The expenses associated with sponsorship of charter schools shall be
defrayed by the department of elementary and secondary education retaining
one and five-tenths percent of the amount of state and local funding
allocated to the charter school under section 160.415, not to exceed one
hundred twenty-five thousand dollars, adjusted for inflation. Such amount
shall not be withheld when the sponsor is a school district or the state
board of education. The department of elementary and secondary education
shall remit the retained funds for each charter school to the school's
sponsor, provided the sponsor remains in good standing by fulfilling its
sponsorship obligations under sections 160.400 to 160.420 and 167.349 with
regard to each charter school it sponsors, including appropriate
demonstration of the following:
(1) Expends no less than ninety percent of its charter school
sponsorship funds in support of its charter school sponsorship program, or as
a direct investment in the sponsored schools;
(2) Maintains a comprehensive application process that follows fair
procedures and rigorous criteria and grants charters only to those developers
who demonstrate strong capacity for establishing and operating a quality
charter school;
(3) Negotiates contracts with charter schools that clearly articulate
the rights and responsibilities of each party regarding school autonomy,
expected outcomes, measures for evaluating success or failure, performance
consequences, and other material terms;
(4) Conducts contract oversight that evaluates performance, monitors
compliance, informs intervention and renewal decisions, and ensures autonomy
provided under applicable law; and
(5) Designs and implements a transparent and rigorous process that uses
comprehensive data to make merit-based renewal decisions.
10. No university, college or community college shall grant a charter to
a nonprofit corporation if an employee of the university, college or
community college is a member of the corporation's board of directors.
11. No sponsor shall grant a charter under sections 160.400 to 160.420
and 167.349 without ensuring that a criminal background check and child abuse
registry check are conducted for all members of the governing board of the
charter schools or the incorporators of the charter school if initial
directors are not named in the articles of incorporation, nor shall a sponsor
renew a charter without ensuring a criminal background check and child abuse
registry check are conducted for each member of the governing board of the
charter school.
12. No member of the governing board of a charter school shall hold any
office or employment from the board or the charter school while serving as a
member, nor shall the member have any substantial interest, as defined in
section 105.450, in any entity employed by or contracting with the board. No
board member shall be an employee of a company that provides substantial
services to the charter school. All members of the governing board of the
charter school shall be considered decision-making public servants as defined
in section 105.450 for the purposes of the financial disclosure requirements
contained in sections 105.483, 105.485, 105.487, and 105.489.
13. A sponsor shall provide timely submission to the state board of
education of all data necessary to demonstrate that the sponsor is in
material compliance with all requirements of sections 160.400 to 160.420 and
167.349.
14. The state board of education shall ensure each sponsor is in
compliance with all requirements under sections 160.400 to 160.420 and
167.349 for each charter school sponsored by any sponsor. The state board
shall notify each sponsor of the standards for sponsorship of charter schools,
delineating both what is mandated by statute and what best practices dictate.
The state board, after a public hearing, may require remedial action for a
sponsor that it finds has not fulfilled its obligations of sponsorship, such
remedial actions including withholding the sponsor's funding and suspending
for a period of up to one year the sponsor's authority to sponsor a school
that it currently sponsors or to sponsor any additional school. If the state
board removes the authority to sponsor a currently operating charter school,
the state board shall become the interim sponsor of the school for a period
of up to three years until the school finds a new sponsor or until the
charter contract period lapses.
2006
160.400. 1. A charter school is an independent public school.
2. Charter schools may be operated only in a metropolitan school
district or in an urban school district containing most or all of a city
with a population greater than three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants and
may be sponsored by any of the following:
(1) The school board of the district;
(2) A public four-year college or university with its primary campus
in the school district or in a county adjacent to the county in which the
district is located, with an approved teacher education program that meets
regional or national standards of accreditation;
(3) A community college located in the district; or
(4) Any private four-year college or university located in a city not
within a county with an enrollment of at least one thousand students, and
with an approved teacher preparation program.
3. The mayor of a city not within a county may request a sponsor
under subdivision (2), (3), or (4) of subsection 2 of this section to
consider sponsoring a workplace charter school, which is defined for
purposes of sections 160.400 to 160.420 as a charter school with the
ability to target prospective students whose parent or parents are employed
in a business district, as defined in the charter, which is located in the
city.
4. No sponsor shall receive from an applicant for a charter school
any fee of any type for the consideration of a charter, nor may a sponsor
condition its consideration of a charter on the promise of future payment
of any kind.
5. The charter school shall be a Missouri nonprofit corporation
incorporated pursuant to chapter 355, RSMo. The charter provided for
herein shall constitute a contract between the sponsor and the charter
school.
6. As a nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to chapter 355,
RSMo, the charter school shall select the method for election of officers
pursuant to section 355.326, RSMo, based on the class of corporation
selected. Meetings of the governing board of the charter school shall be
subject to the provisions of sections 610.010 to 610.030, RSMo, the open
meetings law.
7. A sponsor of a charter school, its agents and employees are not
liable for any acts or omissions of a charter school that it sponsors,
including acts or omissions relating to the charter submitted by the
charter school, the operation of the charter school and the performance of
the charter school.
8. A charter school may affiliate with a four-year college or
university, including a private college or university, or a community
college as otherwise specified in subsection 2 of this section when its
charter is granted by a sponsor other than such college, university or
community college. Affiliation status recognizes a relationship between
the charter school and the college or university for purposes of teacher
training and staff development, curriculum and assessment development, use
of physical facilities owned by or rented on behalf of the college or
university, and other similar purposes. The primary campus of the college
or university must be located within the county in which the school
district lies wherein the charter school is located or in a county adjacent
to the county in which the district is located. A university, college or
community college may not charge or accept a fee for affiliation status.
9. The expenses associated with sponsorship of charter schools shall
be defrayed by the department of elementary and secondary education
retaining one and five-tenths percent of the amount of state and local
funding allocated to the charter school under section 160.415, not to
exceed one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars, adjusted for inflation.
Such amount shall not be withheld when the sponsor is a school district or
the state board of education. The department of elementary and secondary
education shall remit the retained funds for each charter school to the
school's sponsor, provided the sponsor remains in good standing by
fulfilling its sponsorship obligations under sections 160.400 to 160.420
and 167.349, RSMo, with regard to each charter school it sponsors.
10. No university, college or community college shall grant a charter
to a nonprofit corporation if an employee of the university, college or
community college is a member of the corporation's board of directors.
11. No sponsor shall grant a charter under sections 160.400 to
160.420 and 167.349, RSMo, without ensuring that a criminal background
check and child abuse registry check are conducted for all members of the
governing board of the charter schools or the incorporators of the charter
school if initial directors are not named in the articles of incorporation,
nor shall a sponsor renew a charter without ensuring a criminal background
check and child abuse registry check are conducted for each member of the
governing board of the charter school.
12. No member of the governing board of a charter school shall hold
any office or employment from the board or the charter school while serving
as a member, nor shall the member have any substantial interest, as defined
in section 105.450, RSMo, in any entity employed by or contracting with the
board. No board member shall be an employee of a company that provides
substantial services to the charter school. All members of the governing
board of the charter school shall be considered decision-making public
servants as defined in section 105.450, RSMo, for the purposes of the
financial disclosure requirements contained in sections 105.483, 105.485,
105.487, and 105.489, RSMo.
13. A sponsor shall provide timely submission to the state board of
education of all data necessary to demonstrate that the sponsor is in
material compliance with all requirements of sections 160.400 to 160.420
and 167.349, RSMo.
14. The state board of education shall ensure each sponsor is in
compliance with all requirements under sections 160.400 to 160.420 and
167.349, RSMo, for each charter school sponsored by any sponsor. The state
board shall notify each sponsor of the standards for sponsorship of charter
schools, delineating both what is mandated by statute and what best
practices dictate. The state board, after a public hearing, may require
remedial action for a sponsor that it finds has not fulfilled its
obligations of sponsorship, such remedial actions including withholding the
sponsor's funding and suspending for a period of up to one year the
sponsor's authority to sponsor a school that it currently sponsors or to
sponsor any additional school. If the state board removes the authority to
sponsor a currently operating charter school, the state board shall become
the interim sponsor of the school for a period of up to three years until
the school finds a new sponsor or until the charter contract period lapses.
1998
160.400. 1. A charter school is an independent public school.
2. Charter schools may be operated only in a metropolitan school
district or in an urban school district containing most or all of a city
with a population greater than three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants and
may be sponsored by any of the following:
(1) The school board of the district;
(2) A public four-year college or university with its primary campus
in the school district or in a county adjacent to the county in which the
district is located, with an approved teacher education program that meets
regional or national standards of accreditation;
(3) A community college located in the district; or
(4) Any private four-year college or university located in a city not
within a county with an enrollment of at least one thousand students, and
with an approved teacher preparation program.
3. The mayor of a city not within a county may request a sponsor
under subdivision (2), (3), or (4) of subsection 2 of this section to
consider sponsoring a workplace charter school, which is defined for
purposes of sections 160.400 to 160.420 as a charter school with the
ability to target prospective students whose parent or parents are employed
in a business district, as defined in the charter, which is located in the
city.
4. No sponsor shall receive from an applicant for a charter school
any fee of any type for the consideration of a charter, nor may a sponsor
condition its consideration of a charter on the promise of future payment
of any kind.
5. The charter school shall be a Missouri nonprofit corporation
incorporated pursuant to chapter 355, RSMo. The charter provided for
herein shall constitute a contract between the sponsor and the charter
school.
6. As a nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to chapter 355,
RSMo, the charter school shall select the method for election of officers
pursuant to section 355.326, RSMo, based on the class of corporation
selected. Meetings of the governing board of the charter school shall be
subject to the provisions of sections 610.010 to 610.030, RSMo, the open
meetings law.
7. A sponsor of a charter school, its agents and employees are not
liable for any acts or omissions of a charter school that it sponsors,
including acts or omissions relating to the charter submitted by the
charter school, the operation of the charter school and the performance of
the charter school.
8. A charter school may affiliate with a four-year college or
university, including a private college or university, or a community
college as otherwise specified in subsection 2 of this section when its
charter is granted by a sponsor other than such college, university or
community college. Affiliation status recognizes a relationship between
the charter school and the college or university for purposes of teacher
training and staff development, curriculum and assessment development, use
of physical facilities owned by or rented on behalf of the college or
university, and other similar purposes. The primary campus of the college
or university must be located within the county in which the school
district lies wherein the charter school is located or in a county adjacent
to the county in which the district is located. A university, college or
community college may not charge or accept a fee for affiliation status.
9. The expenses associated with sponsorship of charter schools shall
be defrayed by the department of elementary and secondary education
retaining one and five-tenths percent of the amount of state and local
funding allocated to the charter school under section 160.415, not to
exceed one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars, adjusted for inflation.
Such amount shall not be withheld when the sponsor is a school district or
the state board of education. The department of elementary and secondary
education shall remit the retained funds for each charter school to the
school's sponsor, provided the sponsor remains in good standing by
fulfilling its sponsorship obligations under sections 160.400 to 160.420
and 167.349, RSMo, with regard to each charter school it sponsors.
10. No university, college or community college shall grant a charter
to a nonprofit corporation if an employee of the university, college or
community college is a member of the corporation's board of directors.
11. No sponsor shall grant a charter under sections 160.400 to
160.420 and 167.349, RSMo, without ensuring that a criminal background
check and child abuse registry check are conducted for all members of the
governing board of the charter schools or the incorporators of the charter
school if initial directors are not named in the articles of incorporation,
nor shall a sponsor renew a charter without ensuring a criminal background
check and child abuse registry check are conducted for each member of the
governing board of the charter school.
12. No member of the governing board of a charter school shall hold
any office or employment from the board or the charter school while serving
as a member, nor shall the member have any substantial interest, as defined
in section 105.450, RSMo, in any entity employed by or contracting with the
board. No board member shall be an employee of a company that provides
substantial services to the charter school. All members of the governing
board of the charter school shall be considered decision-making public
servants as defined in section 105.450, RSMo, for the purposes of the
financial disclosure requirements contained in sections 105.483, 105.485,
105.487, and 105.489, RSMo.
13. A sponsor shall provide timely submission to the state board of
education of all data necessary to demonstrate that the sponsor is in
material compliance with all requirements of sections 160.400 to 160.420
and 167.349, RSMo.
14. The state board of education shall ensure each sponsor is in
compliance with all requirements under sections 160.400 to 160.420 and
167.349, RSMo, for each charter school sponsored by any sponsor. The state
board shall notify each sponsor of the standards for sponsorship of charter
schools, delineating both what is mandated by statute and what best
practices dictate. The state board, after a public hearing, may require
remedial action for a sponsor that it finds has not fulfilled its
obligations of sponsorship, such remedial actions including withholding the
sponsor's funding and suspending for a period of up to one year the
sponsor's authority to sponsor a school that it currently sponsors or to
sponsor any additional school. If the state board removes the authority to
sponsor a currently operating charter school, the state board shall become
the interim sponsor of the school for a period of up to three years until
the school finds a new sponsor or until the charter contract period lapses.
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