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SB 400 - Under this act, the State Board of Education shall classify and accredit both attendance centers and school districts. Attendance centers shall mean any individual public elementary or secondary school, including any charter school. Such classifications shall include only the categories of unaccredited, provisionally accredited, accredited, and accredited with distinction. Standardized test performance and measures of student growth derived from such performance, such as the Missouri Growth Model, shall make up at least 70% of the rubric or scoring methodology for accreditation determinations. Attendance centers and districts performing in the bottom 5% of composite proficiency in math and reading shall be unaccredited, while attendance centers and districts performing in the bottom 10% shall be provisionally accredited or unaccredited. Only attendance centers and districts performing in the top 10% in math and reading proficiency and student growth shall be classified as accredited with distinction. School districts in which 50% or more of attendance centers are classified as unaccredited shall also be classified as unaccredited, while districts with at least 25% unaccredited attendance centers shall be classified as provisionally accredited or unaccredited. (Section 161.092) This act requires school districts and charter schools to mail letters to parents and guardians of students in attendance centers that have been classified as provisionally accredited or unaccredited to inform them of the classification and students' education options. (Section 162.082) MATT KIMMINAU
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