Mo. Code Regs. tit. 5 § 20-100.290

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 21, November 1, 2024.

Section 5 CSR 20-100.290 - Charter School Expedited Replication and Expansion Application Process

PURPOSE: This rule establishes the method for expediting the replication and expansion application process of a charter school into unaccredited districts, a metropolitan district, or an urban school district containing most of all of a home rule city with more than four hundred thousand (400,000) inhabitants and located in more than one (1) county. Participation is limited to charter schools that receive eighty-five percent (85%) or more of the total points for three (3) out of the last four (4) years on the annual performance report (APR). The expedited replication and expansion process serves to meet the allowance of such as stated in section 160.408, RSMo.

(1) For purposes of this rule, replicate and expand shall be defined as-

(A) Replicate means to open one (1) or more new charter Local Education Agencies (LEA) that is based on the charter school model for which the applicant has presented evidence of success; and

(B) Expand means to increase the number of available seats in an existing charter LEA.

5 CSR 20-100.290

Adopted by Missouri Register June 1, 2017/Volume 42, Number 11, effective 7/31/2017