HB 1281 -- St. Louis Neighborhood Schools Improvement Act

Sponsor:  Stream

This bill establishes the St. Louis Neighborhood Schools
Improvement Act, which specifies the guidelines for establishing
and administering a successor school district for the City of St.
Louis public school district.  Currently, the district is
referred to as a metropolitan district; the bill establishes a
metropolitan successor district with at least five metro
districts.  The special administrative board of the transitional
district is required to submit a plan by November 2008 for the
division of the district into the metro districts, which will
have most of the powers of the current school district but will
operate for tax purposes under the governing council of the
metropolitan successor district.  Each metro district is to be
drawn so as to have one high school with its feeder middle and
elementary schools.  Hiring in the metro districts will be at the
recommendation of the principal from the building to which the
employee is assigned, with the approval of the superintendent.
The superintendent will hire administrative staff.  The governing
council is made up of one member of each metro district and will
have budget authority.  The council will create a public review
committee to examine its structure and operations every four
years.  The bill also changes the powers of the superintendent.

The special administrative board of the transitional district is
required to place every child from kindergarten through third
grade in a reading and a math program until the student reaches
proficiency, for which it must earmark funds; create a
performance-based evaluation and assessment program for teachers;
and earmark funds for principal training and alternative schools.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated July 25, 2007 at 11:21 am