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Joplin Globe: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — State Sen. Jill Carter wants to find a way for some Missouri school districts to opt out the state’s accreditation program.
Carter, R-Granby, pitched her bill to the Senate Education and Workforce Development Committee on Tuesday as a way for districts to “get out from the heavy hand of the department of education.”
Her bill seeks to create “local control school districts” that would not be required to participate in the Missouri school improvement program, annual performance reviews by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education or other DESE standards.
To qualify as a local control school district, a district must receive at least 75% of its per-pupil funding locally.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle voiced support for the premise of her bill, though some questioned whether it could be improved and polished.