SECOND REGULAR SESSION
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES MORRIS (Sponsor), PACE, OXFORD, WALTON GRAY, COLONA, NEWMAN, BROWN (50), WEBB AND ATKINS (Co-sponsors).
4538L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 160, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the reporting of the number of students enrolled in schools.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 160, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 160.073, to read as follows:
160.073. 1. Each public school district, charter school, parochial school, and private school shall provide the following information to the department of elementary and secondary education at the beginning of each school year and at the end of each school year:
(1) The number of students enrolled;
(2) The age of each student enrolled at the time of reporting; and
(3) The number of students in each grade level.
No school district or school shall provide the name of an individual student or any other identifying information.
2. Any school district or school that has adopted a year-round school calendar shall provide the information specified in subsection 1 of this section twice annually at the direction of the department of elementary and secondary education.
3. The department of elementary and secondary education may specify a format in which the information may be provided.
4. Each parent, guardian, or other person responsible for a child enrolled in a home school under section 167.031 shall notify the chief school officer of the child's school district of residence that the child is enrolled in a home school. The parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the child need not provide the name of the child or any other identifying information.
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