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The Leadership School’s opening was delayed by multiple years, but on Monday students will begin class for the first time
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The elections bill was just one piece of legislation Parson signed into law on Wednesday. Others included funding charter schools, bills related to utilities and another barring homeless people from sleeping on state-owned land.
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An original version of the bill would have taken funding from St. Louis Public Schools, but lawmakers found a compromise that pleased education leaders in St. Louis.
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A previous version of the legislation would have taken money away from public school districts to make up for a disparity in funding for public charter schools. Now, the state would handle that responsibility.
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Unlike the House version, the Senate substitute uses state money to fund charter schools. The bill now goes back to the House, where it would need to pass to reach the governor.
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According to a fiscal analysis, the changes to charter school funding would initially cost the state an additional $62 million.
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The Leadership School will will open in north St. Louis County this August with about 120 students in kindergarten through second grade and plans to have 450 students through the eighth grade in six years. Elected officials in the Normandy area worry that the charter school will take students and funding from public schools.
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With fewer Republican lawmakers in the legislature who have previously supported school choice measures, compromises were made to secure the bills’ passage
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Education advocates are hoping for a focus on schools in the 2022 legislative session.
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Missouri’s first all-girls public high school opened six years ago. After ups and downs, eight seniors received Hawthorn’s first diplomas.