2014 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES (160-186)
Chapter 162 School Districts
Section 162.1010 (Repealed L. 2012 H.B. 1608 § A)

162.1010. 1. By July 1, 1995, the state board of education shall have determined and implemented a process to pilot test a revised management system involving three school sites in the state. To be called "The New Schools Pilot Project", the board shall solicit volunteering school districts that will commit to participating in the project for a five-year period.

2. (1) At each of the three school sites in the project, the management of the school shall be vested in a five-member management team selected from bids received by a local board of education, or by a combination of cooperating local boards of education as stipulated by contract agreement between or among such local boards. In the selection of the management team, technical assistance may be provided to the local school board or boards, as requested, by the department of elementary and secondary education. The provisions of other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the state board of education may exempt from certification requirements not more than two members of the management team. One member of the five-member management team shall be designated as principal of the project school.

(2) No bid shall be selected which is submitted by a for-profit corporation. The percent of the school budget allocated for administrative purposes shall not exceed the average percent spent for administrative purposes for the most recently completed school year at other schools operated by the local school board or boards. No member of the management team shall profit in any way from the project other than from salaries received which shall be outlined in each bid submitted.

(3) Using the assessment system established under section 160.518 or until such assessment system is available, using the alternative indicators approved under the provisions of subsection 3 of section 160.518, the state board of education shall make every attempt when selecting schools for participation in this project to select one school which is performing above average, one school which is performing at the average and one school which is performing below average. Under no circumstances shall more than two schools be chosen from any one of the above categories.

3. Staffing and personnel decisions for the schools in the project shall be vested in the management teams for the duration of the project; provided that all certificated staff shall be paid according to the salary schedule adopted by the district. All laws concerning teacher contracts shall apply.

4. No penalty provided for in, or pursuant to, section 160.538 and section 163.023 shall apply for any school participating in the project.

5. The state board of education shall waive, for participating schools, such rules and regulations as it may determine.

6. The commissioner of education shall develop a procedure for the evaluation of the new schools pilot project, including recommended means for expanding desirable elements of the project to other school districts in the state.