The act creates the Metropolitan Schools Achieving Value In Transfer Corporation, a public body governed by a board of directors of one representative of each district, selected by the district governing body. The vote of each board member is weighted proportionately to the percentage of the total of transfer students who attend school in the member's district. The corporation will begin operations upon final settlement of the school desegregation cases. The program area includes St. Louis City and participating districts in St. Louis County. The board will design and operate an urban voluntary school transfer program.
First preference is provided to students in the existing transfer program.
The board may establish regional attendance zones mapping parts of the city with the county. During the fourth year of operation, each participating district other than St. Louis City will vote on whether to continue participation. The corporation will receive all federal and state aid which would otherwise be paid to the district of residence on the basis of the student's attendance. Such aid may be used for any purpose. The corporation must not have paid employees, but may provide services by contract.