Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 5 - DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Division 20 - Division of Learning Services › Chapter 200 - Office of College and Career Readiness › Section 5 CSR 20-200.180 - Area Vocational School Service Regions

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule provides planning stability by
				  establishing service regions and to provide procedures for altering these
				  regions.
(1) The initial
				assignment of a sending school district to a specific area vocational school
				will be effective for the 1983-84 school year and shall continue until the
				assignment is changed by action of the State Board of Education.
(2) School districts whose students were
				enrolled in one (1) area vocational school during the 1983-84 school year shall
				be assigned to that area vocational school.
(3) School districts whose students were
				enrolled in more than one (1) area vocational school during the 1983-84 school
				year shall be assigned to the area vocational school in which the greater
				number of the district's students were enrolled during the 1983-84 school
				year.
(4) Future assignments for
				school districts not affiliated with an area vocational school during the
				1983-84 school year shall be approved by the State Board of Education. The
				request for assignment shall be submitted in writing to the assistant
				commissioner, Division of Vocational and Adult Education, Department of
				Elementary and Secondary Education, by November 1, to be considered for the
				next year. For good cause shown, the state board may waive the requirement for
				submission by November 1. The request shall be authorized by the board of
				education and signed by the superintendent and shall include rationale
				justifying the affiliation. Based on the information presented and comments
				from officials of the area vocational school, the assistant commissioner will
				prepare a recommendation to the commissioner of education and the State Board
				of Education. All districts involved will be officially notified of the board's
				decision.
(5) School districts that
				desire to enroll students in more than one (1) area vocational school or to
				change affiliation from one (1) area vocational school to another shall obtain
				the approval of the State Board of Education. The written request shall be
				submitted to the assistant commissioner, Division of Vocational and Adult
				Education, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, by November 1, to
				be considered for the next school year. The request shall be authorized by the
				board of education and signed by the superintendent and shall include a
				rationale justifying the request. Based on the information presented and on
				other information as may be requested from administrators of the school
				districts involved, the assistant commissioner will prepare a recommendation to
				the commissioner of education and the State Board of Education. The State Board
				of Education will make a determination regarding the district's affiliation
				based upon the information presented. All districts involved in the request
				will be officially notified by letter of the board's decision.
(6) Any sending school district altering an
				affiliation with an area vocational school without following the procedures
				previously described in sections (4) and (5) may by action of the State Board
				of Education, be disallowed any reimbursement for contracted services and any
				provision of transportation aid to and from the area vocational
				school.
(7) The service region for
				any additional area vocational school approved subsequent to the effective date
				of this rule will be defined at the time of approval.
*Original authority: 161.092, RSMo 1963, amended 1973;
					 178.510, RSMo 1963; and 178.530, RSMo 1963, amended 1977,
					 1991.