Kansas City District Improves Academic Status, Avoids Student Transfers
The 13,000-student district regains "provisional" accreditation with three straight years of growth on academic measures.
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September 02, 2014
August 07, 2014
Kansas City, Mo., Schools Granted Provisional Accreditation
The district lost its accreditation in 2012 after test scores plummeted. While test scores remain low, the state education commissioner cited improvements in recommending that the district be awarded provisional accreditation.
July 23, 2014
Kansas City District Must Allow Student Transfers For Now, State Board Rules
Missouri state board members declined to grant the 13,000-student district a temporary provisional accreditation status that would have staved off student transfer to other districts.
June 17, 2014
Missouri Takes Over Local School System, Acts to Stem Transfer Costs
Among its first acts in charge of the new Normandy Schools Collaborative, the state board of education cut the amount Normandy will pay for transfer students, and restricted the number of students who will be able to transfer in the future
May 23, 2014
Missouri Governor Pledges to Veto Student-Transfer Bill
Democrat Jay Nixon objects to the measure's proposed voucher program.
May 20, 2014
Missouri Student-Transfer Bill Could Founder On Private-School Vouchers
Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon has signaled that he's not likely to sign the measure that would allow students to use vouchers to transfer to nonsectarian private schools.
January 14, 2014
Failing Missouri School Districts Would Be Shut Down Under New Proposal
Districts would be dismantled and replaced with a state-run entity that would hand management of individual schools over to nonprofit operators.
December 13, 2013
Kansas City, Mo., Schools Ask Court to Hold Off on Student Transfer Law
The Kansas City school district will ask a court to stop transfers out of the district, mandated by a 1993 law, while the Missouri Board of Education considers a pending request to grant the district provisional accreditation.
September 27, 2013
Kansas City District Will Remain Unaccredited
Education commissioner Chris Nicastro says pleas for accreditation were based on avoiding transfers rather than on sustainable improvement in schools.
August 05, 2013
Student Transfers Will Likely Bankrupt Missouri District
A small number of unaccredited districts in Missouri struggle to stay afloat financially as students opt to transfer to nearby accredited school systems.
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