State lawmakers discuss options for dealing with unaccredited school transfers
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State lawmakers discuss options for dealing with unaccredited school transfers

Date: March 5, 2014
By: Christina Turner
State Capitol Bureau

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State lawmakers are discussing options for dealing with unaccredited school transfers.
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Wrap: St. Louis County Republican Representative Rick Stream is sponsoring a bill that would give students more transfer options and judge accreditation building by building.

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Description: "I'm trying to protect the receiving districts from being overwhelmed with more students than they can handle. The sending districts, I'm trying to protect them by reducing the tuition payments that are being sent to the receiving districts."

St. Louis County Democratic Representative Genise Montecillo said she's concerned problems are just being moved to another school.

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Description: "If those districts aren't equipped to deal with some of the issues that these students bring with them, it could be worse."

The House Education Committee has yet to act on this bill.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Christina Santiago.

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Wrap: Jackson County Republican Representative Mike Cierpiot is sponsoring a bill giving students more transfer options and schools more control over how they improve their accreditation status.

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Description: "Wherever there's a need for the state to step in and give them more flexibility, I think we're for that."

Cierpiot's bill gives public schools complete control over whether a private school option kicks in.

Mike Lodewegen is the Missouri School Administrators Association legislative advocate.

He said current bills only focus on school choice.

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Description: "Transfers are not a school improvement plan whatsoever."

The House Education Committee has yet to take action on the bill.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Christina Santiago.