Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 5 - DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Division 20 - Division of Learning Services
Chapter 100 - Office of Quality Schools
Section 5 CSR 20-100.160 - Policies and Standards for Summer School Programs
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule establishes policies and standards for public school districts and charter schools which choose to conduct summer school programs that will qualify for state aid in accordance with Chapter 163, RSMo.
(1) Summer school programs, approved by the local board of education, may be held any time between the close of the regular school term and the beginning of the next regular school term. School districts with a "year-round" regular term schedule may conduct an approved component of summer school during the breaks in the regular term. A summer school program consists of a planned schedule of course offerings for Missouri domiciled students at the elementary or high school level. An approved summer school program for students without disabilities must be in session for at least one hundred twenty (120) clock hours. Summer school programs for students with disabilities are to be aligned to the Individualized Education Program (IEP).
(2) A school board may authorize the operation of summer school programs at the elementary or high school level, or both. Minimum clock hours for programs are included in section (1). An elementary summer school program may include any combination of grades kindergarten through eight (K-8). A high school summer school program may include any combination of grades seven through twelve (7-12). A school district or charter school may operate one (1) or more summer school programs at any level. Minimum clock hours apply to each program. Schools may "stack" a variety of classes to meet the requirement of one hundred twenty (120) clock hours. Under the "stacking" method, typically sixty (60) hours of instruction are offered at the elementary level with sixty (60) hours of instruction offered at the secondary level for a combined total of one hundred twenty (120) clock hours. The clock hours of regular summer school classes may be combined with the clock hours of special education extended school year programs to reach the one hundred twenty (120) clock hour requirement. With the exception of special education programs, individual courses or segments consist of a minimum of thirty (30) hours. Minimum time requirements exclude break time and lunch time. School districts with "year-round" regular term schedules may include instructional hours offered in a structured summer school program held during breaks in the regular term.
(3) The curriculum in an approved summer school program at any level includes one (1) or more of the following academic areas as the major portion of the clock hours of instruction in the program: elementary school-language arts, mathematics, science, social studies; and high school-language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, practical arts.
(4) The attendance of resident students between the ages of six and twenty (6-20) in grades one through twelve (1-12) and students who are eligible to attend kindergarten the next fall (must be five (5) years old before the first day of August of the school year beginning in that calendar year) may be counted for summer school state aid purposes in accordance with Chapter 163, RSMo.
(5) Summer school teachers must have valid Missouri teacher certification.
(6) Summer school program applications and reports shall be submitted in a form and at a time as may be required by Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).
*Original authority: 161.092(2), RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 2002, 2003; 163.011, RSMo 1963, amended, 1967, 1973, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007; 163.021(2), RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006; 163.031, RSMo 1963, amended 1965, 1967, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006; 167.227, RSMo 1990; and 178.280, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 1977.