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 20-100.210 - Persistently Dangerous Schools
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule will be used in Missouri to establish state compliance with the federal requirement set forth in the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, and to determine if any Missouri public elementary and secondary schools are "persistently dangerous."
(1) The following definition(s) apply to this rule:
(2) A Missouri public elementary or secondary school is persistently dangerous if the following conditions exist:
(3) A student shall be allowed to attend a safe public school within the district, if that student is enrolled in a persistently dangerous school as defined above or becomes a victim of a violent criminal offense while on school property which includes but is not limited to school buses or school activities.
(4) For the purpose of determining a persistently dangerous school, a "violent criminal offense" shall be any offense that would require school administrators to, as soon as reasonably practical, notify the appropriate law enforcement agency pursuant to section 160.261, RSMo. Violent criminal offenses shall be reported by the school district to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) through Core Data.
*Original authority: 160.261, RSMo 1985, amended 1987, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001; 161.092, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 2002; and 167.171, RSMo 1963, amended 1969, 1973, 1977, 1986, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000.