5 CSR 30-660.080
Performance Districts
PURPOSE: The purpose of this rule is to define the process to
identify “Performance Districts” as defined in section 163.011,
RSMo, and as applied to the foundation formula for funding
public schools.
(1) “Performance Districts” as defined pursuant to section
163.011, RSMo, shall be identified by the Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education (department), and used
in the foundation formula calculation for years subsequent to
fiscal year 2016, using the following process:
(A) The department shall calculate an annual performance
report (APR) for school districts that reflects the percentage of
possible points earned based upon the accreditation standards
applied by the State Board of Education (board) in the
classification of schools pursuant to section 161.092(9), RSMo;
(B) No school district shall be eligible for designation unless
it has earned at least ninety percent (90%) of the possible points
reported in both school years immediately prior to the year in
which the calculation must be made;
(C) Percentages of the two (2) prior years for districts
eligible for designation will be averaged and ranked in order
AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
beginning with the highest average;
(D) Pursuant to section 163.011, RSMo, the number of
designated Performance Districts will not exceed twenty-five
percent (25%) of Missouri schools in fiscal years subsequent to
2018; and
(E) In any year in which the department does not generate
an APR, the department will utilize the most recent data
available for each performance standard in order to establish
an equivalent percentage of points earned for determining
Performance District designation.
AUTHORITY: sections 161.092 and 163.011, RSMo 2016.* Original
rule filed Dec. 10, 2014, effective July 30, 2015. Amended: Filed
April 22, 2021, effective Dec. 30, 2021.
*Original authority: 161.092, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 2002, 2003, 2013, 2014, and
163.011, RSMo 1963, amended 1967, 1973, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1993,
1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014.