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Missouri Senate sets aside House Bill 711 after debate over open enrollment, 4-day week amendment
Summary
The Missouri Senate set aside House Bill 711 for future consideration after debate about a proposed Public School Open Enrollment Act and an amendment addressing four-day school weeks; the bill includes an effective date barring enrollment before July 1, 2027.
On the Missouri Senate floor, lawmakers set aside House Bill 711 for future consideration after debate over a proposal to create a public school open enrollment law and an amendment affecting four-day school weeks.
House Bill 711 would establish a Public School Open Enrollment Act to allow students to transfer to nonresident local education agencies. The bill includes an effective date that would prevent enrollment under the act before July 1, 2027.
Senator Curtis Trent of Battlefield handled the legislation in the upper chamber and described the bill’s purpose to colleagues. During floor discussion, an amendment was offered related to four-day school weeks; it would allow some districts that operate a four-day schedule to keep it while permitting other districts to opt out.
Senator Steven Weber of Columbia discussed the trade-offs of four-day school weeks on the Senate floor, saying, “Well, I think that, ideally, kids who go to school 5 days a week, there are multiple school districts in my senate district that go 4 days a week. And they go 4 days a week because their elected school board members have decided that.”
After discussion, the Senate set the bill aside for future consideration; no final vote was taken on the measure at that session.
