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Legislative adviser outlines open-enrollment bills and funding questions for Clayton board
Summary
A volunteer legislative adviser briefed the Clayton School District board on a wave of bills this session, focusing on House Bill 711 (open enrollment), caps on student transfers, transportation and state funding impacts; board members debated whether the district should take policy positions.
Jerry Hockman, a volunteer who advises Clayton on legislative matters, told the board the 2025 legislative session has produced hundreds of bills and highlighted open-enrollment proposals that would require districts to adopt a policy and set participation rules.
Hockman said House Bill 711 and similar Senate proposals would direct the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to require every district to adopt an open-enrollment policy and allow families to apply to attend participating receiving districts. "At some point, a district would be given a deadline to say, are you participating?" Hockman said. He explained the House…
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