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Grain Valley leaders warn proposed open-enrollment bills would raise transportation costs, shift funding
Summary
At a Feb. 24 Grain Valley R‑V School District board meeting, district leaders summarized several state bills that would expand open enrollment and said the changes could increase transportation costs, reduce locally available revenue and complicate attendance accounting.
Superintendent Dr. Welly told the Grain Valley R‑V School Board on Feb. 24 that several bills moving through the Missouri Legislature would expand open enrollment and shift transportation and funding responsibilities between districts.
Dr. Welly summarized two House and Senate proposals, saying Senate Bill 215 would extend an existing transfer framework, used for unaccredited districts, to all districts in the state. "It basically just applies it to every school district in the state," Dr. Welly said, and that change would "significantly increase the cost of transportation." He added that state money would follow the student but argued the new transportation duties would fall to sending districts.
The superintendent also highlighted House Bill 711, which he said at one stage included language allowing…
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