PURPOSE: This rule outlines the criteria for
the Show-Me Success Diploma, an alternative pathway to graduation for high
school students that may be earned at any point between the end of the
student's tenth-grade year and the conclusion of the student's twelfth-grade
year as outlined in section
160.560,
RSMo.
(1)
Definitions.
(A) Proportionate share of the
state, local, and federal aid shall be defined as the sum of the following
divided by total September membership and shall be paid by the school district
or charter school from local or unrestricted state funds:
1. Property taxes and delinquent
taxes;
2. School District Trust
Fund (Prop C);
3. Merchants' and
manufacturers' tax revenues;
4.
Financial institutions' tax revenues;
5. City sales tax revenue, including city
sales tax collected in any city not within a county;
6. Payments in lieu of taxes;
7. Revenues from state-assessed railroad and
utilities tax;
8. Total state
revenue; and
9. Total federal
revenue.
(B) Local aid
shall not be construed to include-
1.
Charitable contributions, gifts, and grants made to the school district or
charter school;
2. Interest
earnings of school districts and student fees paid to school districts;
and
3. Debt service authorized by a
public vote for the purpose of making payments on a bond issuance of a school
district.
(C) Intent to
enroll. For purposes of section (3) of this rule, intent to enroll is
demonstrated by an acceptance letter from the postsecondary institution and
notification to the postsecondary institution of acceptance or payment of
enrollment deposit.
(D) Qualifying
postsecondary institution shall be defined as an institution that participates
in a student aid program operated by the U.S. Department of
Education.
(E) Pupil attendance
percentage shall be defined as the district or charter school's prior year
average attendance percentage calculated by using the prior year average K-12
membership divided by the prior year regular term K-12 Average Daily Attendance
(ADA).
(2) Local
education agencies (LEAs) may provide a course of study for a Show-Me Success
Diploma. The course of study must include all graduation requirements required
by state law.
(3) For LEAs to count
a Show-Me Success Diploma graduate in their attendance data for state aid
purposes, the LEA must-
(A) Allow the student
to remain in high school and participate in a program of study available in the
LEA; or
(B) Document that the
student has enrolled in or demonstrated the intent to enroll in a postsecondary
program that participates in a student aid program operated by the U.S.
Department of Education.
(4) LEAs who elect to offer a Show-Me Success
Diploma Program must demonstrate that its program graduates have the skills and
knowledge necessary to be successful in college-level courses offered by
community colleges in this state that count toward a degree or certificate.
(A) Students earning a Show-Me Success
Diploma must demonstrate qualifying scores in each subject on one of the
following measures:
|
Measure
|
English
|
Mathematics
|
Science
|
|
Required End-of-Course (EOC)
|
Proficient/Advanced English II
|
Proficient/Advanced Algebra I or other required
assessment
|
Proficient/Advanced Biology
|
|
Course Grade
|
Earn a B or better in English II or higher level
course
|
Earn a B or better in Algebra I or higher level
course
|
Earn a B or better in Biology or higher level
course
|
and;
(B)
Students earning a Show-Me Success Diploma must demonstrate qualifying scores
in each subject on one (1) of the following assessments:
|
Assessment
|
English Score
|
Mathematics Score
|
|
Accuplacer®
|
92 Sentence Skills and
85 Reading
|
114 Arithmetic
116 Elementary Algebra
|
|
ACT®
|
18
|
22
|
|
Asset®
|
41
|
23
|
|
SAT®
|
430
|
510
|
Notes
5 CSR 20-100.185
AUTHORITY:
section 161.092, RSMo 2016, and section
160.560, RSMo Supp. 2023.*
Original rule filed June 14, 2023, effective Jan. 30,
2024.
Adopted by
Missouri
Register December 1, 2023/volume 48, Number 23, effective
1/30/2024.
