Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri HB2604: Establishes transfer procedures to nonresident districts for students in public schools
Status: In committee, May 15, 2026
What the bill says
An act of school violence or expelled under subsection 2 of section 160.261. A student whose transfer is initially precluded under this subsection may be permitted to transfer on a provisional basis as a probationary transfer student, subject to no further disruptive behavior, upon approval of the nonresident LEA's governing body. 9. A student who is denied a transfer under subsection 8 of this section has the right to an in-person meeting with the nonresident LEA's governing body. The nonresident LEA shall develop common standards for determining disruptive behavior that shall include, but no.
From the introduced text:
an act of school violence or expelled under subsection 2 of section 160.261. A student whose transfer is initially precluded under this subsection may be permitted to transfer on a provisional basis as a probationary transfer student, subject to no further disruptive behavior, upon approval of the nonresident LEA's governing body. 9. A student who is denied a transfer under subsection 8 of this section has the right to an in-person meeting with the nonresident LEA's governing body. The nonresident LEA shall develop common standards for determining disruptive behavior that shall include, but not be limited to, criteria under section 160.261. 10. (1) As used in this subsection, "school days of enrollment" does not include enrollment in summer school, and "varsity" means the highest level of competition offered by one school or LEA against the highest level of competition offered by an opposing school or LEA. (2) (a) Except as provided in this paragraph, a student who participates in open enrollment for purposes of attending a grade in grades nine to twelve in an LEA other than the resident LEA is ineligible to participate in interscholastic athletics for three hundred sixty-five days unless the student's case meets the standards under the following exceptions: a. If the transfer does not involve undue influence and is not for athletic reasons, a student …