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Missouri Education Board Lowers Slps to Provisional Accreditation
The Missouri State Board cited leadership instability, financial issues, and repeated audit delays as reasons for the downgrade, increasing state oversight and enabling charter school growth.
- On Tuesday, the Missouri State Board of Education voted to lower St. Louis Public Schools to provisional accreditation, ending its full accreditation status.
- Citing academic and operational measures, Karla Eslinger, Commissioner of Education, said she was very dissatisfied after SLPS again turned in its audit late, while the district’s incremental APR growth remains below 70%.
- The board voted 6-1 to lower St. Louis Public Schools, with Pamela Westbrooks-Hodge dissenting, after Kerry Casey, State Board member, moved the motion and requested a report by the April meeting.
- The downgrade brings additional state oversight and can open the door to more charter schools, but SLPS will not lose funding and plans to submit its annual financial audit by month-end.
- Critics noted accreditation changes tied to MSIP6 scores were not supposed to be implemented until next year and AFT Local 420 said DESE ignored a freeze determination, calling it political.
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State board downgrades SLPS after audit delay
The Missouri State Board of Education on Tuesday issued St. Louis Public Schools a formal warning that could put its accreditation at risk after the district failed to submit its annual financial audit on time. The warning keeps the district accredited, but it signals the state believes SLPS is not meeting key requirements and should face closer oversight. District officials and school board President Karen Collins-Adams could not be immediately…
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