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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri House Bill 2048 Regulates Special Administrative Boards for Unaccredited School Districts
Last action · May 15, 2026: Referred: Emerging Issues(H)Sponsor: Marlene Terry
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What This Bill Would Do
House Bill 2048 revises the governance rules for s in Missouri, requiring the State Board of Education to establish a seven-member with specific professional qualifications when a district loses its accreditation or faces severe financial difficulty.
Determines how local public school governance is taken over and restructured by the state when a school district becomes unaccredited, impacting local taxpayers, parents, and school district employees.
- Marlene Terry serves as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives, representing District 066. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Unaccredited school district residents
District residents experience a change in local representation as an appointed special administrative board takes over district operations.
Elected school board members
Elected board members lose their governing authority and become ex officio, nonvoting members of the newly appointed special administrative board.
Special administrative board members
Appointed board members assume operational control of the district, receive a monthly salary of five hundred dollars, and serve three-year terms.
Key Facts
- The State Board of Education may appoint a seven-member special administrative board for unaccredited school districts, with four members required to be district residents.
- Special administrative board members must collectively possess strong experience in school governance, management, finance, and leadership, including specific professional backgrounds such as certified teachers, principals, superintendents, and parents.
- Each member of the special administrative board receives a salary of five hundred dollars per month plus reasonable expenses paid from district revenue.
- Members are appointed to three-year terms, and appointments can be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate if requested by a member of the House of Representatives whose district touches the school district.
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- Elected school board members of the unaccredited district become ex officio, nonvoting members of the special administrative board.
- The special administrative board's authority expires at the end of the third full school year unless extended by the State Board of Education for no more than three additional years, after which governance returns to an elected board.
- The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education must conduct at least two public hearings annually in any unaccredited school district.
- Special administrative board members, employees, and the state are granted absolute immunity from liability for acts or omissions relating to the lapsed district.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
4 actions- May 15, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Emerging Issues(H)
- Jan 8, 2026HouseFloorRead Second Time (H)
- Jan 7, 2026HouseIntroducedRead First Time (H)
- Dec 1, 2025HouseIntroducedPrefiled (H)
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Mandatory Expert Composition on School Boards
The bill transitions from general administrative board appointments to strict statutory requirements ensuring specific professional roles (such as educators, professors, and finance experts) make up the takeover board.
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