SAMPLE PETITION

NOTE: Your petition should look something like this with correct school districts, county and legal description of property.

To: Boards of Education of the Jefferson City School District and New Bloomfield School Districts

We the undersigned citizens and registered voters of Cole County, respectfully order that the following questions be placed on the official ballot for acceptance or rejection, at the next annual election to be held on the Seventh day of April, 1998. A proposition to change the boundary line between:

• National Weather Service (St. Louis, Missouri area)
• National Weather Service (Kansas City, Missouri area)
• National Weather Service (Springfield, Missouri area)

• Adopting Provision of Earthquake Emergency Program (160.457)
• Distribut

• Courage2Report
• Earthquake
• Fire
• Green Clea

• Determining Residency
• Residency Checklist

Maps are provided purely for reference, please contact county authorities to obtain official school district boundary information.

Who is in control of the school?

Under Missouri law (Section 171.011), the board of education for your school district is authorized to establish “all needful rules and regulations” to govern the operation of your school district.

Because the law gives such broad authority to your board of education, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education does NOT have the power – in most cases – to get involved in disagreements between parents or patrons and school personnel.

• Annexation
• Boundary Change Procedure

Finance/Transportation/Governance Information

The School Finance Memo is a monthly memo that contains various topics relevant to school finances, budgeting, school transportation, and governance related issues.

• June 2024

DESE’s COVID-19 Federal Relief Fund Priorities

On June 30, 2022, Governor Parson signed the Fiscal Year 2023 state operating budget, approving historic investments in education. The Governor’s action also gave DESE the final approval of the department’s ESSER III spending plan, which details how the department will spend the 10 percent of funds set aside for state education agencies to address broad, large-scale K-12 initiatives and ensures the continuation and competition of several important lines of effort DESE has already began.