PURPOSE: This rule requires that any school district reporting children ages three (3) to five (5) for calculation in their average daily attendance must meet standards approved by the State Board of Education.

1. (1) Any school district reporting children ages three (3) to five (5) for calculation in their average daily attendance must meet standards approved by the State Board of Education (board) including:

   1. (A) A lead teacher in each prekindergarten classroom who holds a bachelor’s degree and teaching certificate in early childhood education or early childhood special education; and
   2. (B) A teacher assistant or paraprofessional who holds a child development associate’s degree, associate’s degree in early childhood, or sixty (60) college hours with a minimum of three (3) college credit hours in early childhood, child development, or child/family related courses and experience working in a program with young children and their families for any classroom with more than ten
2. (10) children.

AUTHORITY: sections 161.092, 163.011, 5 CSR 20-100 and 163.018, RSMo Supp. 2014, and section 168.011, RSMo 2000.* This rule previously filed as 5 CSR 20-600.140. Original rule filed Feb. 20, 2015, effective Oct. 30, 2015. Moved to 5 CSR 20-100.320, effective Sept. 18, 2018.

*Original authority: 161.092, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 2002, 2003, 2013, 2014; 163.011, RSMo 1963, amended 1967, 1973, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014; 163.018, RSMo 2014; and 168.011, RSMo 1963, amended 1984.