PURPOSE: This rule establishes policies and standards for public school districts that authorize resident public school students, who are not subject to the provisions of section 167.031, RSMo to attend public school parttime during the regular school term.

1. (1) A school board may adopt reasonable rules to govern part-time membership and part-time attendance of resident public school students who are not subject to the provisions of section 167.031, RSMo, the compulsory school attendance law. Reasonable rules governing part-time students may preserve the discipline, health and academic standards of the school but these rules may not be such as to place an unreasonable burden on part-time attendance.
2. (2) A school district that enrolls a resident student, who is eligible to attend full-time but is not subject to the provisions of section 167.031, RSMo for part-time attendance during the regular school term, may count that student for state aid in accordance with sections 163.011 and 163.031, RSMo. The full time equivalent (FTE) membership shall be limited to time enrolled in courses that are counted as part of the regular school curriculum for public school students attending school full-time. The FTE attendance shall be limited to the actual clock hours of attendance in courses that are part of the regular school curriculum for public school students attending school full-time. A resident public school student FTE membership cannot exceed 1.0 and FTE attendance cannot exceed 1.0.

AUTHORITY: sections 161.092(2), 163.031, RSMo 1986, 163.011 and 163.021(2), RSMo Supp. 1988.* Original rule filed Nov. 15, 1977, effective Feb. 15, 1978. *Original authority: 161.092(2), RSMo 1963, amended 1973; 163.011, RSMo 1963, amended 1967, 1973, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988; 163.021(2), RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988; and 163.031, RSMo 1963, amended 1965, 1967, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986.