PURPOSE: This rule provides planning stability by establishing service regions and to provide procedures for altering these regions.

1. (1) The initial assignment of a sending school district to a specific area vocational school will be effective for the 1983-84 school year and shalleontinueuntil theassignmentischanged by action of the State Board of Education.
2. (2) School districts whose students were enrolled in one (1) area vocational school during the 1983-84 school year shall be assigned to that area vocational school.
3. (3) School districts whose students were enrolled in more than one (1) area vocational school during the 1983.84 school year shall be assigned to the area vocational school in which the greater number of the district’s students were enrolled during the 1983-84 school year.
4. (4) Future assignments for school districts not affiliated with an area vocational school during the 1983-84 school year shall be approved by the State Board ofEducation. The request for assignment shall be submitted in writing to the assistant commissioner, Divi. sion of Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, by November 1, to beconsideredfor the next year. For good cause shown, the state board may waive the requirement for submission by November 1. The request shall be authorized by the board of education and signed by the superintendent and shall include rationale justifying the affiliation. Based on the information presented and comments from officials of the area vocational school, the assistant commissioner will prepare a recommendation to the commissioner of education and the State Board of Education. All districts involved will be officially notified of the board’s decision.
5. (5) School districts that desire to enroll students in more than one (1) area vocational schoolortoehangeaffiliationfromone(1) area vocational school to another shall obtain the approval of the State Board of Education. The written request shall be submitted to the assistant commissioner, Division of Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, by November 1, to be considered for the next school year. The request shall be authorized by the board of education and signed by the superintendent and shall include a rationale justifying the request. Based on the information presented and on other information as may be requested from administrators of the school districts involved, the assistant commissioner will prepare a recommendation to the commissioner of education and the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education will make a determination regarding the district’s affiliation based upon the information presented. All districts involved in the request will be officially notified by letter of the board’s decision.
6. (6) Any sending school district altering an affiliation with an area vocational school without following the procedures previously described in sections (4) and (5) may by action of the State Board of Education, be disallowed any reimbursement for contracted services and any provision of transportation aid to and from the area vocational school.

7. (7) The service region for any additional area vocational school approved subsequent to the effective date of this rule will be defined at the time of approval.

   Auth: sections 161.092, 178.510, RSMo (1986) and 178.530, RSMo (Cum. Supp. 1991).* Original rule filed May 26, 1983, effectiue Nov. 14, 1983. Amended: Filed Feb. X,1985, effectiue June 1,1985. *Or&d authority: 161.092, RSMo (19631, amended 1973; 173.5~10, RSMo (1963); and 178.530, RSMo (19631, amended 1977,1991.