SB 1370 - This act establishes provisions regarding adult eligibility for virtual school courses and programs. An "adult student" is defined as a Missouri resident over 21 years of age who has not yet earned a high school diploma but is within 12 academic credits or 2 school years of achieving such a diploma.

Under this act, an adult student may enroll in any state-approved virtual course or full-time virtual program offered by a school district or a public institution of higher education. Adult students are also eligible to enroll in the Missouri Course Access and Virtual School Program.

An adult virtual program shall be entitled to a monthly allocation of state aid for adult students in an amount equal to 14% of the state adequacy target per completed course. However, an adult virtual program shall not be entitled to a school district's ordinary school revenue, including local effort revenue, and any state aid allocated to an adult virtual program shall not count toward the constitutional minimum amount of state aid required for the establishment of free public schools in this state. The total amount of funding provided for an adult student enrolled in a virtual program shall not exceed the state adequacy target.

No school district with an adult student enrolled in adult virtual program shall be required to report such adult student's information for purposes of annual performance reports or as required for full-time, school-age virtual students under current law.

This act is similar to HCS/HB 1516 (2025).

OLIVIA SHANNON