{"id":8556,"date":"2026-01-27T05:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/cost-of-future-missouri-school-funding-formula-unclear-as-task-force-continues-work\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T05:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:50:12","slug":"cost-of-future-missouri-school-funding-formula-unclear-as-task-force-continues-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/cost-of-future-missouri-school-funding-formula-unclear-as-task-force-continues-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Cost of future Missouri school funding formula unclear as task force continues work"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe speaks briefly at a Sept. 9 meeting of the Missouri School Funding Modernization Task Force in the Missouri Special Olympics office building in Jefferson City. The task force met via video conference Monday for its first meeting since breaking into working groups (Annelise Hanshaw\/Missouri Independent).<\/p>\n

Missouri\u2019s method for determining state aid for public schools is poised for substantial change, as a task force drafting the new funding formula began on Monday to synthesize four months of meetings into recommendations.<\/span><\/p>\n

The group, dubbed the Missouri School Modernization Task Force, met Monday morning for the first time since breaking into smaller cohorts and looked at proposed changes to three parts of the formula.<\/span><\/p>\n

Without the final components identified, it remains unclear how much the changes may cost.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gov. Mike Kehoe\u2019s budget proposal for the next fiscal year keeps the formula\u2019s funding flat, declining to include a $190.6 million increase triggered by recent changes to state law.<\/span><\/p>\n

With current budget discussions centering cuts, and Kehoe\u2019s executive order telling the task force <\/span>to reduce the formula\u2019s bottom line<\/span><\/a>, its members are keeping close watch on the numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe really have to be cognizant of the budget times we are in,\u201d said task force member Don Thalhuber, the policy director for Missouri Senate Democrats who helped draft the current formula in 2005. \u201cIf the General Assembly can\u2019t fund a $190 million increase\u2026 that is a problem that we are going to have to really think about as we craft this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The group\u2019s plan follows the current formula\u2019s broad structure, containing three multipliers and a reduction to account for funding districts receive from local property taxes.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of these factors, called the <\/span>state adequacy target<\/span><\/a>, would increase from $7,145 to $11,504 under changes the task force is considering.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rudi \u2019splains it: The State Adequacy Target<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The number itself is just a starting point, with other factors and adjustments impacting the bottom line. The task force\u2019s members did not dwell on the price tag, instead questioning the target\u2019s stability.<\/span><\/p>\n

The state adequacy target is intended to represent the per-pupil cost of an adequate education and is calculated by looking at how much high-performing school districts are spending per student. These districts are those who score 90% or higher on their annual performance reports.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prior to 2022, a majority of school districts hit the high-performing mark. But since the state switched to a scoring system education officials deemed \u201cmore rigorous,\u201d just 22 districts and one charter school have a three-year composite score above 90%.<\/span><\/p>\n

The average expenditures of these districts were much higher, driving the formula up $300 million this fiscal year after <\/span>years of stagnation<\/span><\/a>. Between 2009 and 2024, the state adequacy target grew just 4% while inflation topped 33%.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seeking to protect the target from large jumps in the future, the task force is proposing to look at the expenditures of the 100 top-scoring school districts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kari Monsees, who recently retired as the state education department\u2019s finance chief, told the task force the switch would remove \u201cvariability,\u201d though his calculations showed the number was not immune to outside forces.<\/span><\/p>\n

Applying the group\u2019s recommendations to previous years, there was a 10% jump in the state adequacy target between 2024 and 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n

Monsees said this is because of \u201ca lot of contributing factors.\u201d He pointed to a push to raise teacher salaries as part of a workforce shortage.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a lot of challenges there,\u201d he said. \u201cBut seeing the increase from one calculation to the next has got me thinking that we may have to consider caps or something else within that calculation methodology.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The group\u2019s proposal more intentionally captures the cost of educating students from low-income families, those requiring accommodations for disabilities and English-language learners by factoring them into this part of the equation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt gets more down to the student level in terms of the demographics of a district and the students that they are serving,\u201d Monsees said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Factoring in the number of students in high-needs groups as part of the state adequacy target allows a shift in the way the formula gives extra funding for these students.<\/span><\/p>\n

The current formula has thresholds, so only districts with a higher proportion of students in these categories get extra funding. The group wants to eliminate these cutoffs.<\/span><\/p>\n

In total, this move would count an additional 8,000 low-income students, 35,000 students with disabilities and 2,400 English learners whose districts don\u2019t receive extra funding under the threshold model.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other changes discussed Monday include a switch to counting students based on enrollment rather than attendance, which was an early goal of the task force despite some members worrying it might have a negative effect on attendance.<\/span><\/p>\n

The group is scheduled to meet next on Feb. 23 in Jefferson City. The group has until Dec. 1 to craft its recommendations and present them to the governor.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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