Public Notices and Federal Programs

PPRA affords parents certain rights regarding the District’s conduct of surveys, collection, and use of information for marketing purposes, and certain physical exams. These include the right to:

• Consent before students are required to submit to a survey that concerns one or more of the following protected areas (“protected information survey”) if the survey is funded in whole or in part by a program of the U.S. Department of Education (ED)
  • Political affiliations or beliefs of the student or student’s parent;
  • Mental or psychological problems of the student or student’s family;
  • Sex behavior or attitudes;
  • Illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior;
  • Critical appraisals of others with whom respondents have close family relationships;
  • Legally recognized privileged relationships, such as with lawyers, doctors, or ministers;
  • Religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or parents; or
  • Income, other than as required by law to determine program eligibility. 
     
• Receive notice and an opportunity to opt a student out of
  • Any other protected information survey, regardless of funding;
  • Any non-emergency, invasive physical exam or screening required as a condition of attendance, administered by the school or its agent, and not necessary to protect the immediate health and safety of a student, except for hearing, vision, or scoliosis screenings, or any physical exam or screening permitted or required under State law; and 
  • Activities involving collection, disclosure, or use of personal information obtained from students for marketing or to sell or otherwise distribute the information to others.
     
• Inspect, upon request and before administration or use
  • Protected information surveys of students;
  • Instruments used to collect personal information from students for any of the above marketing, sales, or other distribution purposes; and
  • Instructional material used as part of the educational curriculum. 

These rights transfer from the parents to a student who is 18 years old or an emancipated minor under State law. St. Charles R-VI School District has developed and adopted policies, in consultation with parents, regarding these rights, as well as arrangements to protect student privacy in the administration of protected information surveys and the collection, disclosure, or use of personal information for marketing, sales, or other distribution purposes. The District will directly notify parents of these policies at least annually at the start of each school year and after any substantive changes. The District will also directly notify, such as through U.S. Mail or email, parents of students who are scheduled to participate in the specific activities or surveys covered by this policy and will provide an opportunity for the parent to opt his or her child out of participation of the specific activity or survey. The District will make this notification to parents at the beginning of the school year if the District has identified the specific or approximate dates of the activities or surveys at that time. For surveys and activities scheduled after the school year starts, parents will be provided reasonable notification of the planned activities and surveys and be provided an opportunity to opt their child out of such activities and surveys. Parents will also be provided an opportunity to review any pertinent surveys.

Following is a list of the specific activities and surveys covered under this requirement:

• Collection, disclosure, or use of personal information for marketing, sales, or other distribution.
• Administration of any protected information survey not funded in whole or in part by ED.
• Any non-emergency, invasive physical examination or screening as described above. 

Parents who believe their rights have been violated may file a complaint with:

Family Policy Compliance Office
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20202-8520

(Board Policies JO-R, KI, and JHDA.) 

All responsible public agencies are required to locate, evaluate, and identify children with disabilities who are under the jurisdiction of the agency, regardless of the severity of the disability, including children attending private schools, children who live outside the district but are attending a private school within the district, highly mobile children, such as migrant and homeless children, children who are wards of the state, and children who are suspected of having a disability and in need of special education even though they are advancing from grade to grade. The St. Charles School District assures that it will provide a free, appropriate public education (FAPE) to all eligible children with disabilities between the ages of 3 and 21 under its jurisdiction. Disabilities include autism, deaf/blindness, emotional disorders, hearing impairment and deafness, mental retardation/intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairments, specific learning disabilities, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury, visual impairment/blindness and young child with a developmental delay.

The St. Charles School District assures that it will provide information and referral services necessary to assist the State in the implementation of early intervention services for infants and toddlers eligible for the Missouri First Steps program.

The St. Charles School District assures that personally identifiable information collected, used, or maintained by the agency for the purposes of identification, evaluation, placement or provision of FAPE of children with disabilities may be inspected and/or reviewed by their parents/guardians. Parents/guardians may request amendment to the educational record if the parent/guardian believes the record is inaccurate, misleading, or violates the privacy or other rights of their child. Parents have the right to file complaints with the U.S. Department of Education or the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education concerning alleged failures by the district to meet the requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

The St. Charles School District has developed a Local Compliance Plan for the implementation of State Regulations for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This plan contains the agency's policies and procedures regarding storage, disclosure to third parties, retention and destruction of personally identifiable information and the agency's assurances that services are provided in compliance with the General Education Provision Act (GEPA). This plan may be reviewed at the District's Administration Center, 400 North Sixth Street. St Charles, MO 63301 Monday thru Friday between the hours of 8:30 am to 4:00 pm.

This notice will be provided in native languages as appropriate.

Because virtual instruction can be an effective education option for some students, the district may offer virtual courses to students through district staff or by contracting for those services as part of the district-sponsored curriculum. In addition, eligible students may enroll in virtual courses offered through the Missouri Course Access Program (MOCAP). The district will accept all grades and credits earned through district-sponsored virtual instruction and MOCAP.  

The St. Charles School District has partnered with the LAUNCH program for MOCAP approved virtual education options. Please see the following website for further information and course lists. https://fueledbylaunch.com/

The district will pay the costs of a virtual course only if the district has first approved the student's enrollment in the course as described in this policy.  Board Policy IGCD - Virtual Instruction  Students are eligible to enroll in MoCAP approved virtual courses if they have attended the previous semester in the St. Charles School District or other Missouri public/charter schools and have enrolled during the defined enrollment period.  The enrollment period is defined as anytime prior to the start of the semester or during the 10 day schedule change period immediately following the start of the semester.

Even if a student or his or her parents/guardians pay the costs for a virtual course, the student or parents/guardians should meet with the principal or designee prior to enrollment to ensure that the course is consistent with the student's academic and personal goals.

The district is not required to provide students access to or pay for courses beyond the equivalent of full-time enrollment. The district will provide supervision for students who take virtual courses in district facilities but will not provide supervision for students taking virtual courses offsite.

Students taking courses virtually are subject to district policies, procedures and rules applicable to students enrolled in traditional courses including, but not limited to, the district's discipline code and prohibitions on academic dishonesty, discrimination, harassment, bullying and cyberbullying.

Additional information, forms and procedures can be found at the following links:

• IGCD
• IGCD-AF(1)
• IGCD-AF(3)
• IGCD-AF(4)
• SCSD MoCAP Info

Our district is required to inform you of information that you, according to the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-95), have the right to know. 

Upon your request, our district is required to provide to you in a timely manner, the following information: 

• Whether your student’s teacher has met State qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction.
• Whether your student’s teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which State qualification or licensing criteria have been waived.
• Whether your student’s teacher is teaching in the field of discipline of the certification of the teacher.
• Whether your child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications.

In addition to the information that parents may request, a building receiving Title I.A funds must provide to each individual parent:

• Information on the level of achievement and academic growth of your student, if applicable and available, on each of the State academic assessments required under Title I.A.
• Timely notice that your student has been assigned, or has been taught for 4 or more consecutive weeks by, a teacher who has not met applicable State certification or licensure requirements at the grade level and subject area in which the teacher has been assigned. 

COMPLAINT PROCEDURES

This guide explains how to file a complaint about any of the programs that are administered by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (the Department) under the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA)

1. What is a complaint? 
   For these purposes, a complaint is a written allegation that a local education agency (LEA) or the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (the Department) has violated a federal statute or regulation that applies to a program under ESSA.
    
2. Who may file a complaint?
   Any individual or organization may file a complaint.
    
3. How can a complaint be filed?
   Complaints can be filed with the LEA or with the Department. 
    
4. How will a complaint filed with the LEA be investigated?
   Complaints filed with the LEA are to be investigated and attempted to be resolved according to the locally developed and adopted procedures.
    
5. What happens if a complaint is not resolved at the local level (LEA)?
   A complaint not resolved at the local level may be appealed to the Department.
    
6. How can a complaint be filed with the Department?
   A complaint filed with the Department must be a written, signed statement that includes: a) A statement that a requirement that applies to an ESSA program has been violated by the LEA or the Department, and b) The facts on which the statement is based and the specific requirement allegedly violated.
    
7. How will a complaint filed with the Department be investigated?
   The investigation and complaint resolution proceedings will be completed within a time limit of forty-five calendar days. That time limit can be extended by the agreement of all parties. The following activities will occur in the investigation:
   • Record. A written record of the investigation will be kept.
   • Notification of LEA. The LEA will be notified of the complaint within five days of the complaint being filed.
   • Resolution at LEA. The LEA will then initiate its local complaint procedures in an effort to first resolve the complaint at the local level.
   • Report by LEA. Within thirty-five days of the complaint being filed, the LEA will submit a written summary of the LEA investigation and complaint resolution. This report is considered a public record and may be made available to parents, teachers, and other members of the general public.
   • Verification. Within five days of receiving the written summary of a complaint resolution, the Department will verify the resolution of the complaint through an on-site visit, letter, or telephone call(s).
   • Appeal. The complainant or the LEA may appeal the decision of the Department to the U.S. Department of Education. 
      
8. How are complaints related to equitable services to nonpublic school children handled differently?
   In addition to the procedures listed in number 7 above, complaints related to equitable services will also be filed with the U.S. Department of Education, and they will receive all information related to the investigation and resolution of the complaint. Also, appeals to the United States Department of Education must be filed no longer than thirty days following the Department’s resolution of the complaint (or its failure to resolve the complaint).
    
9. How will appeals to the Department be investigated?
   The Department will initiate an investigation within ten days, which will be concluded within thirty days from the day of the appeal. This investigation may be continued beyond the thirty-day limit at the discretion of the Department. At the conclusion of the investigation, the Department will communicate the decision and reasons for the decision to the complainant and the LEA. Recommendations and details of the decision are to be implemented within fifteen days of the decision being delivered to the LEA.
    
10. What happens if a complaint is not resolved at the state level (the Department)? 
    The complainant or the LEA may appeal the decision of the Department to the United States Department of Education. 

Electronic Communication

Staff members are encouraged to communicate with students and parents/guardians for educational purposes using a variety of effective methods, including electronic communication. As with other forms of communication, staff members must maintain professional boundaries with students while using electronic communication regardless of whether the communication methods are provided by the district or the staff member uses his or her own personal electronic communication devices, accounts, webpages, or other forms of electronic communication. The district's policies, regulations, procedures, and expectations regarding in-person communications at school and during the school day also apply to electronic communications for educational purposes, regardless of when those communications occur. Staff communications must be professional, and student communications must be appropriate. Staff members may only communicate with students electronically for educational purposes between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Staff members may use electronic communication with students only as frequently as necessary to accomplish the educational purpose.

1. When communicating electronically with students for educational purposes, staff members must use district-provided devices, accounts, and forms of communication (such as computers, phones, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, and district-sponsored webpages or social networking sites), when available. If district-provided devices, accounts, and forms of communication are unavailable, staff members communicating electronically with students must do so in accordance with number two below. Staff members may communicate with students using district-provided forms of communication without first obtaining supervisor approval. These communications may be monitored. With district permission, staff members may establish websites or other accounts on behalf of the district that enable communications between staff members and students or parents/guardians. Any such website or account is considered district-sponsored and must be professional and conform to all district policies, regulations, and procedures.
    
2. A staff member's supervisor may authorize a staff member to communicate with students using the staff member's personal telephone numbers, addresses, webpages, or accounts (including, but not limited to, accounts used for texting) to organize or facilitate a district-sponsored class or activity if the communication is determined necessary or beneficial, if a district-sponsored form of communication is not available, and if the communication is related to the class or activity. The district will provide notification to the parents/guardians of students participating in classes or activities for which personal electronic communications have been approved. Staff members may be required to send the communications simultaneously to the supervisor if directed to do so. Staff members are required to provide their supervisors with all education-related communications with district students upon request.
    
3. Staff use of any electronic communication is subject to the district's policies, regulations, and procedures including, but not limited to, policies, regulations, procedures, and legal requirements governing the confidentiality and release of information about identifiable students. Employees who obtain pictures or other information about identifiable students through their connections with the district are prohibited from posting such pictures or information on personal websites or personal social networking websites without permission from a supervisor. 
    
4. The district discourages staff members from communicating with students electronically for reasons other than educational purposes. When electronic communication is not for educational purposes, the section of this policy titled "Exceptions to This Policy" applies, and if concerns are raised, the staff member must be prepared to demonstrate that the communications are appropriate. This policy does not limit staff members from communicating with their children, stepchildren, or other persons living within the staff member’s home who happen to be students of the district. 

CONSEQUENCES

Staff members who violate this policy will be disciplined, up to and including termination of employment. Depending on the circumstances, the district may report staff members to law enforcement and the Children's Division (CD) of the Department of Social Services for further investigation, and the district may seek revocation of a staff member's license(s) with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). Further information about staff-student relations may be found on the District website in the Board Policies. (Board Policy GBH) 

Notice of Non-Discrimination

The St. Charles School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, disability, or age in its programs and activities. The following persons have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies and the district’s grievance procedures. 

Students Title IX
Assistant Superintendant of Human Resources
St. Charles R-VI School District
400 North Sixth Street
St. Charles, MO 63301
Phone: 636-443-4005

Students- Americans with Disabilities Act/504
Assistant Superintendant of Special Education
St. Charles R-VI School District
400 North Sixth Street
St. Charles, MO 63301
Phone: 636-443-4086

In the event the compliance officer is unavailable or is the subject of a report that would otherwise be made to the compliance officer, reports should instead be directed to the Superintendent.

Superintendent of Schools
St. Charles R-VI School District
400 North Sixth Street
St. Charles, MO 63301
Phone: 636-443-4033

(Board Policy AC: critical)

Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) allows school districts to use specific government funded public program benefits to assist with costs associated with special education services. Amended federal regulations require the District to provide initial written notification, and annual thereafter, to the student's parent/guardian before accessing the student's or parent's government funded public program benefits or insurance for billing purposes (i.e., Medicaid - MO HealthNet) for the first time on of after March 18, 2013 and prior to obtaining one-time written parent consent. Participation in Mo HealthNet for Kids and/or MO HealthNet program is not required for any student to receive free appropriate public education (FAPE) under IDEA.

One-time written parental consent to release personally identifiable information to the State's Medicaid agency, healthcare staff or other public insurance programs to determine, access and recover entitled program benefits from a student's or parent's government funded public program benefits or insurance will be sought by the District. Consent is voluntary and may be revoked at any time. Consent does not give the District permission to access private insurance benefits. Failure to consent will not result in denial or limitation of services for the student nor limit rights to a free appropriate education (FAPE) under IDEA.

Any questions or concerns should be directed to:

Mrs. Ashley Jones
Assistant Superintendent of Special Education
400 North Sixth Street
St. Charles, MO 63301
636-443-4039

Under Missouri's "Sunshine" law, The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, The Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and under Board Policy JO-R, KI and JHDA, district parents, guardians and students are entitled to be notified annually of certain rights regarding the disclosure of key information. The following notifications are intended to comply with those requirements.

1. Directory Information: By law, the district hereby notifies parents of its intent to consider the information listed below as "Directory Information." Such information is not generally considered to be harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed. Further, such information is considered "public record" and must be released by the district to any person who requests it under the Missouri Sunshine Law (610.010.030, RsMo).
   
   Directory Information:
   • Student's Name
   • Personal Information
   • Grade Level/Enrollment Status
   • Participation in Officially Recognize Activities and Sports
   • Photograph
   • Date/Place of Birth
   • Weight and Height of Members of Athletic Teams
   • Enrollment Status
   • Grade Level/Dates of Attendance
   • Field of Study/Degrees Received
   • Honors and Awards Received
   • Most Recent Previous Schools Attended
     
     Parents and/or eligible students have ten (10) schools days after this notice to inform the district in writing that they choose to not have any or all of the directory information listed above released. Unless notified to the contrary, the district will disclose any of the above listed information without the parent's or eligible student's prior written consent.
      
2. Required Disclosure: Parents are notified that the district is required to release a junior or senior student's name, address and telephone number to military recruiters and institutions of higher education upon request. Parents may request that the district not release this information in writing, and the district will comply with this request.
    
3. Sale or Marketing: As a rule, the district does not collect and disclose personal or directory information, or disclose previously collected personal or directory information, for marketing or sale (by the district or by others). Should a marketing or sale-related release of information be considered by the district, parents would be notified as to when the release would be scheduled or expected to be scheduled. Parents may inspect any instruments to be used to collect such information, and would be offered the opportunity to opt their student out of such an activity at that time.
   
   Exceptions to this policy include the following: 
   • College, Other Post Secondary and Military Recruitment
   • Book Clubs and Other Programs Providing Access to Low Cost Literary Products
   • Curriculum and Instructional Materials Used by Schools
   • Certain Tests and Assessments Used by Schools
   • The Sale of Products or Services to Raise Funds for Schools
   • Student Recognition Programs   
     
     For purposes for this policy, "personal information" means individually identifiable information, to include a student's and parent's first and last name.
      
4. Surveying Students: Occasionally, the district is asked or required to survey students. Parents may inspect upon request, a survey created by a third party before the survey is administered to their child. Occasionally, surveys fully or partially funded by the U.S. Department of Education may be administered. No child will be required to submit to a survey that reveals information concerning:
    
   • Political Affiliation
   • Mental or Psychological Problems of Student or Family
   • Sexual Behavior or Attitudes
   • Illegal, Anti-social, Self-incriminating, or Demeaning Behavior
   • Critical Appraisals of Others With Whom Respondents Have Close Family Relationships
   • Legally Recognized Privileged or Analogous Relationships
   • Religious Practices, Affiliations or Beliefs
   • Income (Other Than Needed to Determine Eligibility to Participate in Federal Programs)
     
     If a survey is administered containing any of the above eight areas of information, the district will take measures to protect the identification and privacy of students participating. Parents may opt students out of participation in surveys containing one or more of the eight issues listed above.
      
5. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA): FERPA affords parents and students over 18 certain rights with respect to education records. These include:
   • The Right to Inspect records Within 45 Days of Receiving a Written Request
   • The Right to Amend Student Records That a Parent or Eligible Student Feels are Inaccurate or Misleading
   • The Right to Consent to Disclosures of Personally Identifiable Information Contained in the Student's Educational Records, Except to the Extent That FERPA Authorizes Disclosure Without Consent
   • The Right to File a Complaint to the US Department of Education or to the Appropriate School Official Concerning Alleged Failures by the School to Comply with FERPA Requirements
      
6. No Child Left Behind (ESEA, amended 2001): ESEA affords parents certain notification rights. These include:
   • Parents have the right to request to know the professional qualifications of their child's instructor
   • Parents must be given timely notification if their child is being taught for four or more weeks by a teacher who is not properly certified.
   • Parents must be given a variety of data concerning desegregated test scores and teacher certification through the district's Annual Report.

In the spring, your child may have participated in the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) Grade-Level and End-of-Course assessments. The Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) evaluates students’ progress toward the Missouri Learning Standards. Grade-Level and End-of-Course assessments provide important information that contributes to decisions concerning individual students, groups of students and educational programs/curriculum. Assessments are given in the subject areas of Communication Arts (grades 3-8), Mathematics (grades 3-8), Science (grades 5 and 8), High School Biology, High School English II, High School Government, High School Algebra I and High School Algebra II.  

The Individual Student Report (ISR), includes an Achievement Level, which will describe his or her performance as Below Basic, Basic, Proficient or Advanced. The report also includes a short description of the knowledge and skills that are typically demonstrated by students in each Achievement Level.  

We are expecting the ISRs for the Grade-Level and End of Course assessments to be delivered to our district this summer or fall and these will be distributed to parents in a timely manner after receipt in our district. If you are in need of your child’s Individual Student Report (ISR) prior to regular distribution, please contact your child’s school. Please note that Government was a field test and no scores will be reported for that exam.

In accordance with state law (RSMo. 160.518) and federal law (Part A - Subpart 1 - Section 1111(b)(2)(I)(ii)), the St. Charles R-VI School District is mandated to assess all students grades 3 - 8 with the state Grade Level Assessment and high school students with the appropriate End of Course Exam. When opting-in to public education, you are also opting-in to the state and federal regulations that are associated with public education and therefore, students who are in attendance during our district testing window will be required to participate in the testing.  If a student is absent during the building’s designated testing days, the student will be tested when he/she returns to school.

All responsible public agencies are required to locate, evaluate, and identify children with disabilities who are under the jurisdiction of the agency, regardless of the severity of the disability, including children attending private schools, highly mobile children, such as migrant and homeless children, and children who are suspected of having a disability and in need of special education even though they are advancing from grade to grade. The City of St. Charles School District assures that it will provide a free, appropriate public education (FAPE) to all eligible children with disabilities between the ages of 3 and 21 under its jurisdiction. Disabilities include autism, deaf/blindness, emotional disorders, hearing impairment and deafness, mental retardation, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairments, specific learning disabilities, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury, visual impairment/blindness and young child with a developmental delay.

The City of St. Charles School District assures that it will provide information and referral services necessary to assist the State in the implementation of early intervention services for infants and toddlers eligible for the Missouri First Steps program.

The City of St. Charles School District assures that personally identifiable information collected, used, or maintained by the agency for the purposes of identification, evaluation, placement or provision of FAPE of children with disabilities may be inspected and/or reviewed by their parents/guardians. Parents/guardians may request amendment to the educational record if the parent/guardian believes the record is inaccurate, misleading, or violates the privacy or other rights of their child. Parents have the right to file complaints with the U.S. Department of Education or the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education concerning alleged failures by the district to meet the requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

The City of St. Charles School District has developed a Local Compliance Plan for the implementation of State Regulations for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This plan contains the agency's policies and procedures regarding storage, disclosure to third parties, retention and destruction of personally identifiable information and the agency's assurances that services are provided in compliance with the General Education Provision Act (GEPA). This plan may be reviewed during regular school hours on days school is in session in the Office of the Superintendent of Schools. 

Local school districts in the State of Missouri are required to conduct an annual census of all children with disabilities or suspected disabilities from birth to age twenty-one (21) that reside in the district. This census must be compiled by December 1 of each year. This information is treated as confidential and must include: name of child; parent/legal guardian's name/address; birth date and age of the child; the child's disability; and the services provided to the child. If you have a child with a disability or know of a child with a disability who is not attending the public school, please contact Student Services at 636-443-4000 or write to City of St. Charles School District, 400 North Sixth Street, St. Charles, MO 63301. This notice will be provided in native languages as appropriate.

About McKinney-Vento

A homeless student lacks a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence. This includes students who are staying in transitional or emergency shelters, campgrounds, or motels; sharing housing with other families due to a loss of housing or an inability to afford housing; abandoned in a hospital, staying in substandard housing or living in places not ordinarily used for sleeping; and students who have run away or have been thrown out of their homes. 

Homeless students are automatically eligible to participate in the free and reduced lunch program, Title 1 instructional services, and other district services intended to support academic success such as transportation to the school of best interest.  Please contact the Student Services office (636-443-4087) for further information.

Main Program Office:
City of St. Charles School District
Administration Building
400 N. 6th Street
St. Charles, MO  63301
Phone:  636-443-4087

Who Can We Help?

• Children and youth in temporary housing situations may be eligible for services and have certain legal rights if they are:
• Living with a friend, relative or someone else because they lost their home or can’t afford a home, or are runaways*
• Staying in a motel or hotel*
• Living in an emergency or transitional shelter or a domestic violence shelter
• Staying in substandard housing*
• Living in a car, park, public place, abandoned building or bus or train station
• Living in a campground or an inadequate trailer home
• Abandoned in a hospital
• Living in a runaway or homeless youth shelter.

*Note: Consideration of each individual case, along with the permanency of the situation, may be needed to determine if students in these circumstances are homeless.

Local Liaisons

City Of St. Charles School District
Ashley Jones, Homeless Liaison
400 N. Sixth Street, St. Charles, MO  63301
636-443-4087

Francis Howell School District
Grace Painter, Homeless & Foster Care Coordinator
801 Corporate Centre Dr, O’Fallon, MO  63368
636-851-4110

Fort Zumwalt School District
Deanna Kruse, Coordinator of Homeless & Foster Care
555 East Terra Lane, O’Fallon, MO  63366
636-474-8511

Orchard Farm R-V School District
Melissa Daniel, Director of Student Services
2165 Highway V, St. Charles, MO  63301
636-952-5461

Wentzville School District
Dr. Laura Rowe-Holler, Executive Director of Student Services and Displaced Student & Forster Care Liaison
280 Interstate Dr., Wentzville, MO  63385
636-327-3800

Resources

Please view this searchable directory of available local resources for at-risk families.

Are you homeless or at immediate risk of homelessness?

• Coordinated Entry provides homeless, rental and utility assistance. Dial 2-1-1 or use this resource to learn more about Coordinated Entry for Homeless Services in St. Charles County.
• View the Missouri Resource Guide (PDF)
• Educating Missouri's Homeless Children (PDF)

Title I, Part A, provides resources to help ensure that all children have the opportunity to get a quality education, resulting in their attainment of high academic standards. Title I targets resources to districts and schools whose needs are the greatest. 

The program is the largest federal program supporting both elementary and secondary education, and allocates its resources based upon the poverty rates of students enrolled in schools and districts. Essentially, Title I focuses on: (1) promoting school-wide reform in high-poverty schools and (2) ensuring students' access to scientifically based instructional strategies and challenging academic content.

The St. Charles School District has implemented a school-wide model under Title I Part A: Improving the academic achievement of the disadvantaged and providing aid of the pupils in high poverty schools. Individual buildings are reviewed for eligibility annually based on the number of students who have been approved for Free/Reduced Lunch at the building level. Each district elementary building also houses a classroom for our District-wide preschool program which includes Title I funded slots available to students who meet the criteria.

All Title I schools are also required to spend part of their Title I federal funds to support parent activities to improve academic achievement.

Title I A Schoolwide Program Building Plans:

• Blackhurst Elementary
• Coverdell Elementary
• Lincoln Elementary
• Monroe Elementary
• Null Elementary

District Title I Parent Involvement Implementation Plan (PDF)

Plan de Participación de Padres del Distrito Implantación (PDF)

Title I Part D supports prevention and intervention programs for children and youth who are neglected, delinquent, or atrisk. This program provides funds for youth at the St. Charles County Juvenile Justice Center. Missouri receives formula funds based on the number of students in state institutions and costs per pupil.

State agency and district Title I, Part D programs must meet the educational needs of neglected, delinquent and at-risk youth and assist in their transition from correctional facilities to local programs. They must provide the opportunities to achieve. And they must evaluate the program and disaggregate data by gender, race, ethnicity and age every three years.

The purpose of Title II.A is to increase the academic achievement of all students by helping schools and LEAs improve teacher and principal quality and ensure that all teachers are highly qualified. Because Title IIA was combined with the Class-Size Reduction grant, Title II.A funds may be used for both high quality professional development and the hiring of supplemental highly qualified teachers to reduce class sizes. The district must demonstrate that they have met state minimum class size requirements prior to using Title II.A funds to further reduce class size.

The purpose of Title III, Part A, is to help ensure that children and youth who are limited English proficient, Native American and/or immigrants, attain English language proficiency, develop high levels of academic attainment in English, and meet the same challenging state academic standards that all children are expected to meet.

The St. Charles School district may use funds to:

• develop high-quality language instruction educational programs
• assist states, districts, and schools to build their capacity to establish, implement, and sustain language instruction and development programs
• promote parental and community involvement
• hold states, districts, and schools accountable for increases in English proficiency and core academic content knowledge of limited English proficient children by:
  • demonstrated improvements in the English proficiency of limited English proficient children each fiscal year; and
  • adequate yearly progress for limited English proficient children, including immigrant children and youth 

The following Private Schools and Institutions are supported with Federal funds allocated to them through the St. Charles R-VI School district:

• Academy of the Sacred Heart, 619 N. Second Street, St. Charles, MO 63301
• Child of God Lutheran, 650 Salt Lick Road, St. Peters, MO 63376
• Duchesne High School, 2550 Elm Street, St. Charles, MO 63301
• Immanuel Lutheran School, 115 S. Sixth Street, St. Charles, MO 63301
• Seton Regional Catholic School, 1 Seton Court, St. Charles, MO 63303
• St. Charles Borromeo School, 431 Decatur, St. Charles, MO 63301
• St. Cletus School, 2721 Zumbehl Road, St. Charles, MO 63301 

• NCLB Federal Programs Complaint Procedure (PDF)
• NCLB Nonpublic Complaint Procedure (PDF)
• NCLB Parents Right-To-Know (PDF)
• Parental Information and Resource Center PIRC Notification (PDF)