St. Louis Public Schools drops to provisional accreditation
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Key Points:
- The Missouri State Board of Education voted 6-1 to downgrade St. Louis Public Schools (SLPS) to provisional accreditation due to the district's failure to submit its annual audit on time, increasing state oversight and potentially allowing more charter school expansion.
- This decision was unexpected, as the state's Missouri School Improvement Plan (MSIP 6) guidelines indicated accreditation changes for districts like SLPS would occur in January 2027 based on performance scores, not audit submission timing.
- SLPS officials and school board president Karen Collins-Adams have not yet commented, while the district stated it plans to submit the audit by the end of the month.
- American Federation of Teachers Local 420 President Ray Cummings criticized the decision as political
