Pay for Courses

District Partnership Agreements

District Partnership Agreements between an LEA and a courseware provider do not fall under MOCAP guidelines. In these cases, the LEA is responsible for course alignment to standards and educator certification, per 162.1250 RSMo.
District Partnership Agreements do not require progress reporting from vendors, as long as a contract is in place between the LEA and the courseware provider.
The LEA is responsible for reporting its own student data.
MOCAP courseware providers only submit data to verify enrollments.
District Partnership Agreements do not fall under the MOCAP rules for MOCAP reporting, price caps, and appeals in Section 161.670, RSMo.

Basic Formula Actual Payments

Please email DESE School Finance directly if you have specific questions: finadmgov@dese.mo.gov

Attendance hours for any educator without a valid teaching certificate will be disallowed for state aid payment purposes.
In no case shall more than the full-time equivalency of a regular term of attendance for a single student be used to claim state aid. Section 161.670, RSMo.

ATTENDANCE GUIDANCE

Non-Traditional Methods of Instruction

Virtual Courses

A virtual course is a course that meets all requirements of 162.1250. RSMo including Missouri Course Access and Virtual School Program (MOCAP) courses. A student taking a (MOCAP) or other virtual course offered by, or with the tuition being paid, by the school district, which is taken in its entirety onsite, is counted for attendance by the school district if the student is supervised by a Missouri certificated teacher during the regular school day at the school in which he or she is enrolled. In summary:

	Non-MOCAP Virtual Courses (LEA-Developed, Non-MOCAP, Commercial Online & Approved by LEA)	MOCAP Course	MOCAP Hosted
Student is a MOCAP A+ high school student	N/A	95% attendance is claimed if student completes the course. 47% attendance is claimed if student completes one semester of a course 0% of attendance is claimed if student does not complete half of the course.	N/A
Student is present onsite. Student is enrolled in a virtual course meeting the requirements of a virtual. course per 162.1250, RSMo. Student is receiving instruction from a MO certified teacher.	Attendance is recorded for the time a student is enrolled in the course and present on campus under the certified teacher’s supervision. The student is recorded as absent for the time they are enrolled and NOT present under the supervision of a certificated teacher.	Attendance is recorded for the time a student is enrolled in the course and present on campus under the certified teacher’s supervision. The student is recorded as absent for the time they are enrolled and NOT present under the supervision of a certificated teacher.	N/A
Student is offsite. Student is enrolled in a course meeting the requirements of a virtual course per 162.1250. RSMo. Student is receiving instruction from a MO certified teacher.	Attendance is claimed upon completion of 50% or 100% of the course, at a rate of 47% or 94% respectively, of the hours it would have taken to complete the course in-person. A student must complete a semester of a course for 47% attendance to be reported for the student and a student must complete two semesters of a course for 94% attendance to be reported for a student. The element of course completion is a requirement for attendance reporting. If a student withdraws from the course prior to the end of an academic reporting term (i.e., the quarter or semester), 0% attendance is reported for the student.	Attendance is claimed upon completion of 50% or 100% of the course, at a rate of 47% or 94% respectively, of the hours it would have taken to complete the course in-person. A student must complete a semester of a course for 47% attendance to be reported for the student and a student must complete two semesters of a course for 94% attendance to be reported for a student. The element of course completion is a requirement for attendance reporting. If a student withdraws from the course prior to the end of an academic reporting term (i.e., the quarter or semester), 0% attendance is reported for the student.	N/A
Student moves from virtual to onsite course enrollment.	If a student withdraws from a virtual course and enrolls in an in-person course prior to reaching a component of course completion, 0 attendance hours are claimed for the portion of time the student was enrolled in the online course.	If a student withdraws from a virtual course and enrolls in an in-person course prior to reaching a component of course completion, 0 attendance hours are claimed for the portion of time the student was enrolled in the online course.	If a student withdraws from a virtual course and enrolls in an in-person course prior to reaching a component of course completion, 0 attendance hours are claimed for the portion of time the student was enrolled in the online course.
Student moves from onsite to virtual course enrollment.	If a student withdraws from an in-person course and enrolls in a virtual course, the student must reach a component of course completion for attendance to be claimed for the time enrolled in the virtual course; the onsite portion of the student’s enrollment can be claimed based on hours attended. In no case shall a student have more attendance and absent hours than the total possible calendar hours for their building and grade level for the time the student was enrolled at the LEA. Regardless of attendance status, LEAs should prioritize course transition decisions based on the best interest of the student.	If a student withdraws from an in-person course and enrolls in a virtual course, the student must reach a component of course completion for attendance to be claimed for the time enrolled in the virtual course; the onsite portion of the student’s enrollment can be claimed based on hours attended. In no case shall a student have more attendance and absent hours than the total possible calendar hours for their building and grade level for the time the student was enrolled at the LEA. Regardless of attendance status, LEAs should prioritize course transition decisions based on the best interest of the student.	If a student withdraws from an in-person course and enrolls in a virtual course, the student must reach a component of course completion for attendance to be claimed for the time enrolled in the virtual course; the onsite portion of the student’s enrollment can be claimed based on hours attended. In no case shall a student have more attendance and absent hours than the total possible calendar hours for their building and grade level for the time the student was enrolled at the LEA. Regardless of attendance status, LEAs should prioritize course transition decisions based on the best interest of the student.
Student is enrolled in MOCAP hosted program and is enrolled in a host district.	N/A	N/A	MOCAP provider documents student attendance based on weekly progress as outlined in the program’s enrollment handbook or policy. Average daily attendance is established by dividing hours of attendance by the hours the program was in session. Host district reports attendance for MOCAP full-time hosted student.

Attendance Reporting

Local school districts:

Local school districts and charter schools will connect directly with vendors to enroll students in MOCAP courses.

Parent or Private Pay Students:

Home-school students, private school students, or students taking more than full time courses should work with their local school district to ensure the credit will be accepted.

Per 162.1250, RSMo, for purposes of the calculation and distribution of state school funding, attendance of a student taking a MOCAP or other virtual course offered by, or with the tuition being paid by the school district or charter school, but the course is taken offsite, can be claimed for state aid.

Per 161.670, RSMo, MOCAP host school districts will receive the state aid payments for students enrolled full-time in MOCAP. The resident district or charter school should transfer the full-time MOCAP student to the host school district. The MOCAP host district will receive the state aid for the student. The resident district will not pay tuition to the host school district or MOCAP provider.

For MOCAP full-time hosted virtual students, average daily attendance shall be calculated using the quotient or the sum of the quotients obtained by dividing the total number of hours attended in a term by enrolled students by the actual number of hours that the full-time hosted virtual program was in session in that term, and the provisions of section 162.1250 do not apply to the funding calculation. The attendance calculation is generated by the virtual provider and provided to the host district for submission to DESE per Section 161.670.2(1), RSMo.

In no case shall a student have more attendance and absent hours than the total possible calendar hours for their building and grade level for the time the student was enrolled at the LEA.