Missouri Board Advances A-F School Grading System as Interim Commissioner Resigns
Missouri's State Board of Education has advanced a new A-F school grading system, moving its implementation and release date up from 2027 to December. Concurrently, interim Education Commissioner Stacey Preis resigned immediately before the board's meeting.
Springfield, MO, October 20, 2026 —
Missouri’s State Board of Education has advanced the timeline for a new A-F school grading system, moving its implementation and release date from 2027 to December, according to the available summary of the board’s action.
The change brings the system’s planned timeline forward. The summary does not specify which December is intended, provide a more precise implementation or release date, or explain what steps remain before the system takes effect. It also does not describe how schools will be graded or what information the A-F ratings will use.
Interim Education Commissioner Stacey Preis resigned immediately before the board’s meeting, the summary said. It did not give a reason for her resignation or say who will take over the interim role. The timing places the resignation alongside the board’s action on the grading system, but no connection between the two events was provided.
Further details about the board’s decision, including the specific schedule and the system’s design, were not included in the information available. The summary also did not state whether the board discussed Preis’s departure during the meeting or outline any subsequent leadership plans.
The reported changes leave two key developments: a December timeline for implementing and releasing Missouri’s new A-F school grading system, moved forward from 2027, and Preis’s immediate resignation before the meeting. Additional details about both remain unspecified.
Story summarized from the original created by Hannah Falcon on www.ky3.com, see more information here.
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