Focus of transfer litigation may shift to K.C. case

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A lawsuit filed in Kansas City, not an older St. Louis Case, apparently will determine whether students can use a Missouri law to transfer out of floundering school districts.

Attorney General Chris Koster signaled Friday that he wants to wrap up the St. Louis case now that the district has partial accreditation. He says the main issue is "moot" and has hasked to have the case moved from the Missouri Supreme Court to St. Louis County Circuit Court.

That makes a case filed by five suburban districts surrounding the unaccredited Kansas City school district the one that could settle the transfer issue. The state and taxpayers in the Blue Springs and Raytown districts filed appeals Friday.