Hope Academy Corp. v. The Missouri State Board of Education

The question in this appeal is whether the Missouri State Board of Education (“Board”) or the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (“DESE”) (collectively “the Respondents”) has the authority to review a public university’s decision not to renew sponsorship of a charter school. Because the statute at issue does not grant the Board or DESE the authority to review these decisions, Appellant Hope Academy Corporation (“Hope Academy”) failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. We therefore affirm the trial court’s dismissal of the charter school’s declaratory judgment…