by Mike Lear | May 13, 2014 | Education, News
A House and Senate conference committee has finished its work hammering out a proposed fix to the student transfer law that threatens to bankrupt some Missouri schools. The proposal would let students in failing schools in unaccredited districts first transfer to...
by Mike Lear | May 13, 2014 | Education, News
House and Senate lawmakers have made more changes to language in a proposed fix to Missouri’s student transfer law that would allow public tax dollars to go to nonreligious private schools. A conference committee of legislators from both chambers voted to allow...
by Mike Lear | Jul 30, 2013 | Legislature, News
The Senate Interim Committee on Capital Improvement will prepare a report by the end of this year for the rest of the senate. The Office of Administration has shown it a list dating to August 6 of last year of 20,782 repair or maintenance projects that would cost the...
by Mike Lear | Feb 4, 2013 | Education, News
A proposed plan for funding the state’s colleges and universities says those institutions aren’t getting enough money. The draft says Missouri’s colleges and universities are underfunded by the state, by about $388 million dollars. Joint Education...
by Mike Lear | Jan 17, 2013 | Education, Legislature, News
Two legislative committees have revisited a model of what could go into a higher education funding formula that would include performance-based funding. A presentation that was first offered to the Joint Committee on Education last month was given to the House Budget...
