by Alisa Nelson | Sep 15, 2020 | Education, News
The Missouri Board of Education has voted today in favor of the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s (DESE) $8.5 billion proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning next July. The plan is a slim increase over the current budget year – about...
by Alisa Nelson | Aug 20, 2020 | Education, Health / Medicine, News
The Missouri Legislature’s Joint Committee on Education is drafting a letter to Gov. Mike Parson to request temporary removal of school districts serving as the gatekeeper of Missouri Course Access and Virtual School Program, or MOCAP. Due to COVID-19, more families...
by Ashley Byrd | Apr 28, 2020 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
A bipartisan team of lawmakers, agency chiefs, and other advisors is helping Gov. Mike Parson to stay on top of massive amounts of federal money coming into Missouri for coping with COVID-19. The working group appointed by the governor made its first major move...
by admin | 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 admin | Feb 7, 2013 | Education, News
A proposal to grade each of the state’s schools has been heard in a House Committee. House Bill 388 is proposed by Representative Kathryn Swan (R-Cape Girardeau). It would have the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education create an annual report card...
