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 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 | 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...
by admin | Mar 7, 2011 | Education, Politics / Govt
It appears the state won’t have to go through fiscal contortions with education money coming from Washington to Jefferson City. Missouri will receive $189 million from the federal government for its schools. Governor Nixon proposed giving the money to the local...
