by Mike Lear | Jan 9, 2014 | Education, News
House Democrats have their own version of legislation seeking to change Missouri’s school transfer law. It will be sponsored by Representative Margo McNeil (D-Florissant), a former educator who served on the House Interim Education Committee. McNeil’s bill...
by Mike Lear | Jan 8, 2014 | Education, News
The House Speaker in his opening day address reaffirmed a strong stance against changing Missouri’s school transfer law, but his budget director is going to propose a bill to do just that. The law allows students in failing school districts to transfer, at those...
by Mike Lear | Apr 18, 2013 | News
On the same day the U.S. Senate rejected an expansion of background checks for gun purchases, the Missouri House of Representatives has advanced two gun rights bills. A bill (HB 170) sponsored by Rep. Casey Guernsey (R-Bethany) would make laws passed after Jan. 1,...
by Mike Lear | Apr 10, 2013 | News
The House has sent the Senate legislation to have school districts add discrimination to anti-bullying policies. The proposal sponsored by Representative Sue Allen (R-Town and Country) says those policies should bar bullying on school grounds, at school events and on...
by Mike Lear | Feb 27, 2013 | Education, News
The House has given initial approval to HB 388, a proposal to give annual letter grade report cards to each public and charter school building in the state. The bill was amended to have the Department of Education give schools not only one, overall letter grade, but a...
