by Mike Lear | Feb 20, 2014 | Education, Legislature, News
A day after one House Committee proposed budgeting for tin foil hats to make a statement about opposition to Common Core Standards for public education, another House Committee will hear a proposal to bar the implementation of those standards in Missouri. The House...
by Mike Lear | Feb 19, 2014 | Education, Legislature, News
The House Appropriations Committee on Education has proposed less than half of the $278-million for the foundation formula for K-12 education that Governor Jay Nixon (D) recommended in his budget proposal. The Chairman of that Committee, Representative Mike Lair...
by Mike Lear | Apr 11, 2013 | Education, News
The House has strongly rejected a teacher evaluation bill that was a priority for the Majority Republican leadership. Representative Kevin Elmer (R-Nixa) sponsored the proposal that would have created a teacher evaluation system. “To say that the system is OK is...
by Mike Lear | Mar 4, 2013 | Education, News
The House has approved a bill to exempt most school districts in the state from prevailing wage law. Backers of the bill say many schools, particularly in rural parts of the state, have to put off construction and maintenance projects or leave them undone because they...
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...
