It’s been about one month since Missouri’s K-12 public schools have been in session with a new normal – a cell phone ban. John McDonald, with the Missouri School Boards’ Association’s Center for Education Safety, said the ban is helping with learning time. “Primarily,...
Starting August 28th, K-12 public schools and charter schools in Missouri will be allowed to hire chaplains or allow them to serve as volunteers. The bill creating the new law is sponsored by State Sen. Rusty Black, R-Chillicothe. “It gives an option, I believe, for...
When Missouri K-12 public school students head back to school this fall, they won’t be able to use their phones during school hours. Gov. Mike Kehoe has signed a school safety package into law that requires school boards to decide whether phones will be kept in...
Missouri could soon require its K-12 public schools to have doors with anti-intruder locks and bullet-resistant window film in new construction by 2029. The state House of Representatives has passed a wide-ranging school safety package today that would also require...
