by Alisa Nelson | Apr 25, 2023 | Education, Legislature, News
With three weeks left to go in the Missouri Legislature’s session, lawmakers continue to work on an effort to restrict four-day school weeks. A Missouri House committee is considering whether to require districts with more than 30,000 residents to go back to holding...
by Anthony Morabith | Apr 14, 2023 | Education, News, Politics / Govt
Following the news that the Independence School District near Kansas City became the largest in the state to move to a four-day school week, lawmakers have been working behind the scenes to go back to a traditional five-day academic week. State Sen. Doug Beck, a...
by Anthony Morabith | Mar 21, 2023 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
The Missouri Senate has given initial approval to a pair of transgender bills. The proposals would ban transgender athletes from playing female sports and charge medical providers for ‘coercing’ anyone under 18-years-old to undergo a gender transition. During 13 hours...
by Anthony Morabith | Feb 15, 2023 | Education, News, Politics / Govt
The Independence School District near Kansas City is the largest school district in Missouri to move to a four-day school week. About 150 of Missouri’s more than 500 school districts operate on a shortened school week. However, State Senator Doug Beck, D-Affton, wants...
