by Mike Lear | May 20, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Two Republicans who have crossed party lines to work on Medicaid expansion say Governor Jay Nixon (D) needs to heed his own advice and work across lines to not veto the proposed transfer bill. They have written a letter to Nixon on the issue. Representative Jay...
by Mike Lear | May 19, 2014 | Education, News
Critics of the bill that proposes change to Missouri’s student transfer law say it doesn’t fix anything, and want Governor Jay Nixon (D) to tell lawmakers to try again. The bill lawmakers sent to Governor Nixon includes a provision that after three years...
by Mike Lear | May 15, 2014 | Education, News, Politics / Govt
The state legislature has passed a bill meant to fix the state law that lets students transfer out of failing school districts. The proposal has been a priority for many lawmakers who say that law is bankrupting unaccredited school districts, particularly Normandy and...
by Mike Lear | May 13, 2014 | Education, News
House and Senate lawmakers have made more changes to language in a proposed fix to Missouri’s student transfer law that would allow public tax dollars to go to nonreligious private schools. A conference committee of legislators from both chambers voted to allow...
by Mike Lear | May 1, 2014 | Education, News
The state House has approved a plan to change a 21-year-old law that lets students transfer out of failing schools into better ones. House Republicans pared back significantly a provision that would make private schools one of the places those students could go....
