The state Senate recently passed a wide-ranging education bill. The main part of the bill would modify the Missouri Empowerment Accounts Program, to expand accessibility to private schooling for students across Missouri. Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden,...
The Missouri Senate pulled an all-nighter and has passed a roughly $50 billion state budget proposal today. Here’s a list of some of the key items that survived in the latest version: •$3.6 billion in state aid to K-12 public schools •$2.8 billion to widen...
Missouri has the lowest average minimum teacher salary in the country. The state House of Representatives has signed off on a package that would increase the minimum teacher salary from the current $25,000 to $38,000 annually. The plan would also boost the minimum pay...
To listen to the Show Me Today interview with Missouri Board of Education President Charlie Shields, click below. There’s a push going on across the country, including in Missouri, to pay K-12 public school teachers based upon performance. The legislature’s top two...
The Missouri Legislature passed a budget last year to help increase K-12 public school teacher pay. Lawmakers will be asked again this year to boost those salaries but getting a raise could be based on performance. Missouri’s two top Republican leaders in the...
