by Mike Lear | May 16, 2014 | Education, News, Politics / Govt
House members who oppose the transfer legislation that has been sent to Governor Jay Nixon (D) say his office has indicated to them that he will call a special session for a new bill to be created. The Chairman of the legislative black caucus, Representative Tommie...
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
Governor Jay Nixon (D) has called on House and Senate lawmakers who have worked on a proposed fix to Missouri’s transfer law to remove language that would let local tax dollars pay for students to transfer to private schools. The legislative conference committee...
by Mike Lear | May 13, 2014 | Education, News
A House and Senate conference committee has finished its work hammering out a proposed fix to the student transfer law that threatens to bankrupt some Missouri schools. The proposal would let students in failing schools in unaccredited districts first transfer to...
by Mike Lear | Feb 13, 2014 | Education, News, Politics / Govt
The House Budget Director has filed his version of a bill to fix issues with the state’s school transfer law. Representative Rick Stream (R), a former Kirkwood school board member, says he wants to ensure that every student in unaccredited schools quickly, not...
