by Mike Lear | Mar 8, 2012 | Education, News, Politics / Govt
House Republicans say they have achieved most of their slate of legislative priorities for the session heading into Spring Break, but House Democrats say one top priority has been absent from floor debate. An education bill has yet to advance out of the committee...
by Mike Lear | Jan 17, 2012 | Education, News, Politics / Govt
State lawmakers are faced with several challenging education issues in the young legislative session. Facing them first is the question of whether to deal with those issues together, or individually. The school funding foundation formula was not designed to work when...
by Mike Lear | Jan 5, 2012 | Education, News, Politics / Govt
Beside the budget, education will be one of the primary topics in the 2012 legislative session. The primary issue is what some are calling a crisis, in the need to reform the foundation formula. On the opening day House Speaker Steven Tilley (R-Perryville) outlined...
