State Senate overwhelmingly approves bill requiring schools test, filter water for lead
Schools in Missouri would be required to test drinking water for lead, and install filters if it’s above safe levels, under a…
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Student literacy bill winning bipartisan support among Missouri lawmakers
What started as a bipartisan effort to improve Missouri’s literacy rates through a children’s book has evolved into legislation that…
House Budget Committee rejects adding surplus revenue to Missouri public schools, colleges
Missouri’s record general revenue surplus was off-limits for spending plans as the House Budget Committee worked Thursday, defeating Democratic efforts to give…
Lawmakers weigh bills to offer suicide prevention training as mental health issues rise
With mental health issues on the rise nationwide, Missouri lawmakers are weighing bills that would provide pharmacists and teachers with…
Schmitt drops lawsuits against Missouri schools, St. Louis
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Attorney General Eric Schmitt has dismissed most of the more than 40 lawsuits he filed against…
Opinion: Lawmakers need to take swift action on federal education funds
Congress passed, and President Joe Biden signed, the American Rescue Plan 10 months ago, creating the most significant infusion of…
Opinion: Missouri Legislature is targeting education
This year’s session of Missouri’s legislature has been flooded with measures to control what local public schools must do or…
Missouri AG sues nine more school districts, including one for students with disabilities
Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Monday he was suing nine more school districts over their mask mandates, including a school…
Judge is asked to toss Ashcroft’s summary of education funding initiative petition
A Cole County judge heard arguments Thursday over whether Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft wrote a misleading ballot summary for…
Attorney General Schmitt renews threat to sue schools over mask, quarantine rules
Missouri is continuing to see record daily coronavirus infections, near-peak COVID-19 caseloads in hospitals and threats from Attorney General Eric Schmitt that he…
Deadlines loom on $5.3B spending bill for Missouri Medicaid, federal COVID aid for schools
With Gov. Mike Parson promising state employees a pay raise by Feb. 1 and the state’s Medicaid program likely to run short…
Lawmakers scrutinize Missouri social studies standards, school boards
Missouri lawmakers trained their focus this week on how school boards interact with the public and the ways in which…
Schools with low test scores can have high student growth, report finds
Schools with a low percentage of students reaching proficient and advanced levels on Missouri standardized tests are also among the…
Missouri is exploring a ‘test to stay’ school quarantine option
With thousands of students quarantined in the first weeks of the new school year, Missouri’s health director says the state…
Missouri AG’s push to sue every school with mask mandate heads to court next week
Orders requiring school children to wear masks in class will be tested in court next week, when a Boone County…
Missouri schools with lower state funding had higher rates of gun violence
Christian Rich has seen more death and violence at age15 than many experience in a lifetime. His best friend, cousin,…