- About Us
- Terms of Use
- Support Us
- Contact Us
- Get the MNH News Widget
- Advertise
- Make An Impact
- Subscribe
 |  |
Charter school expansion heads to governor
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A bill that could potentially expand charter schools statewide is on its way to the governor for signature. Legislation passed both chambers of the General Assembly Tuesday to offer greater opportunity for charter schools with support of both Republicans and Democrats. Many Democrats, including Assistant House Minority Floor Leader Tishaura Jones, [...]
JOPLIN, Mo. — Gov. Jay Nixon visited Joplin Monday, a week before of the one-year anniversary of the devastating tornado that destroyed a large portion of the city — including its schools. Nixon, who has visited the city dozens of time since storm last May, stopped in to announce new funding for what is becoming [...]
Continue reading …Springfield senator nearly derailed education funding deal over MSU exclusion
May 11, 2012 No Comment— State Sen. Bob Dixon brought budget negotiations to a halt this week, when he learned that Missouri State University in Springfield was not part of a $3 million higher education funding agreement. The deal, which lawmakers approved Thursday, appropriated hundreds of thousands in new spending for smaller state universities. MSU was left out of [...]
Continue reading …
— U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill held her first public campaign event Sunday afternoon criticizing her Republican rivals for their positions on student loans and pell grants. McCaskill visited Blueberry Hill, a St. Louis landmark restaurant and student hangout, to chide the trio for supporting privatization of student loans and for supporting the House Budget Committee’s [...]
Continue reading …
— A St. Louis County circuit court judge has ruled Missouri’s school transfer law unconstitutional. Judge David Lee Vincent, III, said the law, which has allowed students in unaccredited school districts to transfer to better schools free of charge, violates Missouri’s ‘Hancock Amendment’ barring unfunded mandates. The ruling came Monday in the case of Turner [...]
Continue reading …
— U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt said Thursday that he supports a proposal to extend a lower interest rate for federal student loans. Blunt, a Missouri Republican, endorsed a $5.9 billion plan to extend the current 3.4 percent interest rate on Stafford student loans for another year. “We ought to be doing everything we can to [...]
Continue reading …
— Discussion of sexual orientation in public schools would be limited if a bill supported by the leadership of the Missouri House of Representatives moves forward. The one sentence bill, sponsored by Republican state Rep. Steve Cookson, would prohibit teaching, materials, and extracurricular activities in public school that discuss sexual orientation, unless the topic of [...]
Continue reading …
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – After a week of contentions education debate in the State Senate, lawmakers have approved two bills aimed at overhauling the way Missouri deals with failing public school districts. On Thursday, Senators gave final passage to Senate Bill 576, which would allow for the creation of charter schools within accredited school districts. [...]
Continue reading …
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Mega Millions players in Missouri bought tickets at such a high rate over the last couple of weeks, local schools will get more money for gas for their school buses. That’s the bottom line of an announcement from Gov. Jay Nixon’s office. Nixon announced Tuesday morning that he is making $6.7 [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A day after Missouri’s top auditor criticized the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for not properly monitoring federal stimulus money, a department spokesperson defended DESE’s position. Upon releasing the findings of Missouri’s Statewide Single Audit – an annual review of how state agencies manage federal funds – Auditor Tom [...]
Continue reading …