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A pair of education bills supported by school-choice advocates narrowly passed out of the Missouri House on Wednesday, overcoming a diminished GOP majority that had threatened to doom their chances earlier in the legislative session.
With fewer Republican lawmakers in the legislature who have previously supported school choice measures, compromises were made to secure the bills’ passage
The charter school funding measure is one of two bills backed by school-choice advocates that have now been sent to the Missouri Senate. The other would allow students to transfer to schools outside their district.
(Via MissouriNet) The National College Attainment Network says Missouri high school graduates missed out on $71.3 million in Pell grants in 2021 because they did not complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA. The FAFSA is used to consider eligibility for federal grants, federal loans, and state grants. State Senator Karla Eslinger, R-Wasola, is proposing to require Missouri high schoolers to fill out the application before graduating. In the 2020-21 academic year, more than 1.7 million high school graduates nationally did not fill out the FAFSA. Just under half o...
The 11 women senators created a children's book and planned a campaign to promote literacy.