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The Republican civil war in the Missouri Senate reached a new crescendo of strife Tuesday, when Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden stripped four members of their committee chairs and declared he was acting against "a small group of swamp creatures."
Springfield school board member Maryam Mohammadkhani pushed for support of the bill and a meeting with the sponsoring lawmaker.
Under the proposal, the Missouri Board of Education would no longer have the authority to decide the accreditation of public school districts.
The state is considering 41 other bills attacking transgender rights this year.
Senators went head-to-head in a packed hearing about a bill that aims to strengthen parental rights in schools.