Annelise Hanshaw | Missouri Independent
-
After a stalemate, the board voted to keep its foundation formula request flat despite rising costs under state law. -
Proposed changes could add more than $600 million to the formula with options that could be scaled back to fit tighter state budgets. -
The formula that determines state aid for public schools calls for an additional $110 million increase after lawmakers denied fiscal year 2027 boost. -
ClassWallet, the largest software provider in the school-choice industry, says it hands the state unredacted data and has no say in what gets posted. -
A parent-led coalition turning the income-tax repeal measure into a public education fight, warning that state aid is already falling short. -
Democrats want enrollments paused and lawmakers to investigate, while Republicans say the state should fix the breach without disrupting the program. -
The Office of Childhood submitted documentation of pending child care requests to access payments for the 53% of Missouri providers impacted by the federal delay. -
After the state’s education department oversaw a pilot program teaching science through agriculture, lawmakers saw an opportunity for more. -
Missouri education officials are looking for new datasets to power the state’s formula for public school funding after federal entities cut key data. -
A Cole County judge will decide whether state law permits lawmakers to infuse general revenue into a private school scholarship program.
