Annelise Hanshaw | Missouri Independent
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Following the passage of a law banning mobile phone use, school boards have quickly adopted policies banning the devices from bell to bell. -
The names of MOScholars donors and contribution amounts were once easily available to the public. But the Missouri Treasurer’s Office says that was never supposed to be the case. -
State law says the Missouri State Board of Education should have a teacher in an advisory position, but the governor has yet to appoint someone to that spot. -
The new law will expand on efforts by the state’s education department to improve literacy in K-12 schools. -
Gov. Mike Kehoe signed off on a number of broadly supported education bills Wednesday. -
The Missouri National Education Association hopes to stop the use of the state’s general revenue to fund private school scholarships. -
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Legislation giving new power to Missouri’s attorney general and secretary of state has been sent to the governor’s desk. -
The bill’s sponsor says it was inspired by a lawsuit filed by a transgender student against the Blue Springs School District. -
Software problems created a months-long backlog that forced some providers out of business, but Education Commissioner Karla Eslinger said 70% of that backlog has been cleared.
