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Mo. House interim committee to examine education

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The Missouri House of Representatives

Missouri's education system will be the focus of a newly formed state House committee that will consider ways to improve outcomes and better prepare students for college and adulthood.
 
The House Interim Committee on Education has scheduled its first meeting for next Thursday at the state Capitol. The panel will examine education issues during the summer and fall before lawmakers return in January for their next legislative session. Republican House member Steve Cookson of Poplar Bluff will lead the interim committee.
 
House Speaker Tim Jones created the new education committee. He says he wants the committee to develop bipartisan solutions that "de-emphasize the education bureaucracy" and focus on providing children the best education possible.

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