missouri education

The former state lawmaker will stop down from the state's top job in K-12 education after the Missouri State Board of Education accepted her retirement on Tuesday.

The board also tabled its discussion of a proposed policy that would allow it to forgo recording all open meetings.

A House-Senate conference committee agreed to boost childcare subsidies and the private school voucher program and rejected an overhaul of higher education funding. Final votes are expected Wednesday.

Democrats want enrollments paused and lawmakers to investigate, while Republicans say the state should fix the breach without disrupting the program

The Missouri Senate wants $225 million set aside a few years ago to renovate the Capitol Building to instead support education funding and other programs. Kehoe and House Budget Committee Chairman Dirk Deaton said they’re not ready to go along with the plan

The constitutional amendment would establish that access to public education is a "fundamental right." But organizers say the controversy over the Missouri Secretary of State's ballot language, which a judge ruled was unfair and had to be rewritten, delayed signature collection.

After legislation prohibiting three-cueing as a primary instructional method passed last year, legislators are now aiming for an outright ban.

A proposed Senate bill would block teachers from using a student's preferred name or pronouns.

Current law in Missouri requires schools to have a program if 3% of its students are identified as gifted, but it doesn't require screenings.

A law passed last year requiring clearer test score reports could be scrapped after Gov. Mike Kehoe’s budget dropped funding for the change.