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More than 10,000 Missouri students received funding through the MOScholars school choice scholarship program for the 2026-2027 school year.

The policy's biggest change is broadening who is required to report bullying to include volunteers and school contractors.

The state’s education department slowed down its implementation of a rating system for public schools following concerns from school administrators.

Missouri ranks in the top ten states for back-to-school shopping costs, with the average Missouri shopper spending $826.

The formula that determines state aid for public schools calls for an additional $110 million increase after lawmakers denied fiscal year 2027 boost.

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 Missouri House bill to fund private schools uses the same money that public schools use.

Columbia Public Schools hired Susan Goldammer as its first general counsel.

A two-day bench trial has been scheduled for the Missouri National Education Association's case against the state for the allocation of $51 million to support Missouri's private school voucher program.

In the first month of direct state aid for Missouri’s K-12 scholarship program, 98% of funds went to religious institutions.