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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.

Two initiative petition campaigns are suing the Missouri Secretary of State.

The Missouri National Education Association hopes to stop the use of the state’s general revenue to fund private school scholarships

The legislation has a 12-year history in Missouri, with little movement until recently.