Weekly Legislative Update

This week’s highlights:

Top News – American social psychologist and author Jonathan Haidt took the media by storm with the publication of The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness. Aligned takes a closer look at his work.

Missouri Update – SB 727, the education omnibus sponsored by Senator Andrew Koenig (R-Manchester), received a hearing this week in the House to a packed room full of proponents and opponents.

Kansas Update – House passes K-12 education budget amidst special ed funding debate.

Additional Highlights – America Succeeds forms a partnership to integrate the Durable Skills framework into career and technical education coursework.

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