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This week’s highlights: Top News - Congress Weighs Child Tax Credit Expansion Missouri Update - Kehoe replaces state board president Kansas Update - Legislative Session Recap Additional Highlights - Under the hood of the North Kansas City School District's nationally recognized Automotive Technology...
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This week’s highlights: Top News - Congress Weighs Child Tax Credit Expansion Missouri Update - Kehoe replaces state board president Kansas Update - Legislative Session Recap Additional Highlights - Under the hood of the North Kansas City School District's nationally recognized Automotive Technology...
This week’s highlights: Top News – With tariffs back in the spotlight, Aligned examines what it will take to build a workforce ready for the future of advanced manufacturing in Kansas and Missouri. Missouri Update – Voters approve more than $1 billion in local school bonds and tax measures to fund...
This week’s highlights: Top News - KCPS seeks its first bond approval since 1967, but it’s just one of dozens of districts asking voters to fund facilities, teacher pay, and school safety upgrades. Missouri Update - Aligned co-sponsors reception celebrating women in government at the Governor's...
This week, the Missouri House Budget Committee approved HB 2, allocating $8.2 billion for elementary and secondary education in the upcoming fiscal year. The committee's version of the bill also diverges from several of Governor Mike Kehoe's early childhood priorities. Specifically, it excludes the...
This week’s highlights: Top News - Enrollment decline lurks behind many conversations in education, fueling concern across the spectrum from early childhood through higher education Missouri Update - the Missouri House Budget Committee approved HB 2, allocating $8.2 billion for elementary and...
President Trump has signed an executive order directing the closure of the U.S. Department of Education, marking a historic shift in federal education policy. While this move fulfills a longstanding conservative goal of returning education authority to the states, major legal, logistical, and...