Weekly Legislative Update
This week’s highlights:
Top News - The Missouri House posted a notification announcing the formation of a new committee—the House Special Committee on Education Reform.
Missouri Update - We have prioritized early childhood education funding and regulatory relief, teacher recruitment and retention, and school finance reform for the 2024 session. So far, we are tracking 14 bills that include some provisions related to those areas.
Kansas Update - On Monday, January 9th, at 2:00 p.m, the Kansas Legislature will convene to commence the 2024 session officially. We expect two significant topics to dominate the agenda: Medicaid expansion and tax cuts.
Additional Highlights - In a blog post published last month, America Succeeds writes that learning losses stemming from COVID will result in future earnings reductions for students and translate into a less skilled labor pool for business, underscoring why corporate support in education reform matters.