Weekly Legislative Update
This week’s highlights:
Top News - Forbes writer argues, "There is no teacher shortage. There's a teacher recruitment and retention problem. There's a 'making the job attractive enough to draw in the people we want' problem."
Missouri Update - The Missouri General Assembly cut its week short so members could attend the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory celebration. As we all are painfully aware, the joy quickly turned to sorrow through yet another act of senseless gun violence. We are all heartbroken.
Kansas Update - During a hearing on Tuesday, the House Education Committee deliberated on potential expansions to the Kansas Promise Scholarship Act. House Bill 2539 aims to modify the Act by eliminating residency requirements and redefining the "part-time" student classification.
Additional Highlights - Following this week's shooting at the Chiefs rally, The Missouri Independent published an article that provides resources for talking to kids about violence and tragedy after the Super Bowl parade shooting.