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Weekly Legislative Update
This week’s highlights: Top News – This week, the House Committee on Elementary & Secondary Education heard HB 2184 (Haffner), a bill that would modify school accountability metrics for Missouri’s public and public charter schools. Missouri Update – This week marked a solemn moment as the state…
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Weekly Legislative Update
This week’s highlights: Top News – Representative Brenda Shields, a longtime champion of early education and former business leader, led a coalition of nearly a dozen respected statewide organizations to present HB 1486, which would remove the cap on Pre-K funding for 4-year-olds…
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Weekly Legislative Update
This week’s highlights: Top News – Dysfunction reigned supreme as members of the newly formed Freedom Caucus clashed with Senate leaders over the Republican caucus’s priority of initiative petition reform. The Senate floor witnessed fiery exchanges, a historic motion, and a filibuster that…
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Weekly Legislative Update
This week’s highlights: Top News – The House Workforce and Infrastructure Committee heard HB 1488 this week. This bill creates three tax credit programs totaling $60 million that childcare providers and employers can use to incentivize contributions and offset the cost of care. This legislation was…
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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…