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Combining Illinois School Districts An Idea Few Want
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.(KMOX)–“Easier said than done,” appears to be the title of the latest chapter in the effort to save money in Illinois. The idea was to combine school districts and eliminate the...
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Lawmakers Send New Business Bills to Governor
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMOX) – The Missouri General Assembly heads off to spring break after passing a business agenda with many items still left to tackle this session. The House and Senate sent two...
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Time Running Out On Ill. Pension Reform
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. (IRN) – Legislative leaders will revisit the subject of pension reforms in five weeks. After their latest meeting to try to come to a compromise on pension reforms, legislative...
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Nixon to Allow More Charter Schools for Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) –Gov. Jay Nixon says he will sign legislation allowing charter schools to operate in more areas of Missouri but with greater oversight. But the governor vetoed a separate...
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Property Values In St. Louis County Take A Dive
CLAYTON, MO (KMOX) – St. Louis County Assessor Jake Zimmerman has released preliminary real property values for most properties in St. Louis County. The values reflect continuing declines for many...
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Are Missouri’s School Districts Making the Grade?
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) – Though classes have just begun, school districts in the state are being graded, and for some it’s not a report card to stick on the refrigerator. This year Missouri switched...
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Ark. Panel Bars Districts From Arming Teachers
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A state licensing board has barred two Arkansas school districts from arming teachers, administrators and staff as volunteer security guards. The Arkansas Board of Private...
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Missouri Lawmakers To Confront Student Transfers
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are facing pressure to address a student transfer law and unaccredited school districts. The law requires school districts without state accreditation to...
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Education Officials Mull Struggling School Plans
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri education officials are digging into proposals to help struggling school districts. Three Missouri districts, including Kansas City, are currently unaccredited, and...
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Study Looks at Missouri’s Struggling Districts
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The St. Louis area schools partnership known as Education Plus is releasing details of a study of unaccredited school districts. Education Plus says a task force has been working on...
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Aggressive Approach to Academic Achievement
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMOX/ Capitol Bureau) - The Department of Education unveiled a proposal that takes a more aggressive approach to avoiding the loss of accreditation for school districts across the...
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Students, Faculty to Plead Case for Normandy Schools
NORMANDY, Mo. (KMOX/AP) - Students from Normandy schools in St. Louis County are asking Missouri lawmakers to save their school district. Tuesday, KMOX reported the decision by the Senate...
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Mo. Mulls State Funds To Districts For Preschool
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri lawmakers are moving to put more of the state’s money where their mouths are in supporting preschool and early childhood programs. Legislation advancing at the state...
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School Districts Using ‘Walking School Buses’ To Fight Childhood Obesity,...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — As a group of children walked home together from school in Providence, they held hands and played the “I Spy” guessing game. When they reached a busy intersection, an adult...
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More School Districts Join Request for a Sunday Grand Jury Announcement
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – The number of school districts asking for the grand jury’s decision on whether or not it will indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson to not be announced during the school day...
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Nixon Seeks $50M Increase in Basic School Aid
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon plans to propose a $50 million increase in basic school aid during Wednesday’s State of the State address, but some education groups already have...
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St. Louis-area Schools Agree to Help Failing Districts
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A group of St. Louis-area schools are banding together to help two failing districts get back on track, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced Tuesday. Under the agreement, 22...
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Nixon to Veto Student Transfers Bill
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon will veto a bill to revamp the state’s system allowing students to transfer from failing schools, two Missouri lawmakers who took a lead in crafting...
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Nixon Vetoes Student Transfers Bill, Some St. Louis-Area Legislators Frustrated
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon today vetoed House Bill 42, saying it fails to solve the problems of unaccredited school districts in the St. Louis region and creates new problems and...
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School Districts Send West Lake Landfill Letters Home
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (KMOX) — Several area school districts are sending letters home to parents, trying to soothe concerns about the underground fire at a north St. Louis County landfill and buried nuclear...
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