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2013 Education Stories

• 11/21/2013: Newspaper Story - Missouri Changes Physical Education
• 11/20/2013: Radio Story - President Obama met with state officials on canceled health insurance plans, Missouri not included.
• 11/20/2013: Radio Story - DESE Commissioner Nicastro aided in lobbyist funded initiative
• 11/18/2013: Radio Story - African-American Missouri Clergy met with Gov. Nixon Monday
• 11/13/2013: Radio Story - Democrats walk out of a Senate committee on Medicaid.
• 10/30/2013: Radio Story - Proposed teacher evaluations will hold educators and administrators accountable
• 10/23/2013: Radio Story - K-12 education is vital to Missouri's economic competitiveness, says Gov. Nixon
• 10/21/2013: Radio Story - An educational consulting firm has plans to help Kansas City Public Schools
• 10/21/2013: Radio Story - Nixon says education funding will increase substantially in the next fiscal year.
• 10/17/2013: Radio Story - Lawmaker scolded Gov. Jay Nixon and the Missouri Department of Corrections for halting an upcoming execution
• 10/16/2013: Radio Story - Missouri Department of Education breathes a sign of relief
• 10/ 8/2013: Radio Story - Missouri's education department says anxiety is high over debt ceiling breach
• 10/ 8/2013: Radio Story - Lobbyist wants student represenatives on state university boards to have voting rights
• 10/ 8/2013: Newspaper Story - Former chief of staff to Governor Mel Carnahan is behind new initiative
• 10/ 2/2013: Radio Story - Missouri Senate Medicaid committee still indecisive about expanding Medicaid
• 10/ 1/2013: Newspaper Story - State Education Department comes under fire over unaccredited schools
• 10/ 1/2013: Radio Story - Missouri Supreme Court rejects the state auditor's lawsuit against the governor's budget withholding powers.
• 10/ 1/2013: Radio Story - Two Republican state lawmakers say failing districts need new teachers
• 9/30/2013: Radio Story - Missouri schools could face reduced funding for federal contracts if government shuts down.
• 9/30/2013: Newspaper Story - Several state departments could face implications if feds shut down government
• 9/24/2013: Radio Story - Mo. legislators leaning toward giving failing school districts state aid
• 9/24/2013: Newspaper Story - Bailout for failing schools wins Republican favor
• 9/19/2013: Newspaper Story - Top Republican on Education Appropriations committee says Gov. Nixon needs to stop going around legislature
• 9/19/2013: Radio Story - Top Republican on education appropriations cmte doesn't want @GovJayNixon to pick schools that get early ed funding
• 9/17/2013: Radio Story - Missouri state School board asks legislature for $6.8 million to fund Normandy District before it shuts down
• 9/11/2013: Radio Story - Gov. Nixon still considers today a success even though he may have most overridden bills in history.
• 9/11/2013: Radio Story - Missouri Senate veto session garners national media attention.
• 9/11/2013: Radio Story - Missouri House fails to override Gov. Nixon's veto of controversial tax bill
• 9/10/2013: Radio Story - St. Louis Senator calls for teacher tenure reform statewide, not just St. Louis Public Schools
• 9/10/2013: Radio Story - Mo. Republican lawmakers caucus behind closed doors ahead of veto session
• 9/ 6/2013: Radio Story - Missouri High Schools will release a report on the number of concussions this year
• 8/28/2013: Newspaper Story - New Missouri laws went into effect today. Find out what changes to expect across the state.
• 8/28/2013: Radio Story - New Missouri laws limit welfare use, aid verteran education and reduce risk to emergency workers on state highways.
• 8/26/2013: Radio Story - A top House member says the legislature should investigate government pension benefits for lobbyists.
• 8/21/2013: Radio Story - ACT reports show a majority of Missouri students didn't meet college readiness criteria
• 8/21/2013: Newspaper Story - ACT Reports Show Majority of Missouri Students Don't Meet Criteria
• 8/20/2013: Radio Story - DESE has hired an outside vendor to investigate and offer solutions toward fixing Missouri's failing schools
• 5/ 9/2013: Radio Story - As session winds down, House backs $1.2B bond measure
• 5/ 8/2013: Radio Story - Lawmakers provide $24 million worth of funding to state parks for repairs and maintnance
• 5/ 7/2013: Radio Story - A revitalized special education funding proposal gets first-round approval in the House.
• 5/ 6/2013: Radio Story - Senate takes small step to address St. Louis County school funding issue
• 4/30/2013: Radio Story - House backs measure to allow school teachers to carry guns
• 4/30/2013: Newspaper Story - Republicans in both chambers push gun laws despite opposition from the vocal Democratic minority.
• 4/25/2013: Radio Story - House Budget Committee takes a second crack at building bond measure
• 4/25/2013: Newspaper Story - State Rep. says "Don't Get Sick" bill would break poverty cycle
• 4/24/2013: Newspaper Story - A higher education funding formula would base funding for schools on performance and job placement
• 4/24/2013: Radio Story - Higher education bill tying career placement to funding gains first-round approval in state Senate
• 4/23/2013: Radio Story - House Republicans voice approval for armed teachers
• 4/18/2013: Radio Story - Senate panel backs in-state tuition for veterans
• 4/11/2013: Radio Story - Lawmakers fight to help special needs children throughout Missouri
• 4/11/2013: Radio Story - Students from the University of Missouri system lobby at the state Capitol for student rights
• 4/11/2013: Newspaper Story - MU students rally for student curator, other changes at Capitol
• 4/10/2013: Radio Story - Amendment on bill that allows St. Louis schools to fire incompetent tenured teachers is halted in House committee
• 4/10/2013: Newspaper Story - Legislation to increase performance-based funding for Missouri universities and colleges passed out of committee.
• 4/ 9/2013: Newspaper Story - Lawmakers work to recognize baseball great Jackie Robinson
• 4/ 3/2013: Radio Story - Lawmakers hear legislation proposal to extend normal school year by five weeks
• 4/ 3/2013: Newspaper Story - Report card system to evaluate education system criticized as oversimlifying schools and teacher performance
• 4/ 2/2013: Newspaper Story - House committee passes bill to give military veterans in-state tuition at Missouri colleges
• 4/ 2/2013: Radio Story - Lawmakers push to lower tuition rates for veterans
• 4/ 2/2013: Newspaper Story - After passing the Senate floor in 5 hours, a tax overhaul bill meets opposition from a Republican Rep. in the House
• 3/20/2013: Radio Story - Social Services Department won't talk about audit; 13 corrective action plans issued
• 3/20/2013: Newspaper Story - Rural and urban leadership come together in DESE to serve Missouri's education system
• 3/14/2013: Radio Story - Leaders in Missouri's General Assembly express satisfaction with first half progress
• 3/ 7/2013: Radio Story - Missouri lawmakers working to roll back some state education standards
• 3/ 7/2013: Newspaper Story - Critic of state education standards: "This is academic child abuse."
• 3/ 6/2013: Newspaper Story - Missouri could be 1 of 4 states not affected by national education standards via legislation
• 2/28/2013: Radio Story - Mo. House Republicans flexed their supermajority muscle today by pushing a pair of education bills to the Senate
• 2/27/2013: Radio Story - The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved Kurt Schaefer's nearly $1 billion bonding bill.
• 2/27/2013: Newspaper Story - Teachers and other school officials showed up to the Capitol to discuss changes to teacher tenure
• 2/27/2013: Radio Story - Tensions high among Mo. lawmakers on discussion over teacher tenure changes.
• 2/27/2013: Newspaper Story - Education commissioner says early child education bill is the most important piece of legislation she has seen
• 2/20/2013: Radio Story - In a House hearing, Rep. Koenig defended his bill calling on schools to 'explore' differing theories of evolution.
• 2/19/2013: Radio Story - Republicans push bills to resist federal gun control efforts
• 2/19/2013: Radio Story - Gun legislation for classes stripped of ammo after many mandates were changed to suggestions.
• 2/14/2013: Radio Story - Missouri lawmakers want voters to tell them where state spending should stop
• 2/14/2013: Newspaper Story - Missouri lawmakers want to cap state spending with constitutional amendment
• 2/14/2013: Radio Story - Ratings reports for schools could be accessible under a bill by House Education Committee
• 2/13/2013: Radio Story - Missouri lawmakers look at increasing high school graduation requirements
• 2/13/2013: Newspaper Story - Missouri legislators look at creating more high school graduation requirements
• 2/13/2013: Newspaper Story - St. Louis County exempt from UM Extension legislation because of prior taxes supporting zoos and museums
• 2/ 6/2013: Newspaper Story - Columbia senator sponsors a bill to create coordinator and council for gifted kids' education program
• 2/ 6/2013: Radio Story - Sen. Schaefer purposes increase to gifted funding.
• 2/ 6/2013: Radio Story - Mo. bill would allow St. Louis teachers to be fired for incompetency
• 2/ 6/2013: Newspaper Story - St. Louis teachers could be fired for "incompetency" under proposed measure
• 2/ 5/2013: Newspaper Story - Higher education officials voice support for $950 million bond proposal
• 2/ 5/2013: Newspaper Story - UM extensions may soon come together to tax counties for additional programs
• 2/ 4/2013: Newspaper Story - Results of performance-based higher education funding released in a report from the Senate Education Committee.
• 2/ 4/2013: Newspaper Story - Gov. Jay Nixon has released nearly $8.5 million in previously withheld higher education funding.
• 1/31/2013: Newspaper Story - Universities on track for bump in funding, but Lincoln's increase merely a blip
• 1/31/2013: Radio Story - Lincoln University takes a big hit from performance based funding
• 1/30/2013: Newspaper Story - University of Missouri seeks creation of districts that allow for taxes to fund extension program.
• 1/30/2013: Newspaper Story - Proposed gun safety programs intend to curb gun-related fatalities, cause confusion instead.
• 1/30/2013: Newspaper Story - University of Missouri System supports governor's performance-based proposal
• 1/29/2013: Radio Story - Nixon touts increased education funding, Medicaid expansion, and campaign contribution limits in State of State
• 1/29/2013: Newspaper Story - Missouri's governor makes education, mental health and Medicaid top budget priorities.
• 1/29/2013: Radio Story - Gov. Jay Nixon likes bond proposal, wants to highlight four areas.
• 1/29/2013: Radio Story - The senate has endorsed legislation that lawmakers could attract more NCAA tournaments to the state
• 1/29/2013: Newspaper Story - Higher education institutions favor performance based state funding
• 1/28/2013: Newspaper Story - Gov. Jay Nixon outlined his plan for his second term during the State of the State Address
• 1/24/2013: Radio Story - Senators look to slash business taxes to match other states
• 1/23/2013: Newspaper Story - Columbia Democrat to chair special House committee on $950 million bond issue.
• 1/23/2013: Radio Story - House Speaker Tim Jones and Columbia democratic Rep. Chris Kelly look to deliver bi-partisan support for bond issue
• 1/23/2013: Radio Story - Mo. Senators debate state takeover of KC school district
• 1/22/2013: Radio Story - St. Louis City Senator Jamilah Nasheed pushes to give power back to elected school board
• 1/22/2013: Newspaper Story - Senior Democratic Missouri House member given control of one of the biggest bond issues in Missouri history
• 1/15/2013: Radio Story - Rep. Casey Guernsey moves to stop Obama gun proposals in MO
• 1/ 9/2013: Radio Story - Missouri House and Senate announce what issues the Republican veto-proof majority will act on.