That plan was not well-received by Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis City. She called the original proposal "nothing less than callous." Today, she said she was "extremely happy" about the decision.
Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis City, said by not addressing the problems of low socioeconomic status that many of the students face in the St. Louis and Kansas City areas, they would only be furthering a broader cycle of failure.
Wrap: St. Louis City Senator Jamilah Nasheed says lawmakers should step in to keep school districts from awarding teacher tenure, which she says produces lazy teachers.
Republican Representative Jay Barnes tried to persuade representatives to vote yes during the thirty minute period, as Democratic Senate sponsor Jamilah Nasheed tried to convince representatives from the sidelines.
St. Louis City Democratic Senator Jamilah Nasheed says she is elated to hear Bill Clay will also have a bridge named after him and says both men are deserving of the honor.
St. Louis Senator Jamilah Nasheed says she helped create an interim committee designed to look into Medicaid expansion over the summer, and she considers that a small victory.
St. Louis City Democrat Jamilah Nasheed says she supports tax credit reform, but the tax credit package would negatively impact renovation and building projects in her district.
During the hearing Wednesday, Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, R-St. Louis City, questioned whether a compromise could be reached before the end of the session. She said there needs to be less dialogue and asked why the leaders in both chambers hadn’t already hammered out a compromise.
Democratic St. Louis Senator Jamilah Nasheed is tearing into her Republican colleagues for not expanding Medicaid and says people have a religious duty to fight for expansion.
Wrap: Democratic Senator Jamilah Nasheed sponsored a bill that allows St. Louis schools to remove tenured teachers for incompentency if they fail to improve after 30 days of being warned.
A similar bill, sponsored by Sen. Paul LeVota, D-Independence was defeated in the Senate Appropriations Committee by a vote of 8-3 along party lines. Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis City, is sponsoring similar legislation but her bill has yet to be heard in committee.
The bill filed by Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis, would also allow districts to fire teachers for incompetency or inefficiency 30 days after being warned that they might be fired. Currently, the district must wait to fire an "inefficient" teacher one semester after that teacher is warned.
Wrap: Other school districts across the state can already fire teachers based on incompetency. St. Louis Democratic Senator Jamilah Nasheed says the measure doesn't have anything to do with teacher tenure.
That's St. Louis City Senator Jamilah Nasheed. She says voter ID bills being pushed by Republicans in the state capitol could make it harder for minority voters to cast a ballot.
The elected St. Louis City School board has had almost nothing to do for six years, but that could change if State Senator Jamilah Nasheed gets her way.
Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis, said she commends the president for his action on military weapons, the discussion over guns should be expanded to handguns, as well.
Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis City, said by not addressing the problems of low socioeconomic status that many of the students face in the St. Louis and Kansas City areas, they would only be furthering a broader cycle of failure.
Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis City, said by not addressing the problems of low socioeconomic status that many of the students face in the St. Louis and Kansas City areas, they would only be furthering a broader cycle of failure.
"I think it's very important that we begin to have that discussion on Medicaid expansion," said Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis City. "I know it's not going to happen within the next 48 hours, but we really need to begin to have the discussion because we have too many people -- 260,000 people -- that are uninsured."
Sponsor Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis City, stood on the sidelines of the chamber during debate and votes. She tried to persuade members of the House to vote for the bill, but was eventually escorted from the chamber after Rep. Keith English, R-St. Louis County, yelled at her to stop threatening people and leave.
Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis City, said she voted against the measure because it didn't include an expansion of the land-assemblage tax credit that is in the House version, and because the lowered caps on developing low-income housing and historic buildings would hurt development projects in her district.
Sen. Jamilah Nasheed's bill that would allow St. Louis school’s tenured teachers to be fired based on incompetency reached a stand-still in the House Committee on Education on Wednesday.
Sen. Jamilah Nasheed's bill that would allow St. Louis school’s tenured teachers to be fired based on incompetency reached a stand-still in the House Committee on Education on Wednesday.
A similar bill, sponsored by Sen. Paul LeVota, D-Independence was defeated in the Senate Appropriations Committee by a vote of 8-3 along party lines. Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis City, is sponsoring similar legislation but her bill has yet to be heard in committee.
A similar bill, sponsored by Sen. Paul LeVota, D-Independence was defeated in the Senate Appropriations Committee by a vote of 8-3 along party lines. Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis City, is sponsoring similar legislation but her bill has yet to be heard in committee.
The bill filed by Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis, would also allow districts to fire teachers for incompetency or inefficiency 30 days after being warned that they might be fired. Currently, the district must wait to fire an "inefficient" teacher one semester after that teacher is warned.
The bill filed by Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis, would also allow districts to fire teachers for incompetency or inefficiency 30 days after being warned that they might be fired. Currently, the district must wait to fire an "inefficient" teacher one semester after that teacher is warned.
The district lost accreditation in 2007 and has since been under the control of a state-appointed school board. After regaining provisional accreditation last October, Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis, wants to give control back to the elected seven-member school board.
The district lost accreditation in 2007 and has since been under the control of a state-appointed school board. After regaining provisional accreditation last October, Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis, wants to give control back to the elected seven-member school board.
Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis, said she commends the president for his action on military weapons, the discussion over guns should be expanded to handguns, as well.
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