Under current law, local school districts have to pay a set percentage of their revenue to teachers. That percentage varies with the size of the district. If a district pays teachers less, it is fined by the state. If the senate bill becomes law, districts will get some leeway on their assigned percentages. They also will be able to appeal any fines to the state school board in Jefferson City. John Russell, from Lebanon Missouri, says districts pay too much of their budgets to tea..
But the controversy over the vote left some Senators with a bad taste in their mouths, charging, "We're drifting to House tactics," said Sen. John Russell, R-Lebanon.
Sen. John Russell, R-Lebanon, is sponsoring a bill that requires children to attend school until they are 18 years old. The bill also allows school districts to set up alternative schools for those children who are disruptive in class.