An exemption for certain employers means public college students don’t always benefit from Missouri’s new minimum wage at their on-campus jobs.
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Religion, gender identity and elections: Missouri K-12 education bills to watch in 2025
Proposals include making school board elections partisan and posting the Ten Commandments in every classroom.
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Kansas doesn’t pay every teacher for some work they have to do. That could change
Mentoring young teachers in Kansas is supposed to come with additional compensation, up to $1,000. The state runs a mentoring program where mentors are paid $1,000 for helping a first-year teacher, $500 for a second-year teacher and $250 for a third-year teacher. But Kansas regularly runs out of money for the program. And despite promises […]
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Cellphones, cursive and teacher pay: A round up of Missouri teaching and learning bills in 2025
Lawmakers across the aisle want to curtail students’ use of electronic devices in class.
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Private school, charters, home schooling and open enrollment: Missouri bills to watch in 2025
Some Missouri lawmakers want to give families more options beyond their traditional local public schools.
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Scholarships, degrees and hazing: Missouri higher education bills to watch in 2025
Lawmakers have proposed changes to scholarships, in-state tuition and transfer credits, but they face a long road before potentially becoming law.
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How Kansas City is both defined, and held back, by the state line
The Kansas-Missouri border splits Kansas City and divides the metro region more evenly, and sometimes problematically, than any American metro region cut in two by a state line.
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Park University drops its push to de-annex property from Kansas City — for now
Park University has postponed its request to transfer 80 acres of Kansas City to Parkville, but hopes it can move forward in the future.
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Why Park University wants 80 acres of Kansas City to transfer to Parkville
The university says the move would improve efficiency, streamline operations and allow for future development. But Kansas City’s approval is uncertain.
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Hickman Mills schools meet its performance goal, but Missouri moved the goalposts
The district scored higher than 70% on its state performance report, but Missouri wants more data before it changes accreditation.