03.24.2009 4:24 pm

Missouri Senate takes on education

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

JEFFERSON CITY — The Senate spent all morning talking education, and it still hasn’t gotten through the whole discussion.

It was debating a bill, sponsored by President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, that would allow virtual classes and change how the school funding…

Tags: Access Missouri, Charlie Shields, Chuck Purgason, Henry Williams, Jane Cunningham, Jeff Smith, Jolie Justus, Missouri politics, Missouri Preschool Plus Grant Program, Missouri Senate, online classes, Rita Heard Days, Rob Mayer, Roseann Moring, teaching standarsds, Tim Green, Tom Dempsey, Yvonne Wilson

02.17.2009 6:43 pm

Schaefer, Pearce follow Nixon in trying to change Access Missouri

By Roseann Moring

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Senators Kurt Schaefer, R-Columbia, and David Pearce, R-Warrensburg have sponsored a bill that would change how Access Missouri scholarships work.

The bill, SB 390, would make the maximum scholarship the same for all four-year schools, regardless of whether they are public…

Tags: Access Missouri, david pearce, Jay Nixon, kurt schaefer, Roseann Moring

Missouri Senate takes on education

Schaefer, Pearce follow Nixon in trying to change Access Missouri

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