Home-schoolers gather on the Capitol steps.

UPDATE: The bill has passed 110-46 with the home-school fix. It now goes back to the Senate.

JEFFERSON CITY — Hundreds of home-schooled students and their parents showed up at the Capitol today to protest a…

JEFFERSON CITY — Next year’s K-12 budget is one House vote and full Senate approval away from enactment.

The House gave first-round approval, with a 100 to 60 vote, today to the House/Senate budget compromise.

Most people in the Capitol agree that…

Jeff Smith

JEFFERSON CITY — Mo. Sen. Jeff Smith had an op-ed piece about education reform in the Beacon on Tuesday:

It is illogical for a 30-year teaching veteran whose students invariably make little academic progress to make twice what a third-year…

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri House of Representatives approved a $700 million higher education bond this morning.

From the AP story:

The legislation is designed to cover the top building needs at every Missouri public four-year and two-year school. The funds could…

JEFFERSON CITY — Working late into the night (or early into the morning, depending how you look at it) the Missouri Senate gave first-round approval to an omnibus education bill.

Tony Messenger over at the Political Fix wrote that Sen. Jane Cunningham, R-Chesterfield, attached…

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…

JEFFERSON CITY — On the last day before its spring break, the Missouri House of Representatives is pushing through many noncontroversial bills.

Two bills from Rep. Rodney Schad, R-Versailles, would modify school programs.

One (HB 488) would change some rules about unaccredited…

Kingery

JEFFERSON CITY — The House of Representatives voted 101-60 today to pass Rep. Gayle Kingery’s bill allowing districts to opt into a four-day school week..

Read Tuesday’s AP article about it here.

JEFFERSON CITY — The Senate Education Committee today heard about a bill that would allow school districts to get funding for online classes the same way they get funding for regular classes.

Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, sponsored…

Wallace

JEFFERSON CITY — The House of Representatives today passed a bill that tweaks state law about school protection.

Sponsor Maynard Wallace, R-Thornfield, said the bill “ties up some loose ends.”

The bill allows the St. Louis school district to consider a dress…