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Missouri changes enrollment, funding and testing rules for full-time virtual learners

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Sep 15, 7:00 AM:

Students no longer have to seek approval from their "home" district to enroll full-time with Missouri Course Access and Virtual School Program — or MOCAP — providers hosted by higher education institutions or school >

After 2 years homeschooling using high school curriculum, boy, 13, graduates college with 3.78 GPA

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Jul 19, 8:11 AM: He finished high-school algebra and geometry at 7, took trigonometry at 8, and enrolled at college three weeks after his ninth birthday for calculus classes and beyond, earning an associate’s degree in mathematics at the >

Hundreds of families have already applied for new Missouri tax credit scholarships

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Jul 11, 7:38 AM: Some Missouri parents can now apply for scholarships for their children to attend private schools or other alternatives to their local public schools. And hundreds already have.

New scholarship program gives Missouri students more school choice

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Jul 11, 7:32 AM: The MOScholars program helps more families afford private or specialized education.

Missouri charter schools to see funding boost under new law

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Jun 30, 2:19 PM: Charter schools in Missouri will receive an infusion of at least $62 million in state funding under a new law signed by Gov. Mike Parson Wednesday.

Missouri charter schools poised to see funding boost under new law

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Jun 29, 2:54 PM: Charter schools in Missouri will receive an infusion of at least $62 million in state funding under a new law scheduled to be signed by Gov. Mike Parson Wednesday.

Kansas City charter schools could see millions more in funding

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Jun 7, 8:38 AM: For years, charter school educators and families in Kansas City and St. Louis have alleged their schools were being shortchanged in funding. Thanks to a new state law, their schools may soon see an increase in the dollars >

Missouri charter and public school leaders are both happy with legislature's funding compromise

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May 16, 10:04 AM: An original version of the bill would have taken funding from Kansas City and St. Louis Public Schools, but lawmakers found a compromise that education leaders are happy with.

Missouri bills would require KCPS to pay millions to charters, allow students to enroll elsewhere

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Mar 24, 6:51 AM:

Missouri lawmakers are advancing measures that would require Kansas City Public Schools to provide millions more for charter schools and give public school students the option of enrolling in other districts.

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Missouri lags behind all states in virtual school attendance

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Mar 21, 7:52 AM: Missouri Connections Academy is one of only two public schools in the state that are completely online. Lynsie Hunt, a teacher, or "school leader," said the academy received 6,000 applications for the current school year, >

KC charter school transitions to year-round classes

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Mar 15, 9:44 AM: Gordon Parks Elementary School is a kindergarten through 4th grade charter school near 37th and Wyoming. The school made the decision to transition to year-round classes for its students. Studies show that going without an >

Planned charter school in St. Louis County renews debate over public school funding

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Mar 15, 9:27 AM: St. Louis County will be home to its first charter school this August, when the Leadership School opens in Pagedale.

Column: : From 4-day weeks to charter debate, Missouri has a school funding crisis

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Mar 14, 8:49 AM: Amid all this, it’s no wonder the annual debate over charter schools funding gets so emotional. Some of the people on both sides of the debate use Black kids in St. Louis as a cudgel, accusing opponents of not caring about >

Editorial: The school choice train rolls on

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Mar 14, 5:25 AM: The debate over House Bill 1814 has both sides retreating to their rhetorical corners. Schools will be forced to get better if they have to compete, advocates for this bill say. On the other side, critics fear that local >

House sends open enrollment, charter funding bills to Senate

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Mar 10, 7:03 AM: A pair of education bills supported by school-choice advocates narrowly passed out of the Missouri House on Wednesday, overcoming a diminished GOP majority that had threatened to doom their chances earlier in the >

Measure to transfer millions to charter schools advances in Missouri House

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Mar 8, 10:34 AM: A measure advancing in the Missouri House would transfer millions in funding from public schools to charter schools in St. Louis.

A record 128 Missouri school districts — 25 percent — switch to four-day weeks

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Mar 7, 7:42 AM: Marshfield is one of at least nine Missouri school districts planning to switch to a four-day week this fall. Together, they will push the total number of districts on a truncated schedule to a record 128 — 25 percent of >

Religious groups on tap to manage Missouri tax-credit scholarships

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Feb 22, 8:57 AM: All of the groups interested in collecting and distributing Missouri’s new tax-credit scholarship funds for private schools have religious affiliations, according to the state treasurer’s office. >

Missouri board of education renews Confluence Academies charter schools for five years, with added oversight

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Feb 9, 9:45 AM:

Confluence Academies charter schools in St. Louis can continue to operate for another five years under increased oversight from the state, the Missouri Board of Education decided Tuesday.

Parents in East St. Louis School District protest for remote learning option

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Feb 1, 7:37 AM: A group of parents protested the return to in-person classes Monday in the East St. Louis School District, which had been holding school virtually since Jan. 4 because of a spike in COVID-19 cases.