The next few weeks of legislative action are primed for debate over opening up access for Missouri students to leave their neighborhood schools 鈥 though escalating dysfunction in the Senate may change those plans.
Proposals to allow open enrollment between school districts and expand tax-credit scholarships for private schools are among the first bills to clear legislative committees. Eight more bills have had committee hearings already or are teed up for hearings this week.
After years of failed efforts to get their priorities across the finish line, advocates for making major changes to Missouri鈥檚 public school system feel they have the momentum.
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