Missouri Senate panel moves closer on school transfer law bill : News
• Troubled districts would be able to terminate school personnel.
• An amendment was added Thursday that would allow students to transfer to private, nonsectarian schools.
Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, D-University City, offered the amendment and said the aim was to provide multiple options to students.
Kit Crancer, StudentsFirst Missouri state director, said the committee’s actions are a “promising next step to address the problems facing Missouri’s underperforming schools.”
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