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Friday, February 21, 2014

Missouri Senate panel moves closer on school transfer law bill : News

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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