Enjoyed being in Iron County for the LD and stopped by the court house for some civil war history! #moleg

I sure enjoyed my time with Rep. Jason Smith and Rep. Rick Francis at the Perry County LD. The fried chicken at the American Legion Post! #moleg

Thanks for your help in making calls to get this done, but more importantly, we all owe a deep depth of gratitude to Jane Cunningham for her years of fighting to give parents more choices in their child’s education. I said in our press conference yesterday, we are standing on the

We were so glad to have bipartisan support for #SB727 ! Rep. Terry gave a great speech on the floor about how this bill would help kids in her district. We were glad to have Steve Butz and Rep. Nickson-Clark support the bill as well. #moleg

“The House just passed a historic education bill that will move education forward in Missouri. #SB727 will give parents more choices in their child's education and protect funding for our public schools, all while improving the recruitment and retention of our front line teaches

This bill cuts $110 million in income taxes on private pensions. Currently, $6,000 can be deducted for seniors with incomes below $25,000, but Mike McGirl’s #HB2657 will allow up to $12,000 for the following:
(1)  Single, Head of Household -- increases from $25,000 to
$50,000;
(2)

A major but less discussed feature of #SB727 is how it prioritizes students with an IEP. After students currently receiving a scholarship and their siblings, students with an IEP are the top priority! That is found on Page 4 under section 135.714 in the bill. Opponents to school

#SB727 will provide more funding to our smallest school districts.
The bill doubles the annual Small Schools Grant appropriation from $15 million to $30 million. This will be a shot in the arm to the 180 or so smaller schools like Richland R-1 (ranked 35th best-US News Report

I think she will be a great addition to the rotunda. The Hall of Famous Missourians: the next inductee is a woman #NewsBreak #moleg newsbreakapp.com/n/0sPkmwkm?pd=…

Great points on the double standards applied to #SchoolChoice . The main thing we all need to remember is the kids! Ensuring all kids get a quality education should be our goal and that is why SB727 needs to be passed - it expands choices, strengthens public schools, and increases

Glad to have Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist support on our school choice bill! It’s an opportunity to strengthen our public schools and give parents more choices in their child’s education. #moleg

HB2011 added $2 million in grants to pregnancy resource centers that help pregnant and new moms and babies – born and unborn.

This is on top of the existing $8.66 million already budgeted for that program. I’m proud to say the 2024 House budget includes the largest #prolife

SB727 includes provisions that will help recruit and retain our best teachers. One big change is requiring MO to pay teachers a minimum salary of $40,000.

•  The General Assembly will appropriate moneys to the 'Teacher Baseline Salary Grant Fund/Program“ for the purpose of