Commissioner of Education unhappy legislature didn't make schools develop study plans for middle schoolers

Missouri Commissioner of Education Chris NiCastro says she is unhappy that the state legislature did not pass a bill requiring plans of study for every middle school student to set the course they will take through high school.

Of course, it is nothing for the commissioner of education to advocate a massive increase of paperwork and bureaucratic interference.

Nicastro also laments that lawmakers did not pass a bill that would have required each student to have a personal study plan before finishing the eighth grade.


“We think that every child should have a plan of study that indicates how they’re going to progress through middle school, high school and beyond," Nicastro said. "That, too, did not happen, and we’ll be working on that in the future.”