By Annelise Hanshaw
State Sen. Jill Carter, a Republican from Granby, filed the legislation for the third time. It passed the Senate’s education committee the past two years with support from public education advocates. In 2023, the bill was briefly debated by the full Senate but did not come to a vote.
“This is a bill that would help restore local control over education, rather than empowering central planning by DESE,” Carter told the Senate Education Committee Tuesday morning. “Local school boards should regain control over curriculum, policies and decision-making.”
Her proposal would remove a statewide standardized test as a measure for school accreditation. Similar tests would only remain to fulfill federal mandates. To measure student growth, schools would have to institute a test that measures knowledge throughout the academic year.
These types of assessments are already in use in classrooms today.
The legislation also pivots the requirement to report school performance from the state education department to the districts and charter schools.
The state would also no longer be the sole accreditation entity for Missouri districts. While the education department would be allowed to create a classification system, the state would also have at least two national accreditation agencies that districts would choose between.
Carter said the issue of the state’s oversight of schools was what led her to testify in the State Capitol years ago after her district implemented curriculum aligning with state standards but she thought was harmful.
“We have built a system of compliance for our schools, not one of freedom and flexibility,” Carter said.
(Photo by Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent)
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I’d love to hear from teachers on this issue
STOP THE PRESSES - JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — It’s official: David Spears no longer works for the Missouri State public defender’s office. As of Monday he was terminated and lawmakers got what they wanted. One of the Killers of Rowan Ford - was Terminated - YES!!!
At a budget hearing nearly two weeks ago, lawmakers told Mary Fox, Director of the Missouri State Public Defender’s office, she needed to find a way to fire Spears before they would even listen to the agency’s budget proposal.
Carter is following the magat project 2025 playbook: destroy it, falsely justify it, destroy lives by it, laugh at it, and watch the public protest it. Democracy is crumbling under the nefariously oppressive tyranny of magat minions like Carter and the rest of the klan. P.S.......Trump Gaza video?...a disturbing abomination.
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