K-12 education

If approved, the first funding formula increase since 2020 would cost taxpayers an additional $120 million.

A new report from the St. Louis School Research-Practice Collaborative shows that 38% of St. Louis students change schools midyear. While the rate of student mobility has declined over the last decade, the rate in St. Louis is higher than in Kansas City, Springfield, St. Louis County and Missouri overall.

In total, nearly 150 areas across the state’s government agencies saw a reduction in their budgets, but with Monday's announcement, all funding is restored.

The governor said students and teachers no longer need to quarantine if they were exposed to coronavirus and all parties were wearing masks.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said an improving state economy has allowed him to free up funds he previously withheld due to the effects of the coronavirus.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch education reporter Blythe Bernhard put the school reopening situation in stark terms in a story last week: “No public school in St. Louis city or county will open five days a week to all students this fall,” she wrote. “No private school is likely to open 100% online.” On Monday's St. Louis on the Air, Bernhard talked about why some private schools are seeing rising enrollment for the fall semester and why private institutions are offering more in-person learning than their public counterparts.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Thursday he will use $125 million in federal funding for job training and to assist public universities in the fall.…

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced that he signed the state budget on Tuesday but is withholding $448.8 million in order to keep it balanced after the…