Government
Iowa U.S. Senators propose bill mandating disclosure of total interest on student loans(The Center Square) – College students would learn the estimated total interest they would pay on an education loan before they take it out if a law proposed by Iowa’s… Read More
Public Education
Washington spends $18,175 per student, according to new budget numbers(The Center Square) – Average per-student funding in Washington state is $18,175, according to new 2021-2022 school year budget numbers from fiscal.wa.gov , the state’s revenue… Read More
National
New bills would expose Russian, Chinese funding of American groups(The Center Square) – Newly introduced legislation would require think tanks and nonprofits to reveal whether they have significant funding from governments and political groups in Russia and China. U.S. Read More
State Government
Bills on charter school funding, open school enrollment sent to Missouri Senate(The Center Square) – Increasing charter school funding and allowing open enrollment in public schools came closer to becoming law in Missouri as the House of Representatives passed and sent… Read More
State Government
Pro-police advocates raise the alarm as Kansas City mayor seeks more control over the police budgetAfter an illegal attempt to defund police in 2021, the mayor of Kansas City is once again proposing to take $37 million out of next year’s police budget… Read More
State Government
Bill would tie Missouri’s higher education funding to graduate earnings(The Center Square) – The Missouri Legislature would use a scoring system based on the earnings of graduates to allocate funding for higher education under a proposed bill. Read More
Public Education
Wisconsin Lawmakers Okay Plan To Make School Spending Numbers Transparent To Taxpayers(Benjamin Yount | The Center Square) – Parents and taxpayers in Wisconsin are one step away from having a much easier time finding out where their local schools spend their… Read More
Public Education
Report: Only half of Tennessee education funding makes it to classrooms(Vivian Jones, The Center Square) – While Tennessee’s spending on education continues to rise, the amount of funding that gets to classrooms has not, a new report from… Read More
Christian Schools
Herzog Foundation Announces More Than $2.7 Million in Grants to Six Christian SchoolsThe Herzog Foundation has announced $2,758,000 in grants “to propel the growth and increase enrollment in six Christian schools in Missouri, Kansas, and Tennessee,” according to a statement released… Read More