Missouri is not doing enough to help students, says Senate President

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The top Republican in the Missouri Senate said the General Assembly and the state’s education department are failing students.

Education has been a hot topic during the first two days of the 2023 legislative session. Newly elected Senate President Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia, told the upper chamber Wednesday that the state is not doing enough. His solution is that pay and funding should be based on performance.

“We can no longer insist on a one size fits all method for defining success in our schools to cover up for underperforming buildings and districts,” Rowden said in his first speech as top leader in the Senate.

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