JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City School District is planning to retest sink fixtures at one of its elementary schools after recent water testing for lead. Five sinks at Callaway Hills Elementary showed lead levels above the allowable limit. All of them were classroom sinks and cleaning stations, not drinking water. Because of this, Jefferson City
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All of Missouri’s colleges and universities will get a 7% bump in funding under the state’s budget for the 2024 fiscal year, which began July 1, and money for a new meat processing plant at the University of Missouri.
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The Supreme Court made headlines again Friday when it released its highly anticipated opinion on student loan debt forgiveness.
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Missouri had a significant role in the legal challenges that led to the U.S. Supreme Court striking down President Joe Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness plan Friday.
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A sharply divided Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Biden administration overstepped its authority in trying to cancel or reduce student loans for millions of Americans.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City School District announced in a Thursday press release that Todd Beaulieu will be the interim principal of Lewis & Clark Middle School this upcoming school year. Beaulieu was the assistant principal at Capital City High School and was named the JC Schools 2022 teacher of the year. Beaulieu
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri System issued a statement in regards to the Supreme Court’s decision on Thursday to omit the use of affirmative action in college admissions. In the statement, the school said it will stop allowing a number of scholarships, following the decision and a letter issued by the state’s attorney
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Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the use of affirmation action in college admissions, saying justices unraveled “decades of precedent” as the president stressed that race-based discrimination continues to exist in America.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Board of Education unanimously approved the budget for fiscal year 2024. The budget will include a $1,3000 increase to teacher salaries, the largest in 15 years. Portions of the budget will also go to a series of upcoming projects including the early childhood learning center, Bel Air Elementary and Thorpe Gordon Elementary.
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A University of Missouri Board of Curators committee will hear updates on construction projects at University Hospital on Thursday, just days before the hospital parking garage will close for construction.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (KMIZ) The Lincoln University Board of Curators approved the 2024 fiscal year budget on Tuesday, which includes a pay increase for the University’s faculty and staff. A salary study conducted by the university led to an increase of more than $1 million in the budget for the wages of faculty and staff.
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An Ashland family filed a lawsuit Friday against the Southern Boone School District, its Board of Education and 11 others saying the district failed to address bullying.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia College announced in a Thursday press release that it was given a 10-year reaccreditation by the Higher Learning Commission. The report from the HLC found the school met criteria for accreditation, reaffirming its accredited status until the 2032-2033 school year. A team of HLC peer reviewers visited the college in the spring
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lincoln University was given a 10-year reaccreditation by the Higher Learning Commission, according to a Wednesday press release from the school. The report from the HLC found the University met all criteria for accreditation, reaffirming its accredited status until the 2032-2033 school year. Lincoln has been accredited by the HLC since 1926.
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The Regional Economic Development Inc. Board, more commonly referred to as REDI, is starting the first of its On The Road meetings at the NextGen Precision Health building on the university’s campus Wednesday morning. According to the agenda, the board will hear a presentation on the research reactor.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Andrew McCarthy, a former assistant principal at Hickman High School, is suing the Columbia Public Schools over claims that the district passed him over for promotions because of a previous lawsuit he filed. “Each instance he was passed over in favor of somebody with you know less education, less experience… essentially not
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia board of education unanimously approved a $371 million budget for the 2023-2024 school year. CPS Chief Financial Officer, Heather McArthur said a portion of the money approved in the budget will go toward the district adding behavior specialists. McArthur also said the district will increase pay for summer school programs
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A fourth former member of a shuttered University of Missouri chapter of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor Monday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former teacher Karen Hayes was picked as the new board member for the Columbia Board of Education at a special session Wednesday. Hayes was one of the three finalists picked for the final meeting, and won the seat with five out of the six votes among board members. Other finalists included previous
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed Senate Bills 39 and 49 on Wednesday. The bills affect health care for transgender people and transgender athletes from competing in girls and women’s sports, which includes public and private universities and colleges. The bill goes into affect Aug. 28 University of Missouri’s spokesperson Christian Basi said,
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