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The bill would have prevented schools and employers from challenging a claim of religious objection for all vaccines.

Students and staff at Kansas City's Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts are celebrating Women's History Month by recreating photos of famous women in history.

Wednesday's vote on education savings accounts sets up a potential quandary for Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, who supports additional funding for special education but opposes voucher-type programs that fund private schools with state dollars.

A pair of bills were debated by the Senate education and workforce development committee aimed at expanding access to activities like sports and clubs to students who are homeschooled.

Nurses in schools across Missouri say their students struggle to afford period products and have missed school because of periods. Now Missouri’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has $1 million to reimburse schools for menstrual hygiene products.

Members of the Missouri House and Senate have adjourned for spring break, marking the halfway point of the legislative session. So far, the GOP-controlled chambers have passed bills to raise state employee pay, restrict how schools can teach about race, and limit voter-led ballot initiatives.

The bill would require students in Kansas to be assigned to male and female sports teams based on biological evidence at birth, including a person’s genitalia, chromosomes or reproductive potential. Among 41,000 girls competing in Kansas high school athletic events, only three are known to be transgender.

Any student enrolled in a public school could transfer out of their resident school district to anther participating school. State and federal dollars would follow the student to the new school, but local money would remain in the student’s home district. A max of 3% of a school population would be allowed to transfer out.

Black students at Eureka High School are upset that the Rockwood School Board eliminated its diversity and inclusion programs and want the school board to replace their programs or implement new ones. The students say that racist incidents at their school are weighing on them and that they need more diversity programs, which are safe spaces for them.

This is the first time Missouri schools are being rated under a new accountability system. Kansas City Public Schools — which just regained full accreditation last year — sits just above the range for provisional accreditation, while Hickman Mills would remain provisional. However, the state won't use these results to change accreditation status until the 2023-2024 school year.

Hickman Mills school board candidates discussed accreditation, conflict on the board and their priorities for the district.

That there are fewer candidates this year may be a return to the status quo, but it prevents the public from weighing in on who should govern local school districts.