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1997 Lower Ed. Stories

• 11/13/1997: Newspaper Story - The governor offers supportive words for a legislative plan to give the St. Louis mayor more power over the city school system.
• 11/ 6/1997: Newspaper Story - Lawmakers search for a way to get the federal courts out of St. Louis and Kansas City schools.
• 11/ 6/1997: Newspaper Story - St. Louis city lawmakers call for abolishing their city's school board.
• 5/15/1997: Newspaper Story - A deadlock on tax breaks for private and parochial school costs has stalled legislative action on the governor's proposal to cut the sales tax on groceries.
• 5/13/1997: Newspaper Story - The proposal of Missouri's governor to improve safety of children who ride school buses cleared the Missouri House Wedenesday. Measure to require crossing-control arms on school buses.
• 5/ 1/1997: Radio Story - The Senate votes to give tax breaks for parents sending their children to private schools.
• 5/ 1/1997: Newspaper Story - The Missouri Senate passed its version of a tax reduction plan--money for students to attend private/church schools.
• 4/28/1997: Radio Story - Missouri Senators voted to require schools to teach abstinence as best choice for teenagers.
• 4/24/1997: Newspaper Story - After an eight-hour filibuster, the Senate killed desegregation legislation.
• 4/21/1997: Radio Story - The House voted to keep the issue of home schooling out of divorce proceedings.
• 4/21/1997: Radio Story - Senate delays action another day on school-desegregation legislation.
• 4/16/1997: Newspaper Story - Legislation designed to continue school desegregation funds for St. Louis and Kansas City continues to encounter problems in the Senate.
• 4/15/1997: Radio Story - A lawmaker urges creating a new state program to teach youth the pledge of allegiance.
• 4/15/1997: Radio Story - Opposition threw another punch on the senate floor in the ongoing debate as to how desegregation savings will be distributed.
• 4/ 8/1997: Newspaper Story - The Senate started debate on the distribution of desegregation savings.
• 4/ 8/1997: Radio Story - Plans for what to do after the courts drop their desegregation orders for urban schools hit Senate opposition.
• 4/ 8/1997: Radio Story - Bill requiring crossing arms passes out of House Education committee.
• 3/27/1997: Radio Story - Missouri law makers voted NO to making parents submit a written approval for their child to take sex education classes.
• 3/25/1997: Newspaper Story - State representatives were joined by about 50 high school journalists who were supporting a bill to give them more control over publication content.
• 3/17/1997: Radio Story - People spoke out against a house bill to make English the official state language.
• 3/ 4/1997: Radio Story - After much debate, Missouri senators voted that abstinence be stressed in sex ed classes.
• 3/ 4/1997: Newspaper Story - The Senate debated a section of SB 168 that requires schools to emphasize abstinence in sex education courses. Sen. Ken Jacob tried to remove the sex education section of the bill.
• 2/25/1997: Radio Story - Some Missouri legislators want to give high school students the opportunities to exercise free speech.
• 2/10/1997: Newspaper Story - Former U.S. Senator urges state to continue funding ordered by courts under desegregation.
• 2/ 6/1997: Radio Story - Legislation proposed to replace court-ordered desegregation payments for urban schools.
• 2/ 6/1997: Radio Story - Senate Education Committee chairman unveils his approach on what to do with the money released when court-ordered desegregation concludes.
• 2/ 5/1997: Radio Story - Professor helps inner city youth cope with death of friend through art.
• 1/30/1997: Radio Story - A bill is proposed to stress abstinence in public school sexual education classes.
• 1/29/1997: Radio Story - Lawmaker calls for abstinence in sex ed.
• 1/22/1997: Radio Story - Missouri's governor calls on legislators to build new prisons and boost education funding, but leaves HMO regulation off his agenda.
• 1/13/1997: Radio Story - Carnahan meets with students immediately after his innauguration.
• 1/13/1997: Radio Story - Gov. Carnahan's inaugural address makes educating Missouri's youth his top priority.
• 1/13/1997: Newspaper Story - The governor's inauguration speech and reaction
• 1/13/1997: Newspaper Story - Carnahan meets with students as his first act of his second term as governor.
• 1/10/1997: Newspaper Story - Governor proposes school-bus safety measure.
• 1/ 7/1997: Radio Story - Legislative committee proposes using driver's licenses to keep kids in school.