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12/10/2012 - Performance based funding a part of a new higher education funding formula proposal:
Committee Chairman David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, said he is optimistic about the progress despite the fact nothing is decided upon.
10/24/2012 - Joint education committee hears from universities on new funding formula:
Joint Education Committee chairman David Pearce says performance metrics must take into account the varying goals and missions of the state's schools.
9/4/2012 - New State Law Streamlines Transfer Process for Missouri College Students:
Senate Education Committee Chair David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, said it will ease the transfer process by forming one series of agreements instead of the hundreds that currently exist.
8/30/2012 - New State Law Streamlines Transfer Process For College Students:
Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, said it will ease the transfer process by forming one series of agreements instead of the hundreds that currently exist. Pearce is the chairman of the Senate Education Committee.
5/18/2012 - As lawmakers head home many issues facing Missouri are left unresolved:
One of the bigger education issues facing the legislature was providing a fix to Missouri's underfunded public school funding formula. Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, sponsored measures that would have provided a fix to the funding formula if the state government could not appropriate enough money to fully fund the formula.
4/5/2012 - Senate tries again to roll back teacher tenure:
The original bill before the Senate would have eliminated tenure completely. The Senate rejected this idea and adopted a plan by a 17 to 15 vote from Senate Education Committee Chairman David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, setting up a task force to study teach pay.   
4/3/2012 - Teacher tenure repeal blocked in senate :
Instead, the Senate approved Republican Warrensburg Senator David Pearce's plan which would create a task force to investigate the issue of teacher tenure but make no changes to it at this time.
4/3/2012 - Senate rejects effort to eliminate teacher tenure:
Senate Education Committee Chairman David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, offered the amendment which eliminated all of Cunningham's bill and established a task force to study teacher pay going forward.
4/19/2012 - Republicans block Senate vote on teacher tenure:
That was Republican Springfield Senator Bob Dixon talking with Senate Education Committee Chairman David Pearce.
4/16/2012 - Missouri students who transfer from a 2-year to a 4-year higher education institutions may be easier under a bill. :
Senate Education Committee Chair David Pearce and House Higher Education Committee Chair Mike Thomson worked together on legislation designed to make it easier to transfer credits.
4/12/2012 - A resolution encouraging US Congress to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline approved in MO Senate:
Wrap: Resolution sponsor Republican David Pearce of Warrensburg says the pipeline would help boost America's economy.
4/11/2012 - Missouri school funding system inherently unfair:
While Wolff argues that equality has become an unattainable ideal, some legislators are trying to even out the discrepancies. Rep. Mike Thomson, R-Maryville, and Senate Education Committee Chairman David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, have proposed similar legislation they say would make funding more equal.
3/21/2012 - Open enrollment for Missouri schools not a debate, but a discussion of alternatives:
Warrensburg Republican Senator David Pearce is the chairman of the Senate Education Committee.
3/21/2012 - Missouri House still waiting to deal with unaccredited schools:
Missouri statutes have no contingency plan on how to deal with the underfunded formula. If no legislative steps are taken, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will decide how to deal with the lack of funding. Senate Education Committee Chairman David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, and other representatives, have said this could result in unfair cuts to schools who have not received a funding increase since 2005.
2/2/2012 - One state Senator criticizes the House saying it's not working.:
Wrap: Republican State Senator David Pearce criticized the House for not working as hard as the Senate on the Senate floor Thursday morning.
1/18/2012 - Missouri legislature grasps at understanding of public school funding:
The problem the legislature plans to address is that the current statute doesn't include how to deal with a lack of significant funding increases. Senate Education Committee Chairman David Pearce, R-Warrensberg, and House Education Committee Chairman Mike Thomson, R-Maryville, are sponsoring separate bills to determine how funds would be distributed when the government does not have enough money to meet the formula's appropriation increase requirements.
1/11/2012 - Senate considers streamlining courses for college transfers:
As part of an effort to boost college graduation rates, Education Committee Chairman Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, presented the measure, which would create a "transfer library" of 25 courses that would count toward a student's degree at all public colleges in Missouri.
1/10/2012 - State lawmakers heard testimony on broken school funding :
Rep. Mike Thomson, R-Maryville, and Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, have filed bills in the House and Senate, respectively, to fix the problem and address budget shortfalls in the future.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of December 10, 2012:
Committee Chairman David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, said he is optimistic about the progress made before Christmas break.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of October 29, 2012:
Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, the committees' chair, said the goal of the hearings is to gain insight into the diverse goals and missions of the states' institutions.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of October 22, 2012:
Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, the committees' chair, said the goal of the hearings is to gain insight into the diverse goals and missions of the states' institutions.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of September 10, 2012:
Sen. David Pearce, the Senate Education Chairman said the law will ease the transfer process by forming one series of agreements instead of the hundreds that currently exist.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of September 3, 2012:
Sen. David Pearce, the Senate Education Chairman said the law will ease the transfer process by forming one series of agreements instead of the hundreds that currently exist.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of April 23, 2012:
Senate Education Committee Chairman David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, and Sen. Bob Dixon, R-Springfield, blocked the measure, which would increase from five to ten years the amount of time it takes a teacher to get tenure.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of April 16, 2012:
Senate Education Committee Chairman David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, and Sen. Bob Dixon, R-Springfield, blocked the measure, which would increase from five to ten years the amount of time it takes a teacher to get tenure.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of April 9, 2012:
Senate Education Committee Chairman David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, offered the amendment which eliminated all of Cunningham's bill and established a task force to study teacher pay going forward.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of April 2, 2012:
Senate Education Committee Chairman David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, offered the amendment which eliminated all of Cunningham's bill and established a task force to study teacher pay going forward.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of February 13, 2012:
The bill, sponsored by Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, will now move to the House.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of February 6, 2012:
The bill, sponsored by Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, will now move to the House.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of January 30, 2012:
Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, said, "I was just commenting to our county commissioners who were up here from back home that the Senate's working and the House was not working."
- Missouri Government News for the Week of January 23, 2012:
Senate Education Committee Chairman David Pearce, R-Warrensberg, and House Education Committee Chairman Mike Thomson, R-Maryville, are sponsoring separate bills to determine how funds would be distributed when the government does not have enough money to meet the formula's appropriation increase requirements.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of January 16, 2012:
Senate Education Committee Chairman David Pearce, R-Warrensberg, and House Education Committee Chairman Mike Thomson, R-Maryville, are sponsoring separate bills to determine how funds would be distributed when the government does not have enough money to meet the formula's appropriation increase requirements.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of January 9, 2012:
As part of an effort to boost college graduation rates, Education Committee Chairman Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, presented the measure, which would create a "transfer library" of 25 courses that would count toward a student's degree at all public colleges in Missouri.
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