Sen. Ed Emery, R-Lamar, sponsored a bill in this year's legislative session that would have enacted performance-based salaries for teachers, but it died in committee. Emery said he agrees with the amendment.
Southwest Missouri Senator Ed Emery is a sponsor of tenure repeal and supports the amendment,and said performance evaluations reward the best teachers.
In a statement regarding the education workgroups, Jones, along with Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, Senate Pro Tem Tom Dempsey, R-St. Charles County, Sen. Ed Emery, R-Lamar, and Rep. Kurt Bahr, R-St.Charles, said DESE cannot influence what the groups review.
Constitutional Amendment sponsor Senator Ed Emery says most states follow federal government procedure, impeaching in the House and trying in the Senate.
Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, is chair of the Senate Education Committee and praised the bill's sponsor Sen. Ed Emery, R-Lamar, for getting the bill passed.
Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, is chair of the Senate Education Committee and praised the bill's sponsor Sen. Ed Emery, R-Lamar, for getting the bill passed.
But Republican Senator Ed Emery said he has always had issues with Common Core standards, because it was implemented by the governor with little outside input.
But Republican Senator Ed Emery said he has always had issues with Common Core standards, because it was implemented by the governor with little outside input.
Republican Sen. Ed Emery , of Lamar, sponsored the impeachment bill that would have impeachments tried by the Senate instead of the Missouri Supreme Court.
Republican Sen. Ed Emery , of Lamar, sponsored the impeachment bill that would have impeachments tried by the Senate instead of the Missouri Supreme Court.
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