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Missouri teacher starting pay may increase as lawmakers work on budget
JEFFERSON CITY — The Nationwide Schooling Affiliation launched its annual report reviewing instructor salaries final week. Missouri continues to rank among the many lowest — second-least amongst all U.S. states and Washington, D.C., in accordance with the 2022 report.
State lawmakers are poised to spice up the Present-Me State in these rankings with a funds being finalized this week, including $31 million in new spending to spice up the minimal beginning wage for Okay-12 educators by $13,000.
The typical beginning instructor wage in Missouri is $33,234, in accordance with the report, increased than solely Montana at $32,495. However underneath state legislation, districts pays new academics as little as $25,000 yearly. Underneath the brand new funds, that minimal could be raised to $38,000.
Further cash within the funds would revive a program designed to boost salaries for extra veteran academics, a change that might enhance one other rating the place Missouri languishes. $36 million designated for the Profession Ladder program would give raises to skilled academics who take part in further actions outdoors the classroom, in an effort to maintain them from departing for better-paying states. The typical instructor wage in Missouri is $51,557, in accordance with the NEA report, good for forty seventh within the nation.
Instructor pay in Missouri:Educators, supporters urge state to extend funding for public training
Pay will increase for educators have been a prime request from each districts across the state and Gov. Mike Parson, who highlighted it as a precedence in his annual State of the State handle in January and allotted round $21 million to extend the beginning pay charge to $38,000. An extra $10 million in that class was added by the Senate, and raises for veteran academics have been added by the Home.
The state would additionally totally fund its share of the transportation funds for faculties for the primary time in years, with $214 million allotted, alongside a totally funded core funds for Okay-12 training. Missouri ranks forty sixth within the U.S. in {dollars} spent per scholar, the NEA says.
“We have seen the transportation prices go up for all of us currently,” funds chair Sen. Dan Hegeman, a Republican from Cosby instructed reporters Thursday. “And I feel that is an space the place we will actually assist the varsity districts out and supply plenty of help for them to have the ability to put extra of their very own native {dollars} towards their very own academic wants inside every of their particular person districts.”
The Senate handed the $45 billion funds final week after making quite a lot of vital additions to a proposal initially handed by the Home, together with nearly the entire aforementioned training spending. High funds lawmakers from each chambers will meet this week in a convention committee to iron out a closing compromise.
Missouri authorities:Senate passes $45 billion state funds – this is what’s included and what’s subsequent
Home lawmakers are prone to push for much less spending as they did of their preliminary funds. They may additionally push for the re-addition of things eliminated by the Senate, together with further cash for Lawyer Basic Eric Schmitt’s workplace and language pertaining to COVID vaccination necessities. However senators will maintain “fairly robust” on “lots of the positions” they’ve taken, Hegeman mentioned.
The Missouri Structure requires lawmakers to approve a closing funds per week earlier than the legislative session adjourns — which implies this Friday, Could 6. Hegeman mentioned he was assured they’d have the opportunity to take action.
Galen Bacharier covers Missouri politics & authorities for the Information-Chief. Contact him at gbacharier@news-leader.com, (573) 219-7440 or on Twitter @galenbacharier.
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U.S. Open Qualifier Jadeon Carter (2025) Sends Verbal Commitment to Missouri
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Jadeon Carter from Lincoln, Nebraska, has made a verbal commitment to the University of Missouri for the 2025-26 school year and beyond.
“I chose Missouri because of the academic resources and the athletic resources they provide. The team culture makes it feel like home and all of the staff and swimmers are very supportive of me.”
Carter is a rising senior at Lincoln East High School. He swims year-round with Lincoln Select Swimming and is a Winter U.S. Open qualifier in the 200 backstroke. In high school swimming, he is the reigning Nebraska state champion in the 200 free (1:41.20) and 500 free (4:35.12). He holds school records in the 200 fre, 500 free, and 200 free relay, and he made the Academic All-Conference and Athletic All-Conference state teams.
In club swimming, Carter holds the Midwestern Swimming LSC record in the boys’ 13-14 500 free. This summer, he clocked a handful of LCM best times at Columbia Sectionals, placing 13th in the 200 free (1:58.08, PB), 13th in the 400 free (4:11.33), 7th in the 800 free (8:36.40), 16th in the 100 back (59.76 in prelims, PB), 6th in the 200 back (2:06.44, PB), and 12th in the 200 IM (2:12.90, PB). Two weeks later he competed at Midwestern Swimming Long Course Championships, where he won the 200/400/1500 free, 200 back, and 200 IM, and was runner-up in the 100 back. He picked up new times in the 100 free (55.39), 1500 free (16:47.07), and (50 back (29.33).
Best SCY times:
- 200 free – 1:41.20
- 500 free – 4:34.01
- 1000 free – 9:38.10
- 200 back – 1:50.43
- 100 back – 52.41
Carter will join the Tigers’ class of 2029 with fellow verbal commits Drew Ploof, Ben Madson, and Sebastian Gonzalez Barboza. Mizzou finished 8th out of 10 teams in the men’s meet at the 2024 SEC Championships.
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Missouri State football vs. Montana today: Live updates, highlights from Week 1 game
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Missouri State football: Ryan Beard previews Montana
Missouri State head football coach Ryan Beard held his weekly press conference ahead of Saturday’s opener at Montana.
Missouri State football season has arrived and an offseason of looking to the 2025 season and its impending move to Conference USA will be set aside for the Bears’ final season in the Missouri Valley Football Conference and FCS.
Opening day will present quite a challenge.
Missouri State will open its 2024 season at FCS national runner-up Montana on Saturday in Missoula, Montana, at 8 p.m. This is the first time the two teams have met on the gridiron.
Ryan Beard is entering his second season as Missouri State’s head coach. His team will look to build off a 4-7 season while staying focused on this season despite being ineligible for the FCS Playoffs.
Montana finished last season as the FCS national runner-up. The Grizzlies hope to finish the job this season as they enter the season as the No. 3-ranked team in the country.
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Missouri father uses a funeral to wean daughter off pacifier
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The Bishop family of Festus, Missouri, can smile now, but a few months ago the mood was much more somber as Courtney, Jake and their 3-year-old daughter Hazel said goodbye to a very important member of the family: Hazel’s beloved pacifier.
“It’s not good for her teeth and her jaws and all of that, so we had been trying to wean her off of it for some time,” Jake, 35, said.
Hazel’s beloved pacifier, affectionately known as “Paci,” had been with her for years. Jake knew saying goodbye could come with tears and tantrums, so he searched for creative approaches to ease the transition. He considered options such as cutting off the end of the pacifier, soaking it in vinegar or planting it in a pot.
Instead, Jake chose to give Paci a funeral.
Of course, before the internet, parents used to just take the thing away and deal with the tantrum. But today, for better or worse, young parents like Jake would rather not go to war over a binky. They’re “pacy-fists,” if you will.
“You need them to go through some tough times to really grow as a person but you don’t need to make extra tough times for them,” Jake said. “They’ll have plenty of those coming up.”
Parents delight in making milestones, but those milestones are often bittersweet because each turning point is a point of no return.
“She’s transitioning to the next stage of her life,” Jake said of Hazel, their first child. “We just got to hold onto those moments and those memories, because it goes fast.”
Hazel hasn’t asked for Paci again since. Although, shortly after the ceremony, Jake dug it up and buried it again in a keepsake box, making dad the one who just can’t let go.
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