Legislative Update

MNEA Legislative Director Otto Fajen summarizes floor debate and the latest information on the action in the Missouri legislature relating to MNEA's Resolutions and other bills of particular interest. 

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MNEA Government Relations keeps you posted about legislation affecting Missouri public schools, students, education support professionals, and teachers at the state level. When there is s threat to public education, MNEA will post Legislative Alerts.

Contact Legislative Director Otto Fajen (otto.fajen@mnea.org) or Political Director Elizabeth Zerr (elizabeth.zerr@mnea.org) if you have any questions. 

 

Legislative Updates and Action Alerts 

The 2024 session of the Missouri General Assembly begins Jan. 3, 2024. 

By Otto Fajen MNEA Legislative Director LEGISLATURE LEAVES FOR SPRING BREAK Both the House and Senate have adjourned for a week of spring break and will reconvene in full session on March 25. Both...
CAPITOL ACTION DAYS Capitol Action Days are part of the Association's plan to promote positive policy for public education. MNEA's Capitol Action Days continued on March 6 when members from Governance...
By Otto Fajen, MNEA Legislative Director BILL FILING ENDS THIS WEEK The filing of new bills concludes by March 1 of each year for both the House and Senate. The Senate has concluded business for the...
CAPITOL ACTION DAYS Capitol Action Days are part of the Association's plan to promote positive policy for public education. MNEA's Capitol Action Days continued on February 21 with members visiting...
By Otto Fajen, MNEA Legislative Director LEGISLATIVE WEEK SHORTENED FOR SUPER BOWL CELEBRATION The House and Senate concluded floor session for the week on February 13 to allow interested legislators...
CAPITOL ACTION DAYS Capitol Action Days are part of the Association's plan to promote positive policy for public education. MNEA's Capitol Action Days began on February 7th with members from...
By Otto Fajen, MNEA Legislative Director CAPITOL ACTION DAYS BEGIN! Capitol Action Days are part of the Association's plan to promote positive policy for public education. MNEA's Capitol Action Days...
By Otto Fajen, MNEA legislative director SENATE LEADERSHIP PUNISHES FREEDOM CAUCUS MEMBERS Senate Pro Tem Caleb Rowden removed several members of the self-identified Freedom Caucus from their...
By Otto Fajen, MNEA legislative director SENATE DELAYED BY FREEDOM CAUCUS FILIBUSTER The seven members of the self-identified Freedom Caucus held up Senate action on approval of gubernatorial...
By Otto Fajen, MNEA legislative director HOUSE REPUBLICAN PRIORITY CAUCUS House Speaker Dean Plocher recently created a new, thirty-member policy development caucus. This group of Republican caucus...
By Otto Fajen, MNEA Legislative Director FOLLOW MISSOURI NEA WEEKLY UPDATES ON FRIDAYS THIS SESSION The MNEA Weekly Legislative Update will be distributed this session on Fridays. This will allow the...
By Otto Fajen MNEA Legislative Director NEW LAWS TAKE EFFECT TODAY The normal effective date for bills without an emergency clause is August 28th (90 days following the official end of session on May...
By Otto Fajen, MNEA legislative director Want the Legislative Update delivered to your email? Subscribe FEW EDUCATION BILLS PASS AS REGULAR SESSION ENDS The 2023 Regular Session of the General...
Help us raise teacher pay to $60,000. It is Teacher Appreciation Week! This is the time when we recognize all the hard work, resilience, and dedication our teachers show all year long. But one week is...
NEA's national DAY OF ACTION is Aug. 15, 2022. Missouri is one of 27 states where teachers are affected by Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO)...