Missouri

The Business/Education Expectations School-to-Career Partnership

The Business/Education Expectations School-to-Career Partnership, founded by the Civic Council of Greater Kansas City and managed by the Learning Exchange, describes itself as a bi-state (Missouri and Kansas) regional effort with the mission of helping students obtain the skills, knowledge, and attitudes required to succeed in the rapidly changing world. Through collaboration with local partnerships, school districts, employers, and civic- and community-based organizations, the Partnership hopes to show students the connection between school and career, help parents and educators teach students how to translate academic knowledge into marketable skills, and work with employers to create meaninful career-related learning experiences for students and educators.

Executive Officer of The Learning Exchange: Elaine Mondschein
Partnership Project Director: Ginny Miller
3132 Pennsylvania
Kansas City, MO 64111-2776
Phone: (816) 751-4104
Fax: (816) 751-4101
clovett@lx.org

Coalition to Fund Excellent Schools

The Coalition to Fund Excellent Schools (CFES) describes itself as a diverse group of approximately 70 Missouri public school districts committed to building a brighter future for every public school student in the State by working towards a school funding formula that is both adequate and equitable for all districts. In order to accomplish its goals, CFES works with legal, governmental and financial experts to find a legislative solution to the funding dilemma.

Coalition to Fund Excellent Schools
612 E. Capitol Avenue
P.O. Box 2051
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Phone: (636) 938-2219
Fax: (636) 938-2265

Committee for Educational Equality

The Committee for Educational Equality describes itself as a group which represents 252 school districts organized to address the shortcomings of Missouri’s school funding system. Its mission is to secure an equitable and adequate level of educational resources for the individual development of Missouri’s public school students. CEE first filed a lawsuit against Missouri in the early 1990s and won a favorable ruling in 1993 leading to Missouri’s Outstanding Schools Act of 1993. In January 2004, CEE filed a new suit against the state claiming the state’s school funding system has, for a number of reasons, become unconstitutional again.

Tyler Laney
Chair of the Board of Directors, Committee for Educational Equality
Superintendent, Crane R-III School District