State Sen. Paul LeVota, D-Independence, released the following statement in response to recent allegations that the state’s education commissioner assisted and advised an initiative petition group in crafting a ballot proposal to end tenure protections for teachers:
“As an advocate for open government and strong public schools, I am concerned by reports of favoritism and collusion with corporate special interests by the commissioner. Whether it rises to the level of a Sunshine Law violation is not yet clear, but I am disappointed, as we expect our state's highest-ranking school official to both comply with the law and, more importantly, be a model of good conduct for students across the state.We are all servants of the people—any proposed changes to public schools should be done in the light of day with the oversight of the elected representatives of Missouri’s citizens. Wealthy interest groups want to implement sweeping, unproven changes to our schools. Unelected officials, such as the commissioner, cannot be allowed to game the system, hiding the real consequences of those changes from parents, students, taxpayers, teachers, and legislators.”
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