Ah, Amendment 3, the ballot initiative on the November ballot promoted by someone with a lot of money who wants voters to screw public education across the State of Missouri. There are a lot of people opposed, though.
Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C141258 08/27/2014 COMMITTEE IN SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION American Federation of Teachers 555 New Jersey Ave NW Washington DC 20001 8/26/2014 $125,000.00
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Not quite chess playing territory. But then again, they have a lot of pissed off teachers on their side.
C141258: Committee In Support Of Public Education
Po Box 458 Committee Type: Campaign
Columbia Mo 65205
[….] Established Date: 04/17/2014Ballot Measures Election Date Subject Support/Oppose
Constitutional Amendment 3 11/04/2014 Shall The Missouri Constitution Be Amended To Require Teachers To Be Evaluated By A Standards Based Performance Evaluation System/Statewide Oppose[….]
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Next move.
Previously:
Understatement (July 20, 2014)
Campaign Finance: even more in (July 15, 2014)
Campaign Finance: all in (July 9, 2014)
Campaign Finance: Nope, the boat’s still not big enough. (June 4, 2014)
Campaign Finance: still need a much bigger boat (May 28, 2014)
Campaign Finance: schooling (May 19, 2014)