Schools

The districts facing new litigation have all been previously sued by Schmitt and include the Special School District of St. Louis County, Maplewood Richmond Heights, Clayton, Ladue, Webster Groves and Mehlville.

According to a fiscal analysis, the changes to charter school funding would initially cost the state an additional $62 million.

Metro East schools rarely have vegan or vegetarian lunch options, but that could change

Health officials say there is no safe level for exposure among children.

If schools refused to certify their district had complied with Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s demands to drop any and all COVID-19 restrictions, thousands in savings to taxpayers were at risk. In the nearly three months since the state required the certification form, 21 districts signed and seven refused.

St. Louis Public Schools will no longer require students and workers to wear masks beginning Monday.

A state appellate court says it won’t be reversing the decision of a Springfield judge that essentially ended Illinois’ school mask mandate.

Sangamon County judge says Gov. J.B. Pritzker's emergency masking rules were improper.

Last month, multiple school districts made plans to make masks optional in schools, but many have reversed course amid rising COVID-19 cases.

St. Louis-area educators struggle to staff classrooms amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases stemming from the highly contagious Omicron variant.