Update - December 2025

Policy priorities, prefiling previews, and updates from both states.
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This Month’s highlights:

Top News – Aligned released its 2026 policy priorities, outlining opportunities to strengthen literacy, school finance, data systems, and early learning.

Kansas Preview – We review the State Board of Education’s newly adopted legislative priorities and take a first look at the slow pre-filing season, with major proposals likely to emerge as session approaches.

Missouri Update – We break down early proposals from the School Funding Modernization Task Force and highlight themes emerging from Missouri’s pre-filed legislation.

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