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Consultant to Release School Proposal

Commissioner of Education, Dr. Chris L. Nicastro
Commissioner of Education, Dr. Chris L. Nicastro

(AP) – A private education reform group is preparing to release its recommendations for turning around Missouri’s unaccredited school systems, even as debate continues over whether the consultant was appropriately awarded the contract.

The Cities for Education Entrepreneurship Trust, or CEE-Trust, has been hired to come up with ideas that could be implemented in the Kansas City school district and potentially also in Normandy, Riverview Gardens or any other districts that become unaccredited. The Indianapolis firm will release its draft recommendations Monday to the State Board of Education.

Missouri Education Commissioner Chris Nicastro has been criticized by some teachers’ unions and Democratic lawmakers for the way the consulting contract was awarded. One of the main complaints is that CEE-Trust’s bid was nearly three times higher than the closest competitor.

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