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Longtime lobbyist Steve Carroll tells SLPS board a volatile session left schools largely protected; retirement fix included in bill
Summary
Steve Carroll, SLPS lobbyist, briefed the board on the 2025 Missouri legislative session, describing budget fights, an open-enrollment bill exemption for SLPS, a line-item for reading literacy, and passage of a retirement-contribution compromise (House Bill 147) that caps the district contribution rate.
Steve Carroll, president of Carroll and Associates government-relations firm, told the Saint Louis Public Schools Board of Education on June 10 that the 2025 Missouri legislative session ended chaotically but produced several results relevant to the district.
Carroll said the legislature approved large allocations for stadium projects and tornado relief and that, for education, the session left the district with several defensive successes: he said his office helped defeat bills that would have removed major revenue streams from state government and that negotiators preserved funding the district sought.…
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