Lawmaker wants to let schools start earlier legally

Sunday, February 3, 2002

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- By law, public schools in Missouri are not supposed to open until after Sept. 1 each year. But that would be news to the thousands of children and teachers who fill classrooms each August.

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