Lawmakers created a teacher seat on Missouri’s education board. It’s been vacant for 7 years

Lawmakers created a teacher seat on Missouri’s education board. It’s been vacant for 7 years

Gov. Mike Kehoe talks with the State Board of Education meeting during its December meeting before officially taking office in January (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).The Missouri State Board of Education has an empty seat, chronically vacant since lawmakers created a position for a teacher to advise the board seven years ago. Like the other board members, the spot is appointed by the governor. But former Gov. Mike Parson, who took offic…