Education Funding for Worth County Could Stay Unchanged

The Missouri House gave 1st round approval to a budget that would leave funding for Worth County and other schools the same as it was last year. The vote was taken last Tuesday. However, it would be $200 million less than what the State Funding Formula calls for. Assuming that it passes the Senate and gets signed by the governor, that would depend on whether the governor orders cuts in the budget in order comply with Constitutional mandates requiring a balanced budget. The House came up with the money by cutting budgets for public colleges and universities by 7%, causing Northwest and other universities to raise tuition rates.