Nixon Proposes Flat Funding (MO)

January 20, 2011

Gov. Jay Nixon is proposing to hold funding flat for Missouri’s public schools.

A budget plan released Wednesday by Nixon would provide K-12 schools an additional $112 million during the current year, thanks to an influx of federal money. But it would cut schools by $112 million next year.

Nixon’s budget director, Linda Luebbering, says schools will be asked to carry over this year’s additional money into next year.

Even so, schools will be getting far short of the amount they are due.

Schools were budgeted to get about $3 billion in basic aid this year. They would be due an increase of about $233 million next year if Missouri were to provide the full amount called for by its funding formula.