A Missouri House committee is considering a bill that would create incentives for businesses to hire apprentices and interns. If passed, HB 1038 would reward a $1,500 tax credit for each intern or apprentice hired, with each hire earning at least the state’s minimum...
Governor Eric Greitens’ $146 million in budget restrictions announced Monday include $80 million in higher education. The budget withholdings could affect tuition at Missouri’s colleges and universities. House Minority Leader Gail McCann Beatty (D-Kansas City) hopes...
The House Appropriations Committee on Education has proposed less than half of the $278-million for the foundation formula for K-12 education that Governor Jay Nixon (D) recommended in his budget proposal. The Chairman of that Committee, Representative Mike Lair...
Governor Jay Nixon has told the state’s higher education leaders he will propose a “substantial” increase in higher education funding in his budget plan for fiscal year 2015. Nixon could not offer an amount for that increase, saying his staff will...
Board members, presidents and chancellors from Missouri’s colleges and universities have met in Jefferson City to talk about the issues facing higher education in the state in the second annual Governing Board Forum. Higher Education Commissioner David Russell...
