by Mike Lear | Mar 5, 2013 | News
The state House Committee preparing a more than $1 billion bond proposal will consider the first on-the-record list of projects that might support, next week. In its hearing today it was announced that Representative Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) will offer that list....
by Mike Lear | Dec 11, 2012 | Education, News
A state legislative panel has gotten its first look at a proposal for a funding formula for the state’s colleges and universities. Under the plan laid out for the Joint Committee on Education, the state would provide 35 percent of an institution’s...
by Mike Lear | Oct 25, 2012 | Education, News
The Joint Committee on Education has one meeting left to discuss what should go into a funding formula for higher education. The Committee’s second hearing featured discussion of how to measure performance of the state’s universities. Chairman, Senator...
by Mike Lear | Aug 16, 2012 | Education, News
Saving for college is on the minds of a lot of parents as their children head back to school. State Treasurer Clint Zweifel wants Missourians to remember the MOST 529 program can help them do that. 529 plans are usually sponsored by a state and help families save for...
by Mike Lear | Aug 1, 2012 | Education, News
Governor Jay Nixon has announced $9 million in community development block grant money that will go to nine so-called “Innovation Campuses” around the state. He says the program will “partner colleges and universities with public schools and private...
