by Mike Lear | Feb 4, 2013 | Education, News
A proposed plan for funding the state’s colleges and universities says those institutions aren’t getting enough money. The draft says Missouri’s colleges and universities are underfunded by the state, by about $388 million dollars. Joint Education...
by Mike Lear | Jan 17, 2013 | Education, News
Two legislative committees have revisited a model of what could go into a higher education funding formula that would include performance-based funding. A presentation that was first offered to the Joint Committee on Education last month was given to the House Budget...
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 | Jan 10, 2012 | Education, News, Politics / Govt
The Chairman of the House Education Committee says this morning’s will be the last dawn hearing on the foundation formula. It is sure not be the last hearing on the topic, however. Representative Mike Lair’s (R-Chillicothe) committee heard a presentation...