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Funding for Missouri’s need-based scholarship programs is “consistently and grossly inadequate” with awards to students with financial need “significantly less than those … without financial need,” according to a study produced by the Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis.
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On July 1, the first day of the state’s current fiscal year, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced more than $400 million in budget cuts and braced for the pandemic to wreak havoc on state revenue. "We started off this year excited for the future," Parson said then. “Needless to say, when COVID-19 hit, everything changed." It's changed again, at least from a financial standpoint. In a news release Monday, Parson said he’s restoring the final $281 million of the money that was withheld earlier as the economy continues to beat his administration’s expectations. Back when the budget restri...
Missouri lawmakers to begin vetting Parson’s $34.1B budget request by John Haughey, The Center Square | January 29, 2021 07:00 PM Print this article After delivering his State of the State address, Gov. Mike Parson Wednesday released his $34.1 billion Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) budget request that calls upon state lawmakers to fully fund Medicaid expansion. Parson’s FY22 budget request trims $1.1 billion in overall spending from the current year’s spending plan but includes a $583 million increase in funding from Missouri’s general revenue fund, which...
Missourinet You are here: Home Highlights of Parson’s $34.1 billion state operating budget proposal Gov. Mike Parson has released today a proposed $34.1 billion state operating budget for the 2022 fiscal year. That represents a slimmer budget compared to the current year’s $38 billion, including about $7.4 billion in federal dollars. Under Parson’s FY2022 plan, no tax increases would be on the horizon. For Missouri’s estimated 53,000 state workers (drum roll, please), Parson is proposing a 2% pay hike for them. Another $2.9 million would boost pay within the Missouri Department of C...