"In one of its biggest budget cuts yet, a Missouri Senate committee decided Thursday to eliminate state funding for a program that pays teachers extra money for after-school tutoring.
If upheld by the House, the budget cut could force public schools to either dip into their own funds or shortchange teachers for the extra hours of work they have done during the current school year."
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These are not the only hits education has taken in this state, state support for higher education is also being cut, which will result in higher tuition costs. Oh, and the state is looking to cut state scholarships to private universities.
The reasons for all these cuts, a drop in tax revenues and the lack of federal funds for education. We've got money to waste on war and death, but educating our children, not so much.
A sad state of affairs when wars for oil and empire take precedence over education.