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April 19, 2018JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. |  By: AP

Missouri Senate's top budgeter proposes $48 million more for K-12 schools

The Missouri Senate's top budgeter is proposing giving public K-12 schools $48 million more next year, which would mean about $50 million less than what House lawmakers approved.  

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Dan Brown, a Republican from Rolla, said yesterday he wants to take the $50 million in savings and put half toward school busing and transportation. If approved by the committee and full Senate, that would set up a showdown with the House, which voted to put another $98 million toward core K-12 school funding.  

Senate budgeters and the House appear to agree on steady core funding for public colleges and universities. Gov. Eric Greitens proposed cutting funding by $68 million compared to what schools are expected to receive this year.