While the Senate Appropriations Committee has not yet passed the bill, it has so far made the following changes to HB 2002:
Foundation Formula
The Senate agreed with the $71,055,569 increase to the formula recommended by the House however, the Senate did call for a fund switch that calls for using an additional $5 million of lottery funds and $5 million less in GR.
Parents as Teachers
The Senate agreed with House recommended core funding of $17, 462,250, but did not agree with House additions for PAT in the amounts of $537,750 and $214, 076
The Senate cut funding for intra-district transportation in St. Louis and Kansas City that had been added by the House.
Funding was also cut in the amount of $150,000 for a community partnership for a cooperative dropout prevention program. This line had been added by House.
The Senate added $150,000 for Math and Science Tutoring. The Department had asked for $300,000 and the House had cut the amount to $0.
The Senate accepted the Department Recommendation of $100,000 for Kansas City Public Schools Tutoring Program. Both the Governor and House had recommended $0.
The Senate added $200,000 for active shooter training and $136,000 for school board training.
$50,000 recommended by the House for a STEM web-based pilot program was cut by the Senate.
Funding in the amount of $100,000 was added by the Senate for Dyslexia training.
$100,000 of federal funding authority was added to raise the level of funding back to the Department recommended level of $415,875 to provide incentives for low income high school students to pay for exam fees for Advanced Placement courses through a federal grant. The house and Governor had recommended $100,000 less.
The Senate added back $3.1 million that the Governor had recommended for the Missouri School Improvement Program. The plan is designed to provide early intervention support for struggling school districts.
$200,000 added by the House for a Trauma Informed Development Program was eliminated by the Senate.
$10,000 for the Characterplus program was added by the Senate. The House and Governor did not recommend the Department request. However, the Senate cut $25,000 that the House had added for a Trauma Approach to Character Education Initiatives.
The Senate added $2 million to the Missouri Charter School Commission core funding, bringing the total to $5,450,000 for charter schools.
The Senate added $20,000 to fund additional communication equipment for the Deaf Commission.
