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Missouri Digital News
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Mo. Digital News
Missouri Digital News
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Mo. Digital News
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Missouri Digital News
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Missouri Digital News
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Mo. Digital News
Missouri Digital News
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Missouri Digital News
| Intro: | The Missouri Senate voted down an amendment cutting funding from two education programs. |
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Wrap: The bill proposed by Senate President Pro-Tem Charlie Shields saves Missouri just less than 65 million dollars.
Senators shot down an amendment sacrificing funds for summer schooling and Career Ladder, a program that pays teachers more for extra work.
Senate Minority leader Victor Callahan used a fitting metaphor to justify his defense of summer school education.
| Actuality: | CALLAH1.WAV |
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| Run Time: | 00:12 |
| Description: "We're talking about seperating out and creating a second entity...well that's like trying to take the core out of the apple with breaking the skin, the summer school was always part of the original formula." | |
Republican Senator Jason Crowell says doing away with these programs helps to balance Missouri's budget.
The Senate extended the date to vote on the bill.
From the State Capitol, I'm Scott Kanowsky.
| Intro: | Two major education programs escaped the chopping block as the Missouri Senate strives to make a balanced budget. |
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| RunTime: | 0:34 |
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Wrap: Tempers rose when an amendment cutting summer schooling and Career Ladder, a program which rewards teachers for extra work, were proposed.
Republican Senator Jason Crowell saw great savings by eliminating these projects.
Crowell says these cuts help the Senate balance a budget that others in Jefferson City could not.
| Actuality: | CROWEL2.WAV |
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| Run Time: | 00:07 |
| Description: "The Senate Appropriations committee has failed in reaching a balance budget! The House has REALLY failed!" | |
The bill makes senators cut from the education budget.
The Senate extended the date to vote on the bill.
From the State Capitol, I'm Scott Kanowsky.