Sen. Bill Clay, D-St. Louis, described the current soil erosion project that is being funded with the tax money as "corruption at it's highest," and said the tax money has been wasted and misused.
Some changes were more in line with the governor's original direction, including an amendment sponsored by Sen. Bill Clay, D-St. Louis, that would expand certain parts of the legislation that deal with alternative schools. Clay's amendment includes after school and summer school programs in the definition of "alternative education."