However, the chair of the Senate committee that handled the legislation -- Sen. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph -- said he did not remember the audits as a vital part of the process.
"This is a long process," said Sen. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, who chaired the education finance reform committee. "You have to evolve into it (the new formula.)"
The other proposal, sponsored by Sen. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, is on similar lines, but targets the smallest business segment which has the majority of the uninsured.
The state's current funding setup was built in 1993, upon the tails of a lawsuit challenging the previous method's fairness. Using "matching" funds, based on local effort, was thought to encourage a more equitable way of distributing money, said Sen. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, who chaired a committee tasked with revising Missouri's public school funding methods.
"I think there's a feeling that life science research can't take place unless it's within 10 miles of I-70," said Sen. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, referring to the UM system's locations in Kansas City, St. Louis and Columbia. "But I know that's not the case."
JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri Senate plans to hear a bill for the second time today that will allow people to keep more property when they declare bankruptcy. The bill, sponsored by Republican Sen. Charlie Shields, will exempt personal property like wedding rings that are worth less than $1,500.Get the radio story
Eliminating that, said committee chair Sen. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, is a political impossiblity, and something that the plan would have to work around.
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