Gov. Jay Nixon's 2012 proposed budget calls for a 7 percent reduction in state higher education funding. The House Education Appropriations Committee will meet Tuesday to mark up the budget. The committee chairman, Rep. Mike Lair, R-Chillicothe, said he expects the slashed bugdet will pass unamended through the committee.
Committee Chairman Mike Lair R-Chillicothe said, "From what I'm hearing at the senate, I think that 7 percent is probably pretty solid. Its something that colleges have told us they can live with and its something we are going to be able to fund."
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