MO Senate Appropriations Committee Votes to Boost Minimum Wage for Teachers, Funding for Literacy, Discusses Unemployment Overpayments
April 20, 2022 5:43AM CDT
Missouri Senate Chamber. Photo by Missouri Senate
(MISSOURINET) – Missouri’s efforts to boost reading among the state’s K-12 public school students could get extra state funding.
The Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee is requesting 25-million-dollars to help students with literacy.
State Senator Lauren Arthur, a Democrat from Kansas City, asked for the change in putting federal dollars toward the effort.
She co-sponsored a literacy bill moving through the Legislature this year.
The Missouri Senate is expected to debate the state budget next week.
