JEFFERSON CITY -- Republican majority leaders in the state senate said they are committed to giving Missouri schools the full amount of money called for under the state's school financing formula.
Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields and majority leader Kevin Engler said this afternoon that other parts of the budget would have to be cut to carry out their pledge for K-12 schools. But they said schools must be the priority.
Last week, Gov. Nixon proposed a budget that would give schools barely one-sixth of the funding increase called for under the formula next school year.
Nixon said that still would be a record amount for education.
Some public school officials have said they would have to make cuts or seek local tax increases if the state formula were not fully funded.
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