JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri senators have approved legislation to overhaul state funding of public schools, tighten state pensions and eliminate two state holidays.
The moves are designed to save money. Missouri revenues are down more than 13 percent this year, and the state's economic forecasters are not expecting much of an immediate rebound.
The Senate approved the three bills Tuesday, sending them to the House.
The education provisions set up a system for making future cuts to the state's basic aid to school districts. The state pension changes would raise the minimum retirement age and require workers to chip in 4 percent. It would only affect those added to state payrolls starting in 2011.
The birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Harry Truman would no longer be state holidays.
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