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1996 Higher Ed. Stories

• 11/19/1996: Newspaper Story - The Missouri Supreme Court decided Tuesday that SB 380 is acceptable under state law.
• 11/19/1996: Radio Story - Republicans are unhappy with a Supreme Court decision that rules just a small part of an education bill as unconstitutional.
• 11/19/1996: Radio Story - The Governor's office says the state's schoolchildren have won the right to a good education with the court throwing out a lawsuit against the "Excellence in Education" law.
• 9/19/1996: Radio Story - GOP candidate for governor remains silent on the governor's latest tax-cut jplan.
• 9/19/1996: Radio Story - Governor proposes college tax credits.
• 9/19/1996: Newspaper Story - Governor's tax cut plan meets silence from his GOP rival.
• 5/14/1996: Senate debates killer roosters while other major issues sit on the sidelines.
• 5/14/1996: The Missouri Legislature says yes to tighter control of student athletes and their agents on the M.U. campus.
• 5/14/1996: The legislature sends the governor a bill for tighter regulations on athletic agents and their student clients.
• 5/ 2/1996: The Senate passed a bill that will give minorities scolastic scholarships based on race.
• 4/ 4/1996: Senate cuts $0.5 million from MU budget in protest over foreign accent by teacher.
• 4/ 2/1996: University of Missouri's budget before the state Senate.
• 4/ 1/1996: The House passed a new scholarship for high school students, but funding for it is in question.
• 3/ 5/1996: House Budget Committee approves governor's budget plan for MU.
• 3/ 5/1996: House Budget Committee passes $600,000 appropriation for Ryan White program. The remaining funds rely on federal money.
• 2/28/1996: The House Judiciary and Ethics Committee aproved changes in Missouri's Sunshine law.
• 2/21/1996: Higher Education budget clears Appropriations Committee unchanged.
• 2/21/1996: Senate approves letting MU Curators set their own attendance requirements.
• 2/13/1996: College deadbeats would lose licenses under House proposal.
• 1/30/1996: MU students call for testing English fluency of faculty.
• 1/30/1996: Senate committee debates bill to make English official state language
• 1/18/1996: Governor recommends major increase for higher education budget.