Education Budget Proposals Include Changes in Scholarship Funding
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Education Budget Proposals Include Changes in Scholarship Funding

Date: February 22, 2011
By: Elizabeth Hagedorn
State Capitol Bureau
Links: HB 2 and HB 3

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A House committee chose to increase funding for a college scholarship given to Missouri students.
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Wrap: The House Education Appropriations Committee voted Thursday to take one-million-dollars from the state's A+ program and give the funds to the college scholarship program, Bright Flight.

The A+ program gives incentives for low-income high school students to attend college.

Representative Mike Thompson said taking money from the A+ program would hurt students who need help the most.

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Description: "If you get a thirty-one on the ACT, I can pretty much assure you that you're going to be a success, you're going to go to college, you're going to succeed and it's nice to have the money of course, but I'm not too sure it's more important that incentivizing that student that might go into further training."

Bright Flight gives money to high school students who receive a thirty-one on the ACT.

From Jefferson City, I'm Elizabeth Hagedorn.

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A Missouri house committee voted to increase funding for an elementary literacy program Thursday.
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Wrap: The House Education Appropriations Committee voted to take funding from a program that enables high school students to take college courses and increase funding for the state's Early Literacy Program.

The program helps first graders who are not reading at proper reading levels.

Representative Genise Montecillo said it is important to improve student reading before high school.

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Description: "Our students are coming out of high school not prepared to go into coursework. They're having to take remedial reading, language, and math classes. This is a program that helps kids read. It's gets them on target. It gets them on track first grade so they're not always fighting from behind."
 
Montecillo also says that if students cannot read well, they won't be able to access college scholarships.  

From Jefferson City, I'm Elizabeth Hagedorn.