By mid-day both the House and Senate approved a finalized version of the budget for higher and secondary education. The 2007 fiscal budget allocates 215 million dollars more than last year. But Democratic Representative Connie Johnson isn't worried about the numbers. She says it's time for legislators to face the issue of diversity in higher education.
"People used to get on busses and have freedom riots in 1960s and fought for this right to vote, people were chased with dogs and hosed with water," Rep. Connie Johnson, D-St. Louis, said. "They marched in the streets for the right to vote.