The bill, sponsored by Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, would create a new model for calculating education funding for Missouri's higher education institutions based on performance and job placement. The bill provides that 10 percent of each public institution of higher education's state appropriation must be designated and set aside for performance-based funding.
A bill sponsored by Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, would base higher education funding on performance standards. The UM System would see an increase with this type of funding as would many other Missouri Higher Education institutios. The Senate Education Committee passed the bill on Thursday and it now goes to the full Senate floor.
The higher education funding formula bill was voted out of the Senate Education Committee Wednesday in a 7-2 vote and is sponsored by the committee chair, Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg.
Sen. David Pearce (left) and former Miss America Kirsten Haglund (center) are advocating for a measure to require health insurance coverage for eating disorders
No one opposed the bill during Tuesday's hearing. A similar bill passed in the House last year but died in the Senate. Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, sponsored last year's UM extension bill and said this year's bill is almost identical to the previous one. Pearce said a senator who was against last year's bill is no longer in the General Assembly due to term limits.
The Joint Committee on Education met Monday and outlined the proposed allocation formula. The Senate Education Committee Chairman -- Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg -- said that the committee hopes to have a final report done by Feb. 15.
Committee chairman Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, emphasized that even though Missouri may not see an immediate return on this investment, there would be results within 10 to 15 years.
Wrap: Warrensburg Senator, David Pearce is sponsoring a measure that would require private insurance companies to cover accessible and adequate treatment for eating disorders.
The measure, sponsored by Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, would create districts throughout Missouri to propose taxes of no more than 33 cents per $100 to voters in order to support extension programming. However, if the voters do not vote in favor of the bill in more than a simple majority, the tax will not go into effect.
The chair of the Senate Education Committee, Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, sponsored the bill as a way in which the extension program can receive additional funding through voter-approved taxes. The bill appeared before the Senate Committee on Education on Wednesday.
Bill Sponsor, Republican Senator David Pearce introduced the measure with the Kansas City School District in mind - which lost accreditation last year.
The bill, sponsored by Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, would create a new model for calculating education funding for Missouri's higher education institutions based on performance and job placement. The bill provides that 10 percent of each public institution of higher education's state appropriation must be designated and set aside for performance-based funding.
The bill, sponsored by Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, would create a new model for calculating education funding for Missouri's higher education institutions based on performance and job placement. The bill provides that 10 percent of each public institution of higher education's state appropriation must be designated and set aside for performance-based funding.
The higher education funding formula bill, sponsored by Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, was voted out of the Senate Education Committee Wednesday in a 7-2 vote.
The higher education funding formula bill, sponsored by Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, was voted out of the Senate Education Committee Wednesday in a 7-2 vote.
Sen. David Pearce (left) and former Miss America Kirsten Haglund (center) are advocating for a measure to require health insurance coverage for eating disorders
Sen. David Pearce (left) and former Miss America Kirsten Haglund (center) are advocating for a measure to require health insurance coverage for eating disorders
In the Joint Committee on Education hearing Monday, Chairman Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, introduced a proposal for performance-based higher education funding. The committee released a spreadsheet detailing the results of how the proposed formula would have appropriated funds to Missouri schools had it been implemented in 2013.
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