The amendment was passed 23-8 in a roll call vote. Sen. Kurt Schaefer, R-Columbia, was absent from the vote. Also not present were Sens. Jolie Justus, D-Kansas City, and Gary Nodler, R-Springfield, who have had red light cameras in their districts.
Schaefer said Crowell, as well as Sen. Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, misunderstood his amendment and the "constitutional obligation outlined in the Missouri Constitution." He said the language in the state constitution allows the UM Board of Curators to suggest appropriations directly to the General Assembly without an education board as an intermediary.
He said he changed his mind on cutting the program because he learned that teachers had already completed part of their Career Ladder activities before former Senate Appropriations Chairman Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, and House Budget Chairman Allen Icet, R-Wildwood, sent a letter this past summer to educational leaders warning that funding for the program could be in danger.
Sen. Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, expressed concern that the funds could support foreign students, who make up a large percentage of graduate students in these fields.
Four senators on the education workshop sifted through 103 constituent e-mails and talked to education officials to find suggestions to improve education in Missouri. Many e-mails suggested downsizing the bureaucracy within the Elementary and Secondary Education Department, as well as government in general. Sen. Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, said he thought a quotation from an old colleague would summarize his view on overgrown bureaucracies."Bureaucrats are like cockroaches: it's n..
Former Senate Appropriations Chair Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, said the latest cut will only delay an inevitable need for millions of dollars in funds to complete the project.
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Sen. Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, argued that the focus should be on improving kids' lives, not propping up bad schools. "It was my understanding that the Education Committee was about the kids," he said.
Sen. Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, was the most vocal member of the commitee in supporting the bill. After a different witness said open enrollment wouldn't address inherent problems with public schools, such as overcrowding in cities and dwindling enrollment in rural areas, Nodler said competition would help students, which is the goal of education.
The bill's sponsor -- Sen. Gary Nodler, R-Joplin -- said his bill was not prompted by the three former St. Louis lawmakers convicted of felony crimes last year. Two of them, Sen. Jeff Smith and Rep. T.D. El-Amin, both Democrats who represented many of the same areas of the city, were each sentenced to over a year in prison. If the bill passes, they would forever be forbidden from running to get their old jobs back.
"This will decrease the value of farmland," said Sen. Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, a Rules Committee member. "This is as close to a no-brainer as you can get."
Sens. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, Yvonne Wilson, D-Jackson County, and Rita Days, D-St. Louis County, were a part of the education committee that was one of eight subgroups working during the Senate's attempt to reboot state government.
Sens. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, Yvonne Wilson, D-Jackson County, and Rita Days, D-St. Louis County, were a part of the education committee that was one of eight subgroups working during the Senate's attempt to reboot state government.
Former Senate Appropriations Chair Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, said the latest cut will only delay an inevitable need for millions of dollars in funds to complete the project.
In rebuttal, Republican Senator Gary Nodler,who is running for a U.S. Congress seat,said women live longer and therefore control more of the countries wealth.
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