House Education Committee Chair Jane Cunningham says a few Missouri School districts have been pocketing money intended for summer school sessions that aren't being held. Schools are now allowed to report enrollment numbers from up to two years ago when asking for funding. Cunningham says some school districts have been using this to inflate their numbers and pocket the extra money, but she says this bill will fix the problem.
Another area that raised some serious concerns among legislators was the very constitutionality of the amendment itself. Rep. Jane Cunningham, R-St. Louis County, said that the amendment violated the state's Hancock Amendment, which requires that the state provide funding for all mandated programs.