“Any money that he individually chooses to bestow upon someone may not be in the best interest of the entire state,” Mike Lair, R-Chillicothe said. “To pick and choose winners and losers in this case in education funding is in my opinion counter productive.”
"Any money that he individually chooses to bestow upon someone may not be in the best interest of the entire state," Mike Lair, R-Chillicothe said. "To pick and choose winners and losers in this case in education funding is in my opinion counterproductive."
Cookson said he received an email sent by Superintendent Ron Holcer of the Meadville R-IV School District that was sent to Rep. Mike Lair, R-Chillicothe, earlier this month. In it, Holcer said the only way to break through a generational welfare cycle is to provide children with a proper education.
"The basic intent of the formula is to distribute tax dollars fairly so that the tax dollars do the most they can to educate Missouri citizens. That's the key," Vice Chairman Rep. Mike Lair, R-Chillicothe said.
Rep. Mike Lair, the chairman of the House education committee, said lawmakers are currently working on a performance-based funding formula that differs from the one Nixon supports. The joint committee's formula hasn't been released yet but Lair said he would like to see more than additional funding based on performance.
House chair Rep. Mike Lair, R-Chillicothe, said a formula that would determine how higher education funding would be based on performance hasn’t been released yet. Lair said two House bills about the formula will be presented to the full budget committee on Feb. 21 and eventually sent to the House floor.
"Any money that he individually chooses to bestow upon someone may not be in the best interest of the entire state," Mike Lair, R-Chillicothe said. "To pick and choose winners and losers in this case in education funding is in my opinion counterproductive."