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Mo. Lawmakers Want Performance To Play Role In Higher Ed. Funding While Nixon Reverses $8.5M In Cuts

Marshall Griffin, The Associated Press and Kelsey Proud — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:05:26 +0000

Updated at 6:03 p.m. to include details on a House-Sen. joint committee's proposal to use performance-based criteria in a new Higher Ed. funding formula.

A joint House-Senate panel is recommending performance play a role in how much money Missouri’s colleges and universities get from the state each year.

Panel members on Monday released a proposed Higher Education funding formula, which would include performance measurement in such things as student enrollment/retention, the number of research programs at an institution, and public service to the surrounding community or state. State Senator David Pearce (R, Warrensburg) chairs the Joint Committee on Education.

Suburban & rural Senators battle over K-12 funding in Mo.

Marshall Griffin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:14:13 +0000

The Missouri Senate is wrestling with legislation that would tweak the state’s public school funding formula.

The bill is pitting rural and suburban senators against each other. David Pearce (R, Warrensburg) chairs the Senate Education Committee and represents part of rural west central Missouri. He sponsors the bill that would more evenly spread K-12 funding by siphoning it off from richer suburban districts, primarily those near St. Louis.

Missouri facing $500M hole in upcoming budget

The Associated Press and Marshall Griffin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:18:04 +0000

Missouri lawmakers will be trying to plug a half-billion-dollar gap in next year's budget when they convene their 2012 session on Wednesday.

State budget director Linda Luebbering says much of the hole is due to a reduction in federal money, such as stimulus funds and Medicaid payments. However, State Senator David Pearce (R, Warrensburg) suggests that that number is not set in stone.

Panel tweaks redrawn Mo. Senate redistricting map

Marshall Griffin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:40:11 +0000

A six-judge panel that redrew Missouri’s State House and Senate districts has made a few changes to the Senate map.

The original map had raised constitutional concerns because it divided rural Johnson County in western Missouri among two separate Senate districts. The county is represented in the Senate by Republican David Pearce of Warrensburg.

Mo. panel wants performance funding for colleges

Marshall Griffin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:52:30 +0000

A task force is recommending that funding for universities and community colleges in Missouri be based in part on graduation rates and other performance-based criteria.

The recommendation was presented today in Jefferson City to the state’s Coordinating Board for Higher Education. State Senator David Pearce (R, Warrensburg) chairs the Senate Education Committee.