Nixon Signs Bill Giving Fed Funds tio Local Schools

Gov. Nixon’s signed House Bill 15. It provides almost $190-million in federal funding to Missouri school districts for this and the next fiscal year. Nixon had urged members of the state senate to approve the bill already passed by the house. Nixon says “Rejecting these funds would have had an immediate – and harmful – impact on Missouri schools. School districts are relying upon those funds in the supplemental budget to meet payroll and other expenses this school year.”