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May 10, 2019Jefferson City, MO |  By: AP

Missouri lawmakers pass $30 billion state spending plan

Missouri lawmakers have passed a roughly $30 billion state spending plan after
a fight over college tuition for students living in the U.S. illegally.

The Republican-led Senate on Friday gave final approval to a budget with $61
million more in core K-12 public school funding compared to this year. Colleges
and universities are each set to get at least $1 million more in funding.

Work on the budget hit a roadblock after Senate and House negotiators agreed to
allow colleges and universities to charge in-state tuition to students living in
the country illegally. Lawmakers ditched that proposal following pushback from
House Republicans.

The budget also includes $50 million in un-earmarked general revenue on bridge
repairs next fiscal year, plus another $50 million for a local cost-share
program.

The budget now heads to Republican Gov. Mike Parson.

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Missouri lawmakers have backed out of a deal to allow colleges and universities
to charge in-state tuition to students living in the U.S. illegally.

The GOP-led Legislature instead approved a public higher education budget that
puts limits on tuition deals for those students.

Missouri schools currently face losing state funding if they offer those
students anything less than the tuition rate charged to international students.

Bipartisan Senate and House negotiators earlier this week agreed to end that
policy . But that spurred outrage among House Republicans, who pushed to keep
limits on tuition to students living in the country illegally.

Lawmakers renegotiated to keep those restrictions on tuition in place.

The proposed higher education budget now heads to Republican Gov. Mike Parson
for approval.