House Pulls $1 Million from University of Missouri-Columbia, No Increase in Funding
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House Pulls $1 Million from University of Missouri-Columbia, No Increase in Funding

Date: March 8, 2016
By: Jack Morrisroe
State Capitol Bureau
Links: HB 2003

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Missouri's House voted to take another million dollars from the University of Missouri in legislative discontent with administration reaction to the fall protests by black students.
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Wrap: The money would be moved to the historically black Lincoln University founded by black Civil War Soldiers.

The one million dollars would go for agricultural extension for the Jefferson City university.

Jefferson City representative Jay Barnes said the state needs to invest more in agriculture. The Republican charged that MU lobbists had threatened cuts to a major agricultural research center if the amendment passed.

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Description: Think about the implication of that argument. If a lobbyist from Mizzou told you that, what they are saying is that ag research is their lowest priority.

 

The measure passed, 83-75.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Jack Morrisroe

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Missouri's House rejected an effort to restore part of a nearly eight million dollar cut in the University of Missouri's budget.
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Wrap: Columbia Representative Stephen Webber spoke against the cuts, which would hurt many of his constituents just outside of the campus.

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Description: The Missouri General Assemby needs to do better than pitting students against students in a fight for a higher education.

Opponents said the university needs to be responsive to the questions asked by lawmakers and their constituents.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Jack Morrisroe.

Intro: 
Missouri's House rejected an effort to restore part of a nearly eight million dollar cut in the University of Missouri's budget.
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Wrap: The House-approved budget cuts for the university came in response to the administration's handling of last fall's black protests that drove out the university's president.

Columbia Representative Caleb Rowden unsuccessfully sought to have the House reduce the cuts to the university by half.


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Description: There has never been a precedent by which the university or any university has hit their performance measures, and then has failed to recieve those dollars.

But the House rejected the Republican's efforts and went even further, approving another one-million dollar cut.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Jack Morrisroe.