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5/12/2005 - Legislature passes foundation formula:
With the last three floor votes falling almost completely along party lines, Rep. Brian Baker, R-Belton, the House handler of the measure, questioned the Democratic commitment to pass the formula.
5/11/2005 - House passes foundation formula:
Blunt and Rep. Brian Baker, R-Belton, who was put in charge of the bill in the House, said natural economic growth would generate the money. But the bill's sponsor, Senate Majority Leader Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, has said he favored the combination of economic growth with a repeal of loss limits and an increase to the gross receipts taxes gambling boats pay.
5/04/2005 - House won't fix school funding for seven years:
"The phase-in will help fund the formula," said Rep. Brian Baker (R-Belton), the bill's handler. "I believe we'll be able to afford this."
5/03/2005 - Blunt pushes foundation formula proposal costing almost $1B:
The Special House Committee on Education Funding spent much of last week discussing the proposal defeating a proposal to send it to the House floor on Thursday. Chairman Brian Baker, R-Belton, said the committee would reconsider the initial vote Wednesday.
4/28/2005 - House committee rejects foundation formula proposal:
"What you saw here was a rural vs. urban divide," said Committee Chairman Brian Baker, R-Belton.
3/08/2005 - Joint-committee passes foundation formula fix:
The leader of the House committee which will consider the joint committee's proposal Rep. Brian Baker, R-Belton, said there was no plan to fund Shields' idea and changing the formula to address Wallace's concerns would be even costlier.
2/3/2005 - House Speaker Rod Jetton creates a new committee to redistribute school money:
House Speaker Ted Jetton created the committee to find better ways to fund public schools. The group's main goal is to find the best way to distribute money to Missouri public schools. Jetton appointed Rep. Brian Baker to chair the committee.
2/3/2005 - New committee formed to fix education funding:
A House Special Committee has been created to examine the formula used to distribute public education money. Chairman Brian Baker said the goal of the committee is to fix funding differences across Missouri and protect education.Actuality:
2/03/2005 - House creates committee to address Foundation formula:
Jetton named Rep. Brian Baker, R-Belton, to lead the new committee and pointed to what he said was wide diversity on the committee to help resolve what was a geographical and not partisan issue.
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