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Article: School funding formula sent to House floor

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May 5, 2005
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A week after killing the state's proposed school funding formula, a House committee on Wednesday breathed new life into the bill and sent it to the House floor.

The Foundation Formula bill, authored by Sen. Charlie Shields, R- St. Joseph, passed by a 15-8 vote. A similar version of the bill failed 14-9 in the same committee on April 27.

Rep. Martin Rucker, D-St. Joseph, who voted against the bill last week, was one of the committee members to switch his vote and was the only Democrat to vote in favor of the bill.

He said he still thinks the formula needs work but said those changes could be accomplished on the House floor, or when Senate and

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