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Senate adopts scholarship-style program to recruit and retain police, firefighters and emergency responders
Summary
The Senate passed a measure to create a state-controlled fund that can pay tuition for certain public safety employees and, after longer service, their dependents. Sponsors argued it will improve retention; senators discussed funding and eligibility limits.
The Missouri Senate on March 11 adopted a bill to establish a scholarship-style tuition program aimed at recruiting and retaining police officers, firefighters, telecommunicators and other public safety personnel.
Senator from the fifteenth, floor sponsor of Senate Bill 71, described the Public Safety Recruitment and Retention Act as a tool to make the state''s public safety professions more competitive. The adopted senate substitute sets eligibility milestones: participating public safety…
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