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Senate appropriations panel says it approved school funding, aims to meet May 9 budget deadline
Summary
Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee members said the panel approved full funding for neighborhood schools, included pay increases for frontline workers and moves to address wait lists for support services as they prepare a FY2026 budget the Senate must finish by the constitutional deadline of May 9.
The Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee advanced a draft of the state operating budget for fiscal year 2026 and signaled the upper chamber must complete the measure within two weeks to meet the constitutional deadline of May 9.
Senator Rusty Black, vice chair of the Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee, said the upper chamber…
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