Nixon rips House for actions he says could devastate education

(From Gov. Jay Nixon)

Gov. Jay Nixon issued the following statement after the House of Representatives today passed two bills that would severely impact public education in Missouri:

“Just a day after taking $44.1 million out of K-12 education this year, the House passed not one, but two, fiscally irresponsible experiments that combined would funnel nearly a billion dollars out of our classrooms and other priorities,”Gov. Nixon said. “Even worse, the House has decided to add bankers to the growing list of well-heeled special interests that would get a tax break at the expense of our schoolchildren. It’s troubling that some of the same members who insist on shortchanging our schools are all too willing to pass multi-million dollar giveaways to banks.”