HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING INTERIM REPORT
The House Interim Committee on Student-Based Higher Education Funding Models was charged with considering “revisions to the mechanism by which funds are appropriated by the General Assembly and distributed to higher education institutions in Missouri.” The charge also permitted the Committee to review “the methodology and configuration of scholarships, grants, and other financial assistance provided to students attending higher education institutions in Missouri.”
From September through November of 2005, the House Interim Committee on Student- Based Higher Education Funding Models held meetings at University of Missouri- Columbia, at Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff, and at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar after a brief organizational meeting at the Capitol. The Committee heard testimony from state officials, college presidents, and representatives of the different sectors of higher education, as well as receiving context-setting testimony from a national expert. The Committee also received written testimony, in some cases as a follow-up to questions raised in testimony and in some instances from stakeholders who were not able to appear in person.
The consensus of the Committee was that the best interests of students would be served with a report that was factual overview, drawn from many sources, rather a report that would suggest legislation. Summaries of the testimony at each meeting are included as Appendix 1 of the report. Appendix 2 contains the written documents associated with the testimony and material that was distributed to the Committee outside of meetings.
Report
Missouri
House of Representatives
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