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Missouri schools to gain under revised funding plan
A proposed revision to Missouri school district funding would push about 960 million into the system in 1975 76 improving support for most of the state 600 districts while about a dozen would lose money per Department of Education estimates. The plan raises the minimum per pupil to the past two year average about 930 replacing 400. It also shifts deductions to the statewide levy and includes utility and intangible tax receipts. Specific districts cited show varied gains and losses with St. Louis City and Kansas City among larger beneficiaries and Perry Pettis Pike Westran Lesterville Concordia Affton Clayton Ladue Maplewood Jennings Brentwood and New Madrid among others affected. Historical notes mark weeks events in 1920 and 1945.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
State Department of Education
Education Department
Perry County
Pettis County
Pike
Ladue
Maplewood
Richmond Heights
Jennings
Brentwood
Concordia
St. Joseph
Jasper County
Cape Girardeau No
Kennett No. 39
Poplar Bluff R-1
Kansas City No. 33