School Cash Crunch
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
School districts across Missouri could soon be feeling a budget crunch due to a lack of funding in the show me state.
Teachers and students at Joplin High School say they believe a budget cut would leave a hole in the quality of education.
But they also say citizens of the community will support education and help fill the gap of a budget cut.
Joplin R-8 Superintendent Dr. Jim Simpson says short-term budget fixes aren`t the answer.
"We would like for our legislators to give us long term stability because they require us to educate students with long term stability. It`s hard to do if school funding fluctuates like a rollercoaster every year," he said
Missouri Governor Bob Holden says legislators have until Feburary 15 to possibly get the money needed from tobacco bonds, which have not yet been sold.
Reported by: Ryan Loyd
