MOHELA is Mo-Moving to the House.
The Missouri Senate has passed a plan that would authorize millions of dollars in higher education loan assets to capital improvements on college campuses.
After months of wrangling over the issue, Gov. Matt Blunt praised the Senate for its 23-11 vote.
"I applaud Senate members for taking this bold step to support higher education in our state, increase funding for student scholarships, introduce accountability measures, provide tuition stabilization and enact the Lewis and Clark Discovery Initiative for Missouri students," Blunt said.
As Jason Rosenbaum at the Columbia Tribune notes, Sen. Frank Barnitz was one of 3 Democrats who voted for it.
From the CT Politics Blog:
"Sen. Frank Barnitz, D-Lake Spring, said he supported the multi-million dollar projects at University of Missouri-Rolla and Linn State Technical College that would funded under Nodler’s bill."
"I think that’s fortunate that I’ve got the funds coming to my district,” said Barnitz, whose district gained dollars after an $85 million Health Sciences Center at MU was stripped out earlier. “I’m glad that I was able to negotiate for my district to get the funds necessary to complete those projects. That’s my job up here – to fight for my district.”
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