Greitens’ proposed budget cuts higher education funding again

Gov. Eric Greitens this week released his budget plan for fiscal 2019.

Under the proposed budget, public colleges and universities would see their funding cut by a combined $70 million.

Budget Chairman Scott Fitzpatrick, R-Shell Knob, hopes to find a solution that doesn't harm higher education funding.

“If we can have some ‘aha’ moments in the budget and figure out if we can save money in certain places, I think there would be a lot of people in the legislature who would prefer to not see higher education cuts,” Fitzpatrick said.

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