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Decision on public school funding is in judge's hands At stake is an increase of as much as $1.3 billion for education.

Publication: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
Publication Date: 25-FEB-07 		Format: Online
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Full Article Title: Decision on public school funding is in judge's hands At stake is an increase of as much as $1.3 billion for education.(Metro)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Matthew Franck POST-DISPATCH JEFFERSON CITY BUREAU

JEFFERSON CITY -- After nearly two months of claims and counterclaims over the cost of educating Missouri's children, testimony ended Friday in a trial challenging the state's $2.7 billion method for funding public schools.

About half of the state's school districts are hoping the trial will force a significant investment in education. Some estimates presented by experts in the trial would call for as much as a $1.3 billion increase in school spending.

Cole County Circuit Judge Richard Callahan isn't expected to render a verdict for...

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