PLATTE CITY, Mo. -- One program is actually receiving money during a time of cutbacks in the Missouri budget. Hundreds of students in Missouri attend school through a Web camera. The Missouri Virtual Schools Program look like it will gain funding after an already financially rocky year.
At the start of the current school year, there was $4.8 million in state funds for the program to cover the cost of 1,600 students statewide. Missouri's loss of revenue meant funding for the second semester was almost entirely wiped out. That meant school districts and parents had to come up with the cash to pay for their students to go to virtual school.
The state budget passed last week gave virtual schools more than $600,000 for next year -- far less than the $4.9 million last year. Fuchs said it will be used for infrastructure and to pay more student enrollment fees. Final funding for the schools is now in Gov. Jay Nixon's hands.
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