Posted on Apr 21, 2023
Missouri library funding gets restored in Senate committee's latest state budget proposal
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The Missouri House had voted to prohibit spending for “staffing, vendors, consultants, or programs associated with diversity, equity and inclusion.” But Senate Appropriations Chair Lincoln Hough said after speaking with departments, businesses and vendors, he recommended removing that language.
Missouri’s proposed budget again contains state funding for public libraries and no longer prohibits any spending toward diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
The Senate Appropriations Committee made those changes as well as others to the House-approved budget on Wednesday. The committee also passed the operating budget bills, meaning they now go to the full Senate for debate.
Gov. Mike Parson’s proposed budget initially included around $4.5 million for public libraries.
Missouri’s proposed budget again contains state funding for public libraries and no longer prohibits any spending toward diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
The Senate Appropriations Committee made those changes as well as others to the House-approved budget on Wednesday. The committee also passed the operating budget bills, meaning they now go to the full Senate for debate.
Gov. Mike Parson’s proposed budget initially included around $4.5 million for public libraries.
Missouri library funding gets restored in Senate committee's latest state budget proposal
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..."“In conversations with departments and vendors, and just quite frankly, an inordinate amount of businesses within the state, it's the recommendation of the chair that we remove this House language,” Hough said.
The House voted to prohibit spending for “staffing, vendors, consultants, or programs associated with diversity, equity and inclusion.”
Rep. Doug Richey, R-Excelsior Springs, who sponsored that language, recently posted an open letter, saying he disagreed with criticisms that it was a political stunt.
“The most efficient and effective way to eradicate the influence of DEI is to prohibit its funding,” Richey said in the letter.
Richey said on Twitter that the work on the language is “ongoing.”
Attempts to remove library funding or inserting DEI-related language could occur on the Senate floor during debate.
Once the Senate passes the budget, it goes back to the House, where compromise bills between the chambers are expected."
..."“In conversations with departments and vendors, and just quite frankly, an inordinate amount of businesses within the state, it's the recommendation of the chair that we remove this House language,” Hough said.
The House voted to prohibit spending for “staffing, vendors, consultants, or programs associated with diversity, equity and inclusion.”
Rep. Doug Richey, R-Excelsior Springs, who sponsored that language, recently posted an open letter, saying he disagreed with criticisms that it was a political stunt.
“The most efficient and effective way to eradicate the influence of DEI is to prohibit its funding,” Richey said in the letter.
Richey said on Twitter that the work on the language is “ongoing.”
Attempts to remove library funding or inserting DEI-related language could occur on the Senate floor during debate.
Once the Senate passes the budget, it goes back to the House, where compromise bills between the chambers are expected."
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