Sedalia School District 200 stands to lose $230,000 in state funding this year under Gov. Jay Nixon’s proposed budget cut.
Nixon’s budget office confirmed Jan. 21 that schools would not get the $43 million mid-year increase called for under the school funding formula for the 2009-10 academic year.
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