Missouri House passes $46 billion budget that bars funding for diversity and inclusion efforts

Instead of speaking on the billions of dollars within the Missouri budget, House Democrats repeatedly spoke out against language added to each bill that prohibits spending on anything associated with diversity, equity and inclusion. That language is expected to be stripped out in the Senate.
A $45.6 billion budget is on its way to the Missouri Senate after the House passed it Thursday.

It contains around $10 billion in K-12 spending, including fully funding school transportation, with some money set aside for Pre-K. The House also continued to fund Medicaid expansion and allocated money for child care subsidies.

However, debate Thursday was not about the billions of dollars allocated to Missouri’s schools, transportation and health care.