Since 1986, the Missouri Lottery has contributed more than $3.5 billion to the state of Missouri and public education. Annual Lottery contributions comprise about 4 percent of the state's funding for public education – an effort shared by local, state and federal governments. For fiscal year 2010, more than $291 million from Lottery proceeds have been appropriated to Missouri's public education programs by the Missouri Legislature. The following is a list of programs that will receive Lottery proceeds.
$108,979,552 (3 percent of total program funding)
Foundation Program
These funds help pay for the normal state aid distribution to schools, transportation and early childhood special education services.
$21,859,448 (86 percent of total program funding)
A+ Schools Program
Through this program, high schools meet specific standards to ensure their students are well prepared to pursue advanced education and employment. Students who graduate from a designated A+ School may qualify for state-paid assistance to attend any eligible public community college or technical school in the state. Some four-year public colleges and universities also participate in this program. Currently, there are 253 high schools throughout the state that are A+ Schools. Since 1997, 38,502 students have used at least one semester of A+ funding.
$19,590,000 (76 percent of total program funding)
Special Education Excess Costs
The “High Need Fund” was established to reimburse school districts for the educational costs of serving children with individualized education programs exceeding three times the current expenditure per average daily attendance. This fund will be both disability- and placement-neutral, creating a safety net for school districts that have no way of projecting the extraordinary cost of certain high-need students.
$10,500,000 (100 percent of total program funding)
Vocational Technical Schools
These funds are used for design, renovation, construction and improvements of vocational technical schools in Joplin, Kirksville and Pike County. Local matching funds must be provided.
$9,786,539 (100 percent of total program funding)
Classroom Trust Fund
The fund consists of all moneys transferred to it under section 160.534, RSMo, all monies otherwise appropriated or donated to it and all unclaimed Lottery prize money. The money deposited into the fund is distributed to each school district in the state qualified to receive state aid on an average daily attendance basis. The funds distributed shall be spent at the discretion of the local school districts.
$7,768,606 (77 percent of total program funding)
Public Placement Excess Cost Program
This program was established to assist school districts in providing education services to students in residential placements through the Missouri Department of Mental Health or the Missouri Division of Family Services. It pays the excess cost incurred by those school districts for educating these students placed outside the school district where their parents reside.
$4,800,000 (100 percent of total program funding)
Virtual Schools
These proceeds fund the Missouri Virtual School Instruction Program (MoVIP), which offers instruction in a virtual setting using technology, intranet and/or Internet methods of communication. Any student under the age of 21 in grade K-12 who resides in Missouri is eligible to enroll, regardless of the student's physical location.
$4,331,325 (29 percent of total program funding)
Performance-Based Assessment Program
This program provides funding for continued development, administration and scoring of the statewide Missouri Assessment Program (MAP). The Lottery funding covers testing costs for the subjects of math and communication arts.
$2,959,805 (33 percent of total program funding)
Vocational Technical Schools
These funds are a re-appropriation of a portion of the funds previously appropriated for design, renovation, construction and improvements of vocation technical schools in Camdenton, Poplar Bluff, Eldon and Monett. Local matching funds must be provided.
$1,400,000 (2.5 percent of total program funding)
Vocational Rehabilitation Program
This money will be used by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation to assist clients who have disabilities to obtain employment by diagnosis, physical restoration, training, placement and other related services.
$774,514 (100 percent of total program funding)
Character Education Initiatives
These funds will provide teacher training and resources to schools to emphasize the importance of universal values such as responsibility, respect, trustworthiness, fairness, caring and citizenship.
$685,508 (71 percent of total program funding)
Operational Maintenance and Repair
These funds are for operational maintenance and repair at facilities statewide.
$581,309 (100 percent of total program funding)
Re-appropriated Operational Maintenance and Repair
$145,000 (100 percent of total program funding)
Early-Grade Literacy
This program provides targeted funding for professional development activities related to the Early-Grade Literacy Programs offered at Southeast Missouri State University.