Elementary and Secondary Education

Elementary and Secondary Education Programs Funded by Missouri Lottery Proceeds in FY08

Total proceed funding for FY08: $181,442,919

The following is a list of programs that will receive Lottery proceeds, as appropriated by the Missouri Legislature, for fiscal year 2008. Since 1986, the Missouri Lottery has contributed more than $3 billion to the state of Missouri and public education. Annual Lottery contributions comprise about 4 percent of the state's funding for education - an effort shared by local, state and federal governments. For fiscal year 2008, more than $267 million from Lottery proceeds have been appropriated to Missouri's public educational programs by the Legislature.

$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.

$18,379,448 (84 percent of total program funding)

A+ Schools Program

Through this program, high schools meet specific standards to assure 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 public community college or technical school in the state.  Some four-year public colleges and universities also participate in this program.  Currently there are 224 high schools throughout the state that are A+ Schools.  Since 1997, 28,000 students have used at least one semester of A+ funding.

$18,090,000 (100 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.

$11,659,572 (100 percent of total program funding)

Classroom Trust Fund

The fund consists of all moneys transferred to it under section 160.534, RSMo, all moneys 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.

$5,200,000 (100 percent of total program funding)

Virtual Schools

These proceeds fund the virtual school, which offers instruction in a virtual setting using technology, intranet and/or Internet methods of communication.  Any student under the age of 21 in grades kindergarten through 12 who resides in this state is eligible to enroll, regardless of the student’s physical location.

$4,568,630 (37 percent of total 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.

$2,924,700 (100 percent of total program funding)

Enhancing Missouri's Instructional Networked Teaching Strategies (eMints Program)

This funding will be used to provide grants for 100 eMINTS/Mathmatics, Engineering Technology and Science (METS) classrooms.  These classrooms will serve as model classrooms for eMINTS, and research-based mathematics and/or science curricula have been implemented together to demonstrate "best practice" in METS education.

$1,400,000 (2 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.

$1,000,000 (5 percent of total program funding)

School-Age Child Care Program

This funding will be used to provide grants for after-school programs that focus on Mathematics, Engineering Technology and Science (METS) and/or health and wellness.  Districts may apply for $10,000 grants per site limited to three sites per school district per grant type.

$860,571 (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.

$250,000 (93 percent of total program funding)

College Credit Fees

These funds are used to pay for courses, exams and other expenses that lead to high school students receiving college credit.  The funds also are used to pay Advanced Placement examination fees for low-income families for science and mathematics exams.

$200,000 (100 percent of total program funding)

Future Minority Teacher Scholarships

This money will be used to help fund Missouri’s Scholarship Program for minority teacher education students in approved programs at four-year colleges or universities in Missouri.

$145,000 (29 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.

$16,840 (1 percent of total program funding)

State Board of Education-Operated School Programs

These funds will be used for expenses and equipment for these programs.

Past Lottery Proceed Funding