Maggie Nurrenbern

Rep. Crystal Quade has been the leader of Missouri House Democrats since 2018.

The Democrat represents Missouri’s 15th District, which takes in a portion of Clay County.

A previous version of the legislation would have taken money away from public school districts to make up for a disparity in funding for public charter schools. Now, the state would handle that responsibility.

Despite passing a more than $46.5 billion budget, the House left about $1.8 billion in general revenue unspent. Senate leaders have indicated they plan to spend at least some of that leftover money.

The Missouri House also passed a resolution that makes several changes to the state’s initiative petition process. It would make it tougher for proposed amendments to the state’s constitution to make it on the ballot and for voters to pass them.

Missouri’s governor hopes the legislature will pass his proposed raises for state employees in time for them to go into effect in February.