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Universities have to tame their budgets, especially for student amenities that have nothing to do with education.

I haven't met one parent or one teacher in Missouri who thinks we should balance the budget by taking money from kids' classrooms.

The success of our economy shouldn't determine the success of our schools.

We cannot allow our kids not to have an educational opportunity.

I was not going to balance the budgets on the backs of communities.

No one is more important to the future of our state than our teachers.

The diversification of the people's demand could not be followed by the state apparatus.

If I was a state, I would like to see education left to the schools themselves, but I don't want the federal government involved in education. I think that it ends up setting standards that cost you time and money and don't make any difference in education. I want to stop that.

However, this President sees no problem eliminating funding for Perkins Loans in his budget, even though the cost of tuition is rising and will continue to rise as the administration's policies force inflation.