The Latest: Missouri lawmakers pass $30B budget proposal

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Latest on the proposed Missouri state budget (all times local):

2:20 a.m.

Missouri lawmakers have passed a roughly $30 billion state spending plan after a fight over college tuition for students living in the U.S. illegally.

The Republican-led Senate on Friday gave final approval to a budget with $61 million more in core K-12 public school funding compared to this year. Colleges and universities are each set to get at least $1 million more in funding.

Work on the budget hit a roadblock after Senate and House negotiators agreed to allow colleges and universities to charge in-state tuition to students living in the country illegally. Lawmakers ditched that proposal following pushback from House Republicans.

The budget also includes $50 million in un-earmarked general revenue on bridge repairs next fiscal year, plus another $50 million for a local cost-share program.

The budget now heads to Republican Gov. Mike Parson.

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12:30 a.m.

Missouri lawmakers have backed out of a deal to allow colleges and universities to charge in-state tuition to students living in the U.S. illegally.

The GOP-led Legislature instead approved a public higher education budget that puts limits on tuition deals for those students.

Missouri schools currently face losing state funding if they offer those students anything less than the tuition rate charged to international students.

Bipartisan Senate and House negotiators earlier this week agreed to end that policy . But that spurred outrage among House Republicans, who pushed to keep limits on tuition to students living in the country illegally.

Lawmakers renegotiated to keep those restrictions on tuition in place.

The proposed higher education budget now heads to Republican Gov. Mike Parson for approval.