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Shoemyer, Icet disagree on MOHELA

April 24, 2006
By: Josh Kranzberg
State Capital Bureau

Please refer to AP Wire Copy - still being debated in the House at time of printing. Josh Kranzberg has more from the state Capitol

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Democratic Representative Wes Shoemyer says MOHELA does not have the power to give their assets to the legislature to appropriate for other functions. But Republican Representative Allen Icet disagrees with his interpretation.

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Contents: "Well, the section he's referring to, it says that we as the appropriators, as a legislature, can't direct and appropriate MOHELA's money, and I would certainly agree with that. But I think he's extrapolating that to say not only can we not do that, the MOHELA board can't do that either which is clearly wrong."

Icet says MOHELA is free to use their assets as they see fit. From Jefferson City, I'm Josh Kranzberg.

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Please refer to AP Wire Copy - still being debated in House during time of story. Josh Kranzberg has more from the state Capitol.

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House Budget Chair Allen Icet is sponsoring a bill that designates where the MOHELA money is going. Democratic Representative Wes Shoemyer says student loans aren't public property and can't be sold off.

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Contents: "The fact of the matter, it says that MOHELA board can only do with those dollars what is laid out in that statute, and in that statute it does not give them authority to give the dollars to the state. They have the authority to provide access to higher education."

Shoemyer says the MOHELA board hasn't even testified at all to the House during this process. From Jefferson City, I'm Josh Kranzberg.