Cooper and Howard counties collectively received nearly $800,000 in Missouri Lottery funding to be used toward education during the 2010 fiscal year, according to a new lottery website.
The website, molottery.com/where_the_money_goes, provides a map showing how education-related funds have been distributed throughout the state and also gives users a county-by-county spreadsheet detailing how those funds break down.
Cooper County received $418,000 in education funds during the 2010 fiscal year, according to the website. Nearly all of those funds went toward elementary and secondary education.
In Howard County — which includes Central Methodist University in Fayette — funds for higher education and lower levels got distributed fairly evenly. Roughly $206,000 went toward Access Missouri higher-education scholarships, while $173,000 went to lower levels of education.
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