Funding for a new facility at the aging Fulton State Hospital remains in the budget, as does funding to eliminate the Medicaid in-home wait list for developmentally disabled people in every county participating in the Partnership for Hope.

House Speaker Tim Jones, R-Eureka, said in a statement that Nixon’s actions are hypocritical.

“This is a governor who tells the public he wants to invest in our young people, but then is all too willing to make school funding his first target and show that public education is his lowest priority when he does not get his way,” Jones said.

The battle is just the most recent fought between the governor and the Legislature over money.

First, they disagreed over how much revenue would grow in the fiscal year beginning July 1. Nixon estimates state revenue will grow 5.2 percent for fiscal year 2015. The Legislature, however, anticipates a lower figure: 4.2 percent.

In response to the difference, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Rick Stream, R-Kirkwood, created a surplus revenue fund, where money would be funneled should revenue increase more than the Legislature anticipates.