Missouri Governor Jay Nixon announced he will sign the budget for Missouri’s pubic schools tomorrow and plans to sign the full state budget next week.

On Friday, the governor scheduled a signing ceremony at the Boys State convention in Warrensburg for the budget bill that funds the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

He is expected to take action within the next week on the rest of the state’s budget worth $24 billion.

Nixon has touted the fact that the budget contains a record amount of basic aid for K-12 schools. However, the $5 million increase to the state’s $3 billion school fund still is far shy of the amount called for by the funding formula.

Missouri has been unable to fully fund schools for several years because of tight budgets.

Missouri’s 2013 fiscal year begins July 1.