A Northwest Missouri state legislator wants more Missourians to get higher education Degrees and has filed legislation to make getting a degree easier.

Representative Mike Thompson of Maryville has teamed with Senator David Pearce so more Missourians can get a degree.

Thompson says one of the changes includes making transferring college credit between schools easier.

Thompson says the legislation would also streamline remediation courses, which are for students who do not have well enough marks from high school in math or english, among other subjects.

Pearce says legislation would make it a priority to keep students within the college systems.