JACKSON (AP) — With school superintendents peering down from balconies overhead, the Democratic-controlled Mississippi House passed a bill Tuesday that would restore $100 million of the $437 million in budget cuts Republican Gov. Haley Barbour has made this fiscal year.

The bill is likely to stall in the Senate, where Barbour’s allies say it takes too much money from the state’s financial reserves.

The House plan would pump $43.4 million back into elementary and secondary schools, which have lost $194.6 million because of shortfalls in state revenue. That would put the schools’ losses at 6.4 percent rather than 8.2 percent.

Republican opponents accused Democrats of pandering to the audience of educators. The bill is likely to die in the Senate because Barbour’s allies say it drains too much money from the state’s financial reserves.

‘‘We’re just trifling, people. We’re trifling with their affections and playing with their emotions,’’ said Republican Rep. Mark Baker of Brandon, gesturing to the packed balconies.

Supporters defended the attempt to restore cuts, saying Mississippi should tap into its reserves to help state agencies avoid layoffs or furloughs. The state fiscal year runs through June 30.

The House-passed plan would take $50 million from the $231 million rainy day fund. It would also take $50 million from the health care trust fund, where, for the past decade, the state has put its annual collections from the settlement of a massive lawsuit against cigarette makers. Rep. Cecil Brown, D-Jackson, said the health care trust fund has $220 million. State Treasurer Tate Reeves said the fund’s balance is $203 million.

Rep. Tyrone Ellis, D-Starkville, said the rainy day fund was created to help the state in tough times. Mississippi’s revenues have fallen short of expectations 16 months in a row, and Barbour has cut most agencies’ budgets by 8.2 percent.

‘‘It’s not raining outside. It’s storming,’’ Ellis said. ‘‘It’s a tornado.’’

The 73-47 vote to pass the bill was divided mostly along party lines, with 71 Democrats and two Republicans in favor and 45 Republicans and two Democrats opposed. One from each party did not vote.

The vote to pass the bill came only a short time after the House rejected a Republican-led effort to take $50 million from the health care trust fund but to leave the rainy day fund untouched. Barbour praised the Republican plan, calling it a sensible compromise.

‘‘Draining the rainy day fund too soon will put Mississippi in a worse position as this recession slices deeper into our budget,’’ Barbour said in a news release. ‘‘It is irresponsible to fail to plan for the future.’’

Republican Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant agrees with Barbour that the rainy day fund needs to last three more years, said Bryant spokesman Mick Bullock.

‘‘The lieutenant governor will continue to work with the House leadership and the governor to reach a reasonable solution without depleting the state’s savings account,’’ Bullock said.

Vernetta Barton, a speech therapist who works for Leake County schools, was among the dozens of educators and PTA members who lobbied lawmakers Tuesday to restore education funding. She said the budget cuts could hurt academic offerings and that could prompt more students to drop out of school.

‘‘We’re going to have a lot of illiterate people who will start doing some things that they should not do,’’ Barton said during an interview in a Capitol hallway.

The bill is Senate Bill 2495.