Joe Soucheray: No other governor has tried to pull off this pathetic budget stunt

Joe Soucheray: No other governor has tried to pull off this pathetic budget stunt

For more than 50 years, non-public schools have been able to access money from their local school districts for transportation, learning materials and perhaps a counselor or a nurse. Money in the state budget is not sent to the non-public school but, rather, again, to the district and then dispersed. Nobody from the state shows up at Our Holy Mother of the Perpetual Deficit with a large canvas bag of cash. Gov. Tim Walz wants to end that practic…

Missouri budget negotiators agree to $50 million for private school scholarship program

The House and Senate conference committees wrapped up two days of talks Thursday afternoon, finalizing a $53.5B budget for the coming fiscal year.

Missouri budget negotiators agree to spend $50 million on private school scholarship program • Missouri Independent

Missouri Senate Appropriations Chairman Lincoln Hough, right, discusses a budget item Thursday with House Budget Committee Chairman Dirk Deaton during negotiations over spending differences in the fiscal 2026 budget (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent).After a sharp, brief fight in which Democrats were outnumbered by majority Republicans, Missouri legislative budget negotiators agreed Thursday to spend $50 million to expand the MOScholars program …

Missouri legislative committee approves $50 million in public taxpayer money for private school vouchers

Full floor votes in both chambers are required to pass the approximately $50 billion budget.

School choice to get $50M boost in Missouri budget awaiting governor’s signature

(The Lion) — The Missouri Legislature approved a $53 billion budget plan on Friday that includes the governor’s $50 million proposal for the state’s school choice program. It will mark the first time Missouri has appropriated funds for the tax-credit-based scholarship program, MOScholars, which currently awards scholarships worth up to around $6,500 to eligible students for educational expenses, including private school tuition. School choice ad…

CfG Expands School Freedom In Missouri

Club for Growth President David McIntosh issued the following statement on the expansion of the MOScholars program included in the budget agreement passed Friday by Missouri lawmakers. “School freedom is the civil rights issue of our generation, and we thank Gov. Kehoe for his leadership in putting students before systems,” said Club for Growth President David McIntosh. “More Missouri families will now be able to choose the school that’s best fo…