Nearly all Missouri school voucher funding used for religious schools

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Missouri's private-school voucher program, MOScholars, is primarily funding students attending religious institutions.

State funding for the program more than doubled the number of available scholarships for the 2024-25 school year.

Of the 2,329 scholarships awarded in August, nearly 98% went to students in religious schools.

State funding of private-school vouchers is primarily being used for students attending religious institutions, with nearly 98% of funding going toward Catholic, Christian, Jewish and Islamic schools.

This year, state lawmakers passed a budget that included a request from Gov. Mike Kehoe to supply the state-run K-12 scholarship program, MOScholars, with $50 million of general revenue. Previously, the impact to the state’s bottom line was indir