For the First Time, Missouri May Spend Public Funds on Private School Vouchers

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The Kansas City Academy, a private middle and high school located in southern Kansas City, is listed as one of the schools participating in the MOScholars program. (photo/Ceilidh Kern/The Beacon)
The Kansas City Academy, a private middle and high school located in southern Kansas City, is listed as one of the schools participating in the MOScholars program. (photo/Ceilidh Kern/The Beacon)

Mike Kehoe and the Missouri House have pushed for $50 million in state funds to go toward scholarships for homeschooled and privateschool students. 

In his first budget since taking office, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe proposed allocating $50 million in state funding to a scholarship program for private-school and homeschooled students.

If the proposal is included in the final budget passed by the …