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Superintendent flags new $50 million voucher line in state budget; legal questions expected
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Hurl told the board that the legislature passed a $53.1 billion budget that includes a $50 million voucher line to send general revenue to private/parochial schools for the first time; he warned the use of general revenue (rather than tax credits) raises constitutionality questions and said the governor had not yet signed the bill.
Superintendent Dr. Hurl told the ISD Board of Education that the Missouri Legislature passed a $53.1 billion state budget that includes a $50 million allocation for private and parochial school vouchers to be paid from general revenue. "There was $50 million that was set aside in the budget for vouchers that we would be paid for from general revenue," he said during the board's superintendent report.
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