Several Missouri families are entering the legal fray to defend Missouri’s school choice program, MOScholars, after a teachers’ union sued over the state’s allocation of $51 million to it.
The state created MOScholars in 2021 to increase education options for families by offering tax credits to those who donate to the scholarship program. The state earlier this year allocated $51 million to the program, which school choice advocates celebrated as a win for the thousands of who have been stuck on a waitlist for scholarships.
Yet the Missouri National Education Association filed a lawsuit over the funding on July 1, arguing that it is illegal for the government to directly fund the program rather than merely offering tax credits to scholarship donors.
