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  "path": "/2026/04/15/missouri-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-over-50-million-in-private-school-voucher-funding/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-15T20:16:03.000Z",
  "site": "https://missouriindependent.com",
  "tags": [
    "Courts",
    "Education",
    "Brian Stumpe",
    "budget",
    "Cole County Circuit Court",
    "court",
    "education",
    "general revenue",
    "K-12",
    "Missouri",
    "Missouri NEA",
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    "MOScholars",
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  "textContent": "A Cole County Circuit Court judge ruled Tuesday that Missouri can use public funds to pay for private school scholarships even though state law doesn’t explicitly authorize it. In a 57-page ruling, Judge Brian Stumpe wrote that lawmakers could directly appropriate funds to the MOScholars program because state law does not “expressly prohibit” it. The […]",
  "title": "Missouri judge dismisses lawsuit over $50 million in private school voucher funding"
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