Attorneys for Missouri’s largest teachers union are hoping to stop tax dollars from pouring into the state’s voucher program, arguing in Cole County Circuit Court on Thursday that payments should be paused until a judge rules on the legality of the program’s funding.

The state treasurer’s office has already begun dipping into a $51 million appropriation of general revenue to award private-school scholarships under the MOScholars program, state attorneys said Thursday. Over 6,100 students have been promised scholarships, and any delay would be a “massive disruption to the MOScholars program,” William Seidleck, principal deputy solicitor general, told the judge. ×

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