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Missouri taxpayers are funding over 98% of the MOScholars private-school scholarship program this year through a state appropriation.

A lawsuit is challenging the legality of using general state revenue for the program, which was originally funded by tax-credited donations.

Eligibility for the scholarships is not re-verified for students after their initial award or for their siblings.

The revelations about the inner workings of Missouri’s private school voucher program came to light over the course of a two-day trial in Cole County Circuit Court this week.

The focus of the arguments Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 24-25, were over whether the state can use general revenue for private school tuition, with the attorney general’s office defending state funds as transformati

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