The biggest unfunded item in the Missouri budget is the missing $300 million to fully fund public schools... Don't worry, though. Republicans did find millions to fund vouchers for private religious schools. missouriindependent.com/2025/03/24/e... - ThreadSky

piperformissouri.bsky.social • 3 days ago

The biggest unfunded item in the Missouri budget is the missing $300 million to fully fund public schools...

Don't worry, though. Republicans did find millions to fund vouchers for private religious schools.

https://missouriindependent.com/2025/03/24/education-funding-child-care-subsidies-central-to-missouri-state-budget-debate/?emci=7a61f74b-0808-f011-90cd-0022482a9fb7&emdi=b230561f-9f08-f011-90cd-0022482a9fb7&ceid=607424

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jhalp2.bsky.social•3 days ago

I still don’t understand why that isn’t unconstitutional. 🤔🧐

againstfacists.bsky.social•3 days ago

My property taxes going up $600 to replace it here in #Iowa

rayme77.bsky.social•3 days ago

Republicans giving tax payers dollars to private companies, wow. When a Missourian uses that money to fund a private Muslim only school I wonder if that so called Republicans will cite separation of church and state.

blue4peace.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sounds like Ohio!

djvagirl.bsky.social•3 days ago

😡😡😡

mainebogboy.bsky.social•3 days ago

I bet they did! Thank you as always for speaking out!

a2mteach.bsky.social•3 days ago

Voters are being forced to pay for their religion! Tax the churches! They pay more to private than to Public schools. Public schools have to take all students, have licensed teachers, follow state standards, give state proficiency tests and get graded on pupil performance indexes.😡💙!

jeanniet.bsky.social•3 days ago

Republicans hate our children.

hawkhawkins1.bsky.social•3 days ago

🤬

caringdefiance.bsky.social•3 days ago

Jess how can folks in mo get involved to fight. I know letters to the US Senators go unanswered

ameskp.bsky.social•3 days ago

And remember all the money we are going to get from online gaming and lottery…🙄

togrowell.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is the corruption of the people who are DEEP STATE, Heritage foundation/Citizens United/Federalists Society and other right rightwing non-elected provocateurs who are giving to private schools and the public schools suffers from lack of funding.

shebeaunicorn.bsky.social•3 days ago

🤯🤯🤯

titolove.bsky.social•3 days ago

Similar in Arizona

lilylighthouse.bsky.social•3 days ago

Alabama

boldsea.bsky.social•3 days ago

🤬

kimoco.bsky.social•3 days ago

Bad place to try to raise kids.

libertysglow.bsky.social•3 days ago

They always think they are the only type of people and religious types that exist. I'm tired of them pushing their own agenda in order to punish those who believe, think, or learn differently. Democrats believe in coexist. Republicans are the cancel culture.

marciafav.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm in Missouri and a huge portion of my property tax goes to schools. So I want to protest this, but I'm stuck, you either pay yours taxes or they take your home.
I am too damn old to be this p*ssed off all the time.

bfgilme.bsky.social•3 days ago

Under the state constitution, the $ raised to support a system of public schools can't be diverted to vouchers. Those are outside the system of public school. Your school tax go to the school regardless of how much $ goes to vouchers.

sweetcheflife.bsky.social•3 days ago

The horrible thing is Jeff City will shit on our State Constitution & amendments in a heartbeat if it drives their obsession with Christo-fascism or lines their pockets. [Puppy mills, minimum wage, paid time off, abortion, pollution, gambling] "Lex popula" my ass.

bfgilme.bsky.social•3 days ago

That is where lawsuits come in. $ that get diverted from school tax will have to get put back.

sweetcheflife.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's insane we have to waste money in the legal system to prove this is wrong in thw first place. 😠

bfgilme.bsky.social•3 days ago

Someone thinks that the law allows it and other don't. The dispute gets resolve in a court. That is just how our system works. The problem here is that representatives in the legislature should know how the law works before passing a contradicting law. Voters shouldn't let this stand. But ...

marciafav.bsky.social•3 days ago

I have extra kazoos, if you wanna join us in jeff city on April 5th.
I've only been in Missouri for 3 years. I moved here to live closer to my son, and i'm basically a west coaster, so a lot of this is just so weird for me.

sweetcheflife.bsky.social•3 days ago

I will be out of town for work. 😠 I wanted to join but this job was scheduled more than a year ago.

marciafav.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thank you💙

seppy72.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sounds about Texas.

openforbusiness.bsky.social•3 days ago

That's because...

davidicouldbewrong.bsky.social•3 days ago

School vouchers is just a scheme to funnel our tax money away from public schools who need it. https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/?m=1

dachshuahuadad.bsky.social•3 days ago

Siphoning public funds for private enrichment. These grifters have no issues ruining education as long as they can steal taxpayer funds

delawaresue.bsky.social•3 days ago

I taught in a private charter school…it was a “former” church school that supposedly went secular…head pastor was still principal, deacons were the security force…no formal curriculum, no library…it was a sham…but public dollars went to it. I lasted less than 1/2 a semester before quitting.

lorenabobbitttime.bsky.social•3 days ago

Christians 🤣🤣🤣

tnbluedottoo.bsky.social•3 days ago

TN headed down the same road

byzen.bsky.social•3 days ago

With the Department of Education, shutting down federal funding is going to dry up too.

And that hole is going to be much bigger.

jmh3.bsky.social•3 days ago

Grooming

artistrandy.bsky.social•3 days ago

That's not close to enough

firehorsemomma.bsky.social•3 days ago

My kid hasn't had a Spanish 1 teacher all year, and the computer science teacher quit because he had no support and wasn't qualified, and we have 4 day weeks. Independence, MO. Truman is rolling in his grave.

therealgobsmacked.bsky.social•3 days ago

I remember when a president who deeply cared about public schools came to Joplin and ppl came from across the US to help the city recover. And yet they forgot, and voted for MAGARepublicans. Everyone should remember that next time a Tornado destroys a MO town.

fifunsunshine.bsky.social•3 days ago

Well someone has lined their pockets. Disgraceful greedy fuckers.

stacy125.bsky.social•3 days ago

The saddest thing I see is people having Z E R O idea what the Dept of Education does & now cheering about its destruction.
America is so dumb🤬

culthero666.bsky.social•3 days ago

Amerikkka the new nazi fatherland.

itemgoddess.bsky.social•3 days ago

Jim Crow deja vu

lilylighthouse.bsky.social•3 days ago

The private funded schools have been preparing for this. New schools have started popping up for the last year waiting on this money. Religious Conservatives.

harrymaroudas.bsky.social•3 days ago

Groomer academies

sweetcheflife.bsky.social•3 days ago

We joke but seriously. This is the dream of every sick fucko with intent to harm kids & produce CSAM.

cskittles.bsky.social•3 days ago

I’m sure it will happen here in Indiana as well. Braun and Beckwith have already tried to close several public schools districts down completely.

valerieberta.bsky.social•3 days ago

They’ve done their neoliberal homework.

thecherrybombe.bsky.social•3 days ago

Do you happen to know if anyone in Missouri is hosting an empty chair town hall for our senators, by any chance?

piperformissouri.bsky.social•3 days ago

There was one in Waldo this weekend that I attended. I would join your local indivisible group. I think they are putting out this sort of information weekly.

thecherrybombe.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yeah, some light internet searching didn't reveal too much more at this time, but I'll definitely reach out to Indivisible to see what they're cookin' up. Appreciate you and your work, girl! 😉

roadtoreading.bsky.social•3 days ago

Same in NC. Funny how they “find” money for private schools….

capdance.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yikes!!!!!
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

rae4hope.bsky.social•3 days ago

Missouri needs to rise up

dan-d-man.bsky.social•3 days ago

I 👍 bluesky so far, but they need to use emojis so we can show that we are angry about an issue, not you or your post but the content. Vouchers have been proven to not work in states already using them 😡.

wholetree.bsky.social•3 days ago

I predict a flurry of franchise-style religious schools to start sleazing their way into American towns, more and more...

tornadobunnyaurora.bsky.social•3 days ago

What the actual entire rainwrapped EF5 ????? NOT cool at all

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