Archbishop’s call helps sink oversight changes to Missouri private school voucher program

By: Annelise Hanshaw

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: May 15, 2026

Words: 684

Last Updated: 2 months ago


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A plan to move oversight of Missouri’s private school voucher program out of the State Treasurer’s Office fizzled on the last day of legislative session Friday after the chairman of the House Fiscal Review Committee refused to bring it up for a vote following a call from St. Louis Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski.

The proposal to switch control of MOScholars to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, included in a wide-ranging education bill, cleared …

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