Missouri appeals court rejects secretary of state’s ballot language on private school funding ban

By: Annelise Hanshaw

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: January 30, 2026

Words: 790

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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Missouri’s Western District Court of Appeals unanimously tossed out part of Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’s ballot language on Thursday for an initiative petition that would bar state funding of private education.

The decision, written by Judge Douglas Thomson, says that Hoskins’s summary statement was “misleading” because of a bullet point that says the petition would “eliminate existing programs that provide direct aid to students with special education needs.” The petition, filed by …

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