Missouri charter school commission returns $685,000 in surplus funds to sponsored schools

By: Annelise Hanshaw

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: August 31, 2026

Words: 918

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Missouri’s largest charter-school sponsor entered August with nearly $3.3 million in its account, which is more than twice what it spent in the previous fiscal year.

Now the Missouri Charter Public School Commission is sending some of that money back to the schools it oversees.

At its August meeting, the commission approved $685,000 in rebates, with individual schools receiving between $10,000 and $70,000. It is the third time in recent years the …

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