MO HB1066

Establishes Missouri empowerment accounts to provide education funding for qualified students with disabilities who transfer from public schools to qualified schools or receive educational services outside the public school system.

Deposits 90 percent of the state aid amount (including all applicable funding weights) that the student would have received into an empowerment account managed by private financial firms contracted by the Department of Revenue.

Allows account funds to be used for tuition, textbooks, educational therapies, tutoring, curriculum, online learning programs, standardized testing fees, contributions to 529 plans, and postsecondary institution costs.

Requires parents to agree not to enroll the qualified student in a school district or charter school, to provide instruction in reading, grammar, mathematics, social studies, and science, and to renew enrollment annually.

Prohibits government control over private schools participating in the program and bars qualified schools from altering their creed, practices, admissions policy, or curriculum to participate.