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  "path": "/2026/06/02/missouri-school-funding-overhaul-runs-into-a-property-assessment-problem/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T13:00:18.000Z",
  "site": "https://missouriindependent.com",
  "tags": [
    "Education",
    "Legislature",
    "Department of Elementary and Secondary Education",
    "Don Thalhuber",
    "education",
    "Emily Weber",
    "foundation formula",
    "K-12",
    "Kari Monsees",
    "Michael Podgursky",
    "Missouri",
    "Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education",
    "Missouri School Funding Modernization Task Force",
    "Missouri State Tax Commission",
    "personal property tax",
    "public schools",
    "school finance",
    "State Tax Commission"
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  "textContent": "Problems with how Missouri counties assess real estate are complicating an effort to update the formula that determines state aid for public schools. In a meeting Monday morning, the Missouri School Funding Modernization Task Force discussed how an updated formula could factor in local property taxes as real estate valuations struggle to keep up with […]",
  "title": "Missouri school funding overhaul runs into a property assessment problem"
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