Missouri parents beat Amendment 5 on August 4, 2026. Getting there took a summer of district-by-district funding numbers, plain-language explainers, printed zines, dismissal-line flyers, and a calculator that showed who actually stood to gain. All of it is kept here.
Use it. The fight over who pays for Missouri public schools carries straight into the legislative session.
What we built this year is people. Share what you learned about your own leadership and what you want next.
Share your reflection →Type your district to see its per-student funding breakdown, with the state-funded portion highlighted — that's the share Amendment 5 puts at risk.
Look up your district →See who actually benefits from repealing the income tax — what Missouri's wealthiest would save next to what your family would.
Try the calculator →The Missouri Budget Project's analysis showing public schools could lose $1.4 billion statewide, with the deepest cuts hitting rural and small-town districts.
Read the analysisThe MO Budget Project numbers in a clean table format you can copy into a flyer, email, or social post.
Open the tableMissouri Budget Project's topline summary of what Amendment 5 would do, who pays, and who benefits.
Read the summaryThe exact text of Amendment 5 as it will appear on the August 4, 2026 ballot, with the fiscal note.
Read the ballot textAmendment 5, zine-sized. Print a few, fold them up, and leave them where parents wait — the library, the pool, the pickup line.
Open the zineThe full case against Amendment 5 on a single page. Print it, share it, hand it out at the playground or summer pickup.
Download PDF →A half-page dismissal-line flyer with your district's numbers and its own QR code, so signups from it are tracked. Pick your district and print.
Make your flyer →Join the Amplifier list, host a house meeting, attend Parent Power Camp, or ask your school board to pass a resolution. Pick how you want to fight back.
Sign upYou must be registered by July 8 to vote in the August 4 election. Confirm your status (or register) at the Missouri Secretary of State's site.
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