Missourinet You are here: Home / Legislative effort to crack down on Missouri boarding schools after mounting claims of abuse and neglect Legislative effort to crack down on Missouri boarding schools after mounting claims of abuse and neglect Missouri and South Carolina are the only states in the nation that do not regulate faith-based boarding schools for youth. The secret is out and several of these schools have packed up and moved to Missouri to carry on their business of alleged neglect as well as sexual, physical, and emotional abuse of students. Colton Schrag (Photo courtesy of Tim Bommel, House Communications)