Oklahoma Approves First Religious Charter School

Oklahoma Approves First Religious Charter School in United States

(Reuters) - An Oklahoma school board on Monday approved the Catholic Church's application to create the first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in the U.S. Opponents of the school have vowed a legal challenge which promises to be a long court battle testing the application of the First Amendment. Oklahoma's Statewide Virtual Charter School Board approved the plan to create the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School in a 3-2 vote. …

Oklahoma Approves First Religious Charter School

An Oklahoma school board approved the application for a virtual Catholic charter school which will be the first religious school in the country funded by taxpayers.  The Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma requested permission from the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board to create the St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Charter School. Although the attorney general has warned against approving the request, the school board voted 3-2 in favor of the o…

State school board approves application for first publicly funded religious charter school in the nation

A school board in Oklahoma has approved an application for a Catholic virtual charter school – a decision that would create the first publicly funded religious charter school in the nation – despite concerns over the plan’s constitutionality.

Oklahoma school board approves what would be the 1st taxpayer-funded religious school in US

A state school board in Oklahoma voted June 5 to approve what would be the first publicly funded religious school in the nation, despite a warning from the state's attorney general that the decision was unconstitutional.

Oklahoma School Board Approves What Would Be the 1st Taxpayer-Funded Religious School in US

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A state school board in Oklahoma voted Monday to approve what would be the first publicly funded religious school in the nation, despite a warning from the state’s attorney general that the decision was unconstitutional.

Oklahoma Board Approves Nation’s First Taxpayer-Funded Catholic School

St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School would be the country's first religious charter school, which by definition is a publicly funded school that is privately run.