US EditionSCOTUS Ruling on Oklahoma Charter School Leaves Advocates in Legal Limbo
- On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court reached a 4-4 tie in the case involving the Oklahoma virtual religious charter school, leaving in place a brief order that blocks the school from receiving state funding.
- The dispute began when a state board overseeing Oklahoma’s virtual charter schools permitted the religious institution to become part of the publicly funded charter school network in 2023, leading Attorney General Gentner Drummond to file a lawsuit over concerns that this constituted government endorsement of religion.
- St. Isidore contended that excluding it from the charter school program based on its Catholic identity infringed upon the First Amendment’s free exercise protections, noting that it enrolls students regardless of religious belief and does not mandate faith declarations.
- The one-page split ruling upheld the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s decision but did not resolve whether state funding for religious charter schools is permissible, with executive director Rebecca Wilkinson highlighting the issue’s complexity and the varied perspectives on public funding and religion.
- Drummond stated on social media that the Supreme Court sided with his position against using taxpayer funds for radical Islamic schools in Oklahoma, and he expressed his commitment to enforcing the law, safeguarding Christian principles, and supporting religious freedom.
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No tax money for religious schools: Supreme Court tie on charter school case came out the correct way
It isn’t often that a high-profile Supreme Court case deadlocks 4-4, ending not in a majority decision and dissents but in a one-line declaration that doesn’t even reveal which justices landed on which side of the issue. But that’s how the crucial case of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond this week concluded — at least for now. The result is a positive one: The decision of the Oklahoma Supreme Court barring a publicly-fu…
State leaders confirm efforts to resurrect St. Isidore charter school despite Supreme Court ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision has temporarily stopped efforts to establish a Catholic charter school in Oklahoma, but state leaders are exploring ways to continue the initiative.
Oklahoma leaders react to SCOTUS block of Catholic charter school
Oklahoma leaders have reacted to the U.S. Supreme Court’s deadlocked vote Thursday that effectively blocked the nation’s first religious charter school from opening, with some approving… The post Oklahoma leaders react to SCOTUS block of Catholic charter school appeared first on CatholicVote org.
SCOTUS Will Keep First Amendment Around For Now, No Telling About Later
Photo by Anthony Garand on UnsplashIn a little bit of a victory for the separation of church and state, the Supreme Court of the United States was split 4-to-4 on allowing the state of Oklahoma to go through with establishing the nation’s first taxpayer-funded religious charter school — meaning that the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s ruling against the school will stand. For now, anyway. On the more dismal side of things, the only reason this happened…
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