Attorney General Mayes Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Block Taxpayer-Funded Religious Charter School

Opponents of religious charter school: St. Isidore poses threat to all public charters

Advocates that helped establish and expand public school choice are warning the Supreme Court that St. Isidore’s case is based on the false belief that a charter school is anything other than a public school. #oklaed

Alliance Defending Freedom Holds Press Conference on Mid Vermont Christian School Case

Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian legal advocacy group holds a press conference before the U.S. Second Circuit Court in downtown New York City at 11:30 a.m. ET on April 9 on a case where Vermont officials denied a Christian School and its students from participating in the state’s tuition program and sports league allegedly because of their religious beliefs. ...

AG Mayes asks US Supreme Court to rule against creation of state-sponsored religious charter schools

Attorney General Kris Mayes released a joint brief on Monday, along with 17 additional attorneys general, urging the Supreme Court to vote against the “creation of a taxpayer-funded religious charter school.” The program, which originated out of Oklahoma, could have crucial national implications when it comes to the separation of religion and education. Arizona has long remained at the bottom of the public education totem pole in national rankin…

18 States Opposing Religious Charter Schools at U.S. Supreme Court

BOSTON – Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell joined a coalition that includes her counterparts from 17 other states in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the decision of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, which decided a charter school with a religious mission is unconstitutional. In 2023, the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board approved St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, in Oklahoma City, to operate as a public cha…

US Supreme Court urged to block Oklahoma first religious public school

A group of faith leaders, education advocates and parents filed an amicus brief Monday, urging the US Supreme Court to block Oklahoma’s first religious public school. The brief argued that public schools must be open to all students regardless of religious affiliation and that allowing the school to proceed would undermine religious freedom. Oklahoma is proposing the opening of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School. The school intends t…

Attorney General Mayes Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Block Taxpayer-Funded Religious Charter School

PHOENIX — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the creation of the first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in the country. The case in question, Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond, centers on St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School. Source