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What is a charter school, really? Supreme Court ruling on whether Catholic charter is constitutional will hinge on whether they’re public or private

In April 2025, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether the nation’s first religious charter school can open in Oklahoma. The St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School would be funded by taxpayer money but run by a local archdiocese and diocese.

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Can a charter school be religious? The Supreme Court decision about St. Isidore, a Catholic school in Oklahoma, could redraw lines around church and state in education

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Oklahoma can open St. Isidore: an online Roman Catholic charter school named after the patron saint of the internet. If affirmed, the school would be the nation’s first faith-based charter – a sea change in education law, expanding the boundaries of government…

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Further Thoughts on Justice Barrett's Recusal in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond

On Friday afternoon, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Oklahoma Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond, and the companion case, St.… The post Further Thoughts on Justice Barrett's Recusal in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond appeared first on Reason.com.

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Supreme Court of Oklahoma says no to Catholic charter school – but this may not be the end of the boundary-pushing saga

In Oklahoma, the start of the school year is just six weeks away. But one closely watched school that had planned to open in 2024 is now in limbo: St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, a tuition-free, online, K-12 institution.

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Some Quick Thoughts on the Oklahoma Charter School Case

St. Isidore Catholic School is caught in a legal dilemma

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Oklahoma sued for funding US’s first ‘state-sponsored’ religious charter school

Lawsuit seeks to stop state from sponsoring Catholic virtual school amid a fierce debate surrounding religious liberties

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Oklahoma OKs the nation's first religious charter school – but litigation is likely to follow

U.S. courts have long wrestled with the extent to which government funding can be used at private religious schools. And on June 5, 2023, Oklahoma’s five-person Statewide Virtual Charter School Board pushed this much-debated question into new territory by approving plans for a religious charter school – the first in…

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Oklahoma wages war on secular education

A new taxpayer-funded religious school is a Christian nationalist move to destroy separation of church and state

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