The Oklahoma Supreme Court agreed with the state of Oklahoma and blocked the opening of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, but recently, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case. The school’s argument is essentially that the establishment clause,

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider reviving an effort to create the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school. In what is set to become a major case implicating

The Supreme Court has agreed to take on a new culture war dispute: whether the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school should be allowed to open in Oklahoma.

The proposal to create the nation’s first religious charter school paid for by taxpayer funds could move the line between church and state in education.

The United States Supreme Court has decided to hear an appeal in a case centered on whether Oklahoma can approve the creation of the nation s first religious charter school

The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board voted 3-2 in 2023 to approve the archdiocese’s application to open St. Isidore. Catholic leaders and their attorneys contend charter schools are not true public schools, though they rely on public funding, and therefore should be able to adopt a religion.

For years, the Supreme Court has been expanding the boundaries of government aid to religious schools. St. Isidore’s case pushes the debate into new territory.