Divided Supreme Court rules Oklahoma can't launch a taxpayer-funded religious charter school
- In 2024, the Oklahoma Supreme Court upheld a decision blocking the Catholic Church's plan to establish a virtual school named St. Isidore of Seville, ruling that it conflicted with constitutional and state legal provisions.
- The ruling followed the June 2023 state board approval and an Attorney General lawsuit citing Establishment Clause concerns and state interest in separation.
- The case involved debates over religious charter schools, school choice advocacy, and the Supreme Court's 4-4 deadlock that prevented a national precedent.
- The Supreme Court vote split evenly 4-4, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett absent and potentially decisive, leaving the Oklahoma ruling intact without a written opinion.
- The outcome blocks Oklahoma from establishing the nation's first taxpayer-funded religious public charter school and leaves the legal question unresolved nationally.
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United States Supreme Court decides St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School case in split 4-4 vote
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The United States Supreme Court has reached a decision in the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board (SCSB) versus Drummond case. The case would've made St. Isidore the first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in the nation. The ruling was a 4-4 split decision by eight Supreme Court justices, as Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself due to close ties in the case. …
The push to open the country's first religious public school isn't over, proponents say
One of the most awaited Supreme Court rulings of the year ended in a deadlocked decision that led to triumph for supporters of church-state separation in schools. On Thursday, the court split 4-4 over a bid to let Oklahoma use taxpayer funds to open what would have been the United States’ first religious public charter school — St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual Charter School. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the sole woman represented in the c…
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