After the board approved the application in June, it was sued by a group of parents, education activists and clergy members, who argued the school, were it allowed to open, would violate the state's constitution, which requires public schools to be nonsectarian. The state law governing charter schools also requires the institutions to be nonsectarian. The plaintiffs — represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, the Education Law Center and the Freedom From Religion Foundation — said the state would be forcing taxpayers to subsidize the Catholic Church's mission of evangelization...
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Oklahoma board approves contract for St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School - The Washington Post
"While many Oklahomans undoubtedly support charter schools sponsored by various Christian faiths, the precedent created by approval of the … application will compel approval of similar applications by all faiths," Drummond wrote in a legal opinion, "even those most Oklahomans would consider reprehensible and unworthy of public funding."
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