Oklahoma’s Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down the approval for the state’s soon-to-be-opened and highly contentious publicly funded religious charter school, a loss to religious conservatives in the state amid concerns of the blurring of religion and public school.
The state Supreme Court ruled the St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Catholic Charter School in Oklahoma City violates Oklahoma’s constitution, finding publicly funded charter schools must be nonsectarian.
Oklahoma’s Virtual Charter School Board had approved St. Isidore’s application as an online public school administered by the Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City (Forbes has contacted the Archdiocese for comment).
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