FILE - The Oklahoma Supreme Court is pictured in the state Capitol building in Oklahoma City, May 19, 2014. The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, June 25, 2024, that the approval of the nation’s first state-funded Catholic charter school, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual Charter School, is unconstitutional. FILE - Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond stands during the playing of the national anthem at the inauguration ceremonies, Jan. 9, 2023, in Oklahoma City.
“Under Oklahoma law, a charter school is a public school,” the court wrote. “As such, a charter school must be nonsectarian.The online public charter school would have been open to students across the state in kindergarten through grade 12, and part of its mission would have been to evangelize its students in the Catholic faith.