Oklahoma Supreme Court rules publicly funded religious charter school is unconstitutional

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma board's approval of what would be the nation's first publicly funded religious school is unconstitutional and must be rescinded, the state Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.

OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma board's approval of what would be the nation's first publicly funded religious school is unconstitutional and must be rescinded, the state Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.

“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.

 

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