Oklahoma Approves the First Religious Charter School in US, Prompting Threats of Litigation

An Oklahoma school board approved the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school.
The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board voted 3–2 on June 5 to approve an application by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa for a new online school, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School.
The fact that religion will be woven into the daily curriculum will likely make it a test case for the legality of taxpayer funding for religious education nationwide.
Social conservatives have long advocated for the expansion of school choice to allow families to have the option for religious education….