Deadlocked Supreme Court Rejects Bid for Religious Charter School in Oklahoma In a 4-to-4 decision, the court upheld a ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court that blocked the school.

Nine Oklahoma residents and a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting public education in Oklahoma filed a lawsuit in July 2023 in state court to stop Oklahoma from sponsoring and funding the ...

The one-page judgment left the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s ruling in place, effectively affirming that St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School cannot receive public funding.

The court was deadlocked 4-4, which meant a state Supreme Court ruling that declared the school violated the constitutional separation of church and state remained in place.

With only eight justices voting, the 4-4 tie leaves in place an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that a public religious charter school would violate the separation of church and state.

Justices will decide whether to allow an Oklahoma religious charter school to operate. It would be the nation's first religious charter school.

The Supreme Court split over whether to approve the creation of the nation's first religious charter school.

A ruling by the Supreme Court in favor of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School would lead to the country's first religious charter school.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a Catholic virtual charter school’s bid to become the nation’s first religious charter school. The Oklahoma charter school board that ...

The case stems from the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board allowing the religious school in 2023 to join the dozens of other charter schools across the state.

The Supreme Court on Thursday morning left in place a ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court rejecting an effort by a Catholic virtual charter school to become the country’s first religious charter ...

The case stems from the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board allowing the religious school in 2023 to join the dozens of other charter schools across the state.