Oklahoma consistently ranks among the worst states in the country for public school outcomes. In an effort to improve educational options, the state’s official charter school board and an online Catholic charter school are fighting what they say is religious discrimination all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Charter schools in Oklahoma are run by private entities that receive public funding through a contract with the state. These schools are open to all students, tuition-free. Attorneys from the Christian law firm Alliance Defending Freedom are appealing an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling from June 2024 that said the state’s charter school board could not authorize a contract with St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School because the school is religious.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case, Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v….
