An Oklahoma school board will decide whether to approve the first publicly funded religious charter school in the US, a move proponents say aligns with SCOTUS rulings empowering religious rights.
The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board will vote on the Catholic Church's application to form St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which is described as an online school for kindergarten through high school with plans to sustain 1,500 students.Brett Farley, an executive director of the Catholic Conference of Oklahoma who backs the application, said St.
In a ruling deciding a case from Maine, the court supported two Christian families who challenged the state's tuition-assistance program that had excluded private religious schools. The state previously excluded schools from eligibility if they presented materials"through the lens" of a particular religion, though the justices found the state must pay for students enrolled in religious schools if it paid for students in private secular schools.
St. Isidore would cost Oklahoma taxpayers up to $25.7 million over the first five years of operation, according to its organizers. In response to criticism over its use of public funds, Farley said,"The more options you give to parents, the better off all of us are, including public schools."
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