The national groups have squared off before. Now they are fighting over a critical church-state question — would the school ...
Oklahoma and the nation's first religious charter school will be challenged in court. The original announcement in June to create the school sparked the debate over church and state. The Oklahoma ...
Superintendent Ryan Walters and the Oklahoma State Department of Education asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit aimed at ...
The Oklahoma State Department of Education filed a motion to dismiss in a lawsuit aimed at stopping the establishment of America's first religious charter school, according to OSDE.
Defendants for a religious charter school in Oklahoma filed a motion recently to dismiss a lawsuit, claiming it violates the ...
The case was first filed against the board and St. Isidore in July 2023 by civil liberties advocates hoping to stop the establishment of Oklahoma's first religious charter school using public funds.
Oklahoma set the stage for legal battles after the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board approved the first taxpayer-funded, faith-based charter school with a 3-2 vote in June. Monday, the ...
The Oklahoma State Department of Education and the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board filed motions Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit attempting to block the launch of the country's first state-sanct ...
In early June, a state board in Oklahoma did something that seemed obviously unconstitutional: It approved a new, openly Catholic charter school. Students at the proposed St. Isidore of Seville ...
A group of Oklahoma taxpayers has gone to court to try to block state sponsorship and state aid for St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Charter School. #oklaed ...
In Oklahoma, a new test of religion in public schools A new lawsuit is challenging what would be the nation’s first publicly-funded religious charter school. Over the last 20 years, scientists ...
“The 360” shows you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories and debates. What they can’t do, at least for now, is promote specific religious beliefs. That’s because while charter ...