The U.S. Supreme Court has set a date to hear arguments over a legal case that could lead to the establishment of the nation's first religious online charter school, based in Oklahoma. In January, the court consolidated two petitions that had been filed,

In April 2025, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether the nation’s first religious charter school can open in Oklahoma. The St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School would be funded by taxpayer money but run by a local archdiocese and diocese.

Even if the proposed religious charter school prevails at the U.S. Supreme Court, Catholic leaders in Oklahoma say it would be too late to open in August 2025. #oklaed

Last month, the Supreme Court agreed to weigh in on the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School — what would be the country’s first religious charter school.

After Oklahoma approved a request by the Catholic Church to open a charter school in 2023, lawsuits quickly followed. Courts at both the state and federal levels ruled against the church, finding that a publicly funded school promoting religion would be unconstitutional.

In January, the court consolidated two petitions that had been filed, one by the Statewide Charter School Board and one by St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, after the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled last year that the board’s predecessor must rescind its contract with St. Isidore due to constitutional issues.

In April 2025, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether the nation’s first religious charter school can open in Oklahoma. The St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School would be funded by taxpayer money but run by a local archdiocese and diocese.

State Superintendent Ryan Walters criticized Jenks Public Schools for a health course with LGBTQ content, claiming it promotes 'woke indoctrination.' The district said that the issue stemmed from a course enrollment error that was promptly corrected.

The U.S. Supreme Court has set a date for when it will hear the case over Oklahoma's St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual Charter School, which would be the nation's first publicly funded religious charter school.

The Supreme Court will hear a case on the constitutionality of St. Isidore, a religious charter school, on April 30.

The court’s 2024-25 term will close out its scheduled oral arguments on April 30 with a Catholic online school’s effort to become the nation’s first religious charter school. The court’s April argument calendar,

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided on the date it will hear oral arguments over an Oklahoma Catholic school seeking taxpayer funding in what could be a