Supreme Court hears arguments in Okla. taxpayer-funded Catholic charter school case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Alito noted that while charter schools must have a curriculum that "has to meet certain state requirements," their curriculum "can be quite different" in its "focus.
50% : Garre conceded this, but then countered by noting that charter schools are "rigorously scrutinized" from when they present an application to when they hold classes.
49% : Justice Elena Kagan asked McGinley about whether a Jewish Talmudic school that did little to teach state standards would have to be accepted by the charter school program by his reasoning.
49% : Garre stated in his opening remarks that "charter schools are public schools" and thus have to be considered state actors that can be held to the same curricular standards as government schools.
49% : Defendants named in the complaint included the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board, individual board members, the Oklahoma Department of Education, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters and Saint Isidore of Seville Virtual Charter School, Inc. In June of last year, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled 7-1 against the religious charter school, with the majority deciding that the approval of the entity ran afoul of the state constitution.
46% : " Michael H. McGinley, an attorney representing St. Isidore's, argued that the charter school was created by "private actors" and was therefore not a "government entity" to be held to the same standards as public schools.
44% : 'Teaching religion as truth in public schools is not allowed,' argues Gregory Garre for Oklahoma The United States Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments on whether Oklahoma can allow the creation of a taxpayer-funded online Catholic charter school.
41% : "Teaching religion as truth in public schools is not allowed," he said.
28% : " Garre emphasized the similarity between public schools and charter schools, including how Oklahoma's charter schools and public schools, in accordance with state law, are both prohibited from teaching gender ideology or critical race theory.
18% : Justice Samuel Alito asked about how charter schools are known to have more "flexibility" than public schools and to serve as a "real alternative" to them for students.

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