Supreme Court Seems Inclined to Green-Light First Publicly Funded Religious Charter School

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The petition states that the Oklahoma Constitution provides that the state should maintain a "system of public schools ... free from sectarian control.
54% : " During the April 30 oral argument, the school board's attorney, James Campbell, told the justices that Oklahoma law allows private organizations to found charter schools and gives them "broad autonomy over their mission, curriculum, and operations.
40% : Garre said the school could not do that because Oklahoma law forbids "the teaching of gender studies or race in public schools, traditional public schools, and charter schools."
36% : Drummond sued in October 2023, asking the Oklahoma Supreme Court to cancel the school's contract and declare it violates the U.S. Constitution's establishment clause, state law, and the state constitution.

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