Supreme Court to decide if Oklahoma religious charter school is constitutional

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, a Republican, said the state supports school choice and access to private religious education, including through the use of tax credits and state-funded tuition assistance.
54% : A series of recent Supreme Court decisions has made clear that taxpayer-funded public benefit programs, from school vouchers to state-run scholarships, must be equally available, even if a person or organization has a religious affiliation.
51% : This is a claim that, in Oklahoma, charter schools are contractors," said Rick Garnett, a constitutional law professor at the University of Notre Dame.
50% : St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which was created by the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa in 2023, argues state funding for charter schools is made generally available to qualified organizations and that the state cannot discriminate on the basis of religion.
49% : Oklahoma argues that its charter schools are part of the public school system and, under state law, must be "free, open to all, funded by the State, subject to state control, nondiscriminatory and nonsectarian."
49% : "They are free, open to all, subject to anti-discrimination laws, created and funded by the State, and subject to continuing government regulation and oversight as to curriculum, testing, and a host of other matters," the state said in its brief to the justices.
48% : "In Oklahoma, the charter school law defines charter schools as public schools, so the case is sort of closed there," said Rachel Laser, president of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
47% : But in court documents, Drummond argued that charter schools are not simply "contractors" receiving a benefit.
44% : The state warned that a decision in favor of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School would have "sweeping consequences" nationwide, upending charter school programs and the education of millions of students.
41% : "The claim in this case is not that government schools are allowed to be Catholic or religious.

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