US Supreme Court weighs public funding of religious charter school

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Nationally, there were more than 3.7 million students enrolled in 8,150 charter schools during the 2022-2023 school year, according to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.
58% : Nearly all 50 US states allow charter schools, of which there are some 8,000 in the country.
54% : The US Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared to be leaning towards allowing public funding of a religious charter school in a case testing the historic separation of church and state.
52% : Walters has ordered public schools in Oklahoma to teach the Bible, a move met with lawsuits by parents and teachers.
50% : "This is going to have a dramatic effect on charter schools across the country," Garre said.
47% : A 4-4 decision would leave the Oklahoma Supreme Court's ruling in place. - 'Dramatic effect' - Gregory Garre, representing Oklahoma's attorney general, said a decision in favor of St Isidore would "not only lead to the creation of the nation's first religious public school," it would render unconstitutional the entire federal charter school program and the laws governing charter schools in 47 US states.
45% : During oral arguments on Wednesday, conservative justices on the court however appeared open to allowing public funding of the school, a position backed by the administration of Republican President Donald Trump.
44% : The court has also allowed parents to use government vouchers to pay for the education of their children at private religious schools.
39% : "Teaching religion as truth in public schools is not allowed," he added.

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