An Oklahoma school board on Monday approved the Catholic Church's application to create the first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in the U.S.
Opponents of the school have vowed a legal challenge which promises to be a long court battle testing the U.S. Constitution's concept of separation ofOklahoma's Statewide Virtual Charter School Board approved the plan to create the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School in a 3-2 vote.the first plan submitted for the school, saying they needed more details, including on the special education department.
Board members have emphasized repeatedly that they were not voting on the constitutionality of such a school, but only whether the application met the board's standards. Any legal fight could test the scope of the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment "establishment clause," which restricts government officials from endorsing any particular religion, or promoting religion over non-religion.
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