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Conservative-leaning justices at the high court had last month seemed sympathetic to the establishment of the school, while the court’s liberal justices were more skeptical of the proposal.
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St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School petitioned the high court to review the decision on the basis of Supreme Court precedent and the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.
In a dissent to the state high court’s majority opinion, Justice Dana Kuehn argued that St. Isidore’s would be a partner of the state, not a government entity, and thus the state denying funds to St. Isidore’s because it is religious would violate the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.
Supporters of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School argue that refusing to allow the school to operate as a charter school is religious discrimination.
School officials are aiming to have St. Isidore up and running by next year and hope to serve 1,500 students after five years in operation.
The lawsuit alleges that the school’s stated mission in its application conflicts with the Oklahoma Constitution’s rules for public schools and the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act’s laws specifically for charter schools.
Some key takeaways from Brett Farley, executive director of the Catholic Conference of Oklahoma, about the first-in-the-nation Catholic charter school with the additional benefit of ‘elevating the soul’
The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, which aims to run the online school in partnership with the Diocese of Tulsa, will have the opportunity to resubmit its application after addressing the board’s concerns, and the board will have 30 days to approve or deny the revised application.
The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City is partnering with the Diocese of Tulsa in a joint application to the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board.
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