Proponents of St. Isidore charter school claim issue is religious freedom while Oklahoma’s Attorney General says real issue is separation of church and state.
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond took his argument against publicly funding religious charter schools before the Oklahoma State Supreme Court in the state capitol in Oklahoma City on April 2..
On Oct. 20, 2023, Mr. Drummond sued the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board (SVCSB) after it had voted 3–2 the previous June to approve a charter for the St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Charter School. The school, sponsored by the Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, will be “Catholic in teaching, Catholic in employment, and Catholic in every way,” according to its charter application.
Mr. Drummond argued that the charter violates the U.S. Constitution’s ban on establishing a state religion and a similar provision in Article 2 Section 5 of the Oklahoma State…
