OKLAHOMA CITY — Three months before the nation’s first religious charter school is scheduled to open in Oklahoma, the state’s attorney general urged the state Supreme Court to void the school’s founding documents, contending its existence “eviscerates the separation of church and state.” Attorney General Gentner Drummond argued before the state’s nine justices on Tuesday […] The post Oklahoma Supreme Court hears Catholic charter school case appeared first on Arkansas Advocate.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court is deliberating on the legality of the nation's first religious charter school, igniting heated debates. Continue reading for more details.
The case involves the first religious charter school in the nation proposed to be supported with public funds. It may eventually have to be resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The case may eventually have to be resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court. “Are we being used as a test case?” Justice Yvonne Kauger said. “It sure looks like it.”
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