Supreme Court to propose an effort to establish the first school of religious charts funded by the country

The Supreme Court It will weigh an effort to establish the first religious letter of the country with implications for the choice of school and religious practices.

The court agreed on Friday to hear two cases on this subject, which will be argued together: Oklahoma State State Charter School Board v. Drummond and St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School against Drummond.

In 2023, the State State Virtual School Board voted to approve a request from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Tulse diocese for an online school of K-12, the St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Charter School.

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Hreels of oklahomaFaith leaders and an education group sought to block the school after approval.

In a 7-1 decision, the Oklahoma Supreme Court found that a religious charter school funded by taxpayers would violate the layout of the first amendment on “religion establishment” and the constitution of the state.

“Under Oklahoma’s law, a nautical school is a public school,” Judge James Winchester wrote in the majority opinion of the court. “As such, a nautical school must be non -forceful.

“However, Saint Isidor will evangelize the Catholic School’s curriculum while sponsored by the state.”

Jim Campbell’s chief of freedom of the Alliance, told Fox News Digital that the case “is essentially about religious discrimination and the choice of school.”

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“The Supreme Court has been clear in three cases over the past eight years that a public program like this cannot be created and then excluding Religious organizations“Campbell said.” So, we will discuss the court that the state of Oklahoma should allow the program to be opened to religious organizations. “

Campbell says the decision would give parents, families and the state “more educational options”.

Oklahoma Republican Attorney General, Gentner Drummond, who originally challenged the school’s approval, has previously said that the school’s establishment is unconstitutional. Its spokesman told Fox News Digital in a statement that the Attorney General “hopes to present our arguments before the high court.”

“I will continue to vigorously defend the religious freedom of the 4 million Oklahomans,” Drummond said in a statement published in October. “This unconstitutional scheme to create the first school of religious charts sponsored by the state of the country will open the floods and force taxpayers to fund all types of religious indoctrination, including radical Islam or even the Church of Satan. .

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The case of Oklahoma is one of the various cases of the religious institution that have been presented to the Supreme Court.

In 2017, the high court was in favor of a Missouri Church that sued the state after denying taxpayers’ funds for a playground project as a result of a provision that prohibits state funding For religious entities.

Also, by 2020, the Supreme Court reached taxpayer funding for religious schools in a 5-4 decision that supported a Montana fiscal credit scholarship program. More recently, in 2022, the Supreme Court ruled that a Maine enrollment assistance program violated the free exercise clause from the first amendment to exclude religious schools from eligibility.

Campbell said that taking into account the previous considerations of the court about cases involving religious educational institutionsis “hopeful That the Supreme Court will recognize that the same principle is applied here. “

“You cannot create a nautical school program that allows you to participate in private organizations, but tell religious groups that cannot be included,” said Campbell. “Therefore, we hope that the Supreme Court will make it clear that people in faith also deserve to be part of the Nautical School program.”

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Justice Amy Creey Barrett recused the case, although an explanation was not given. The Supreme Court is expected to hear oral arguments in April.

School choice has become a topic of hot buttons, especially after the 2024 election cycle. President Donald Trump recently signed two executive orders on education, one to eliminate federal funding from the K-12 schools that teach Theory of critical race and another to support school choice.

Ronn Blitzer and Fox News Digital Associated Press contributed to this report.