Oklahoma OKs the nation’s first religious charter school – but litigation is likely to follow

Courts have wrestled with questions about public funds for students at religious schools for decades.
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Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton

U.S. courts have long wrestled with the extent to which government funding can be used at private religious schools. And on June 5, 2023, Oklahoma’s five-person Statewide Virtual Charter School Board pushed this much-debated question into new territory by approving plans for a religious charter school – the first in the nation.