‘Slippery Slope’: Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules Against Taxpayer-Funded Catholic Charter School

The closely-watched case over the first-of-its-kind school sparked renewed debate over religious freedom in public schools.

AP/Sue Ogrocki, file
Oklahoma's attorney general, Gentner Drummond, on February 1, 2023. AP/Sue Ogrocki, file

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that a first-of-its-kind Catholic public charter school is unconstitutional, in a closely-watched case that sparked renewed debate over the First Amendment’s religious freedom protections.

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