State Virtual Charter School Board

An Oklahoma governing board that oversees charter schools on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision that bars the existence of the nation’s first publicly-funded religious charter school.

The Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board voted unanimously Monday to rescind the contract for what would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious school, the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual Charter School.

The Statewide Charter School Board voted Tuesday to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s decision the contract for the nation’s first publicly funded religious school was unconstitutional.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics' panel discusses the State Supreme Court ruling against a Catholic charter school finding it unconstitutional, Gov. Kevin Stitt creating advisors rather than cabinet members to avoid state law banning people from holding two separate offices and more.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday the state’s contract with what would be the first publicly funded religious school is unconstitutional and must be rescinded.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond urged the Court to reject the school.

After five grueling days of preliminary hearing testimony, a decision on whether a case against Epic Charter Schools co-founders David Chaney and Ben Harris will go to trial is still over a month away.

Oklahoma is above the national rate for virtual school enrollment.

The size of the scandal alleged at the state’s largest online school befits the school’s name: epic.

The State Supreme Court denied a motion Tuesday from Oklahoma’s Department of Education to intervene in a lawsuit brought by the state attorney general against the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board.