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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KOKH) — The Oklahoma State Department of Education and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters (R) have filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School. Motion to dismiss lawsuit regarding St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School. by OKCFOX on Scribd Outside legal counsel from First Liberty Institute and Spencer Fane LLP are assisting the department with the matter. According to Hiram Sasser, executive general counsel for First Liberty, the outside representation is coming at no cost to the department. FOX 25 examined the legal battle mounting over what could be the nation’s first religious charter school. In June , the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board voted to greenlight St. Isidore’s. By late July, a lawsuit against the school came down claiming it violated separation of church and state—among other legal issues. Erin Brewer, vice president of the Oklahoma Parent Legislative Action Committee, is part of one of the groups suing. “It appears to us that Ryan Walters, bless his heart, either fundamentally misunderstands our Constitution, or he’s just lying,” he asserted. In her view, St. Isidore’s would violate Oklahomans’ rights by allowing the government to […]