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U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, D.C. | Credit: Bob Korn/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 9, 2024 / 13:02 pm A nascent Catholic charter school managed by the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court after the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that it could not be funded using public taxpayer dollars. St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, a joint project between the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa, was set to launch in August as an online, tuition-free, Catholic K–12 charter school based out of Oklahoma City. In the U.S., charter schools are free, publicly funded schools that have greater flexibility in their operations and management than traditional public schools. In a lawsuit last year, state Attorney General Gentner Drummond had asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court to declare the state’s contract with the school unconstitutional on the grounds that it constituted public funding of a religious institution. The court last month agreed , ordering the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board to rescind its contract with the virtual Catholic charter school. The archdiocese said this week that the school will appeal that decision. “The school plans to seek review from the U.S. Supreme Court,” […]