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Oklahoma Supreme Court The Oklahoma Supreme Court has denied a request by State schools Superintendent Ryan Walters to intervene in a lawsuit filed by state Attorney General Gentner Drummond seeking to stop the creation of what would be the nation’s first religious charter school. Walters filed his motion last Thursday , saying he was doing so to allow Oklahoma State Department of Education “to defend its interest in distributing state aid without religious discrimination, but also the fact that it is our agency that administers state aid for charter schools, not the Virtual Charter School Board.” Walters called Drummond’s suit against the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board , filed Oct. 20, “misguided.” Drummond filed his suit after the board, by a 3-2 vote, approved the creation of what would be known as St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Charter School . Drummond has warned that approval of the Catholic charter school might eventually force Oklahoma to fund schools teaching Sharia law. The Supreme Court’s ruling Tuesday read simply, “The motion to intervene filed by the Oklahoma State Department of Education and Ryan Walters, in his official capacity as State Superintendent of Public Instruction, is denied.” The court also ruled […]