- The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Monday asking an Oklahoma state judge to block the creation of the nation’s first religious public charter school.
- The suit was filed on behalf of Oklahoma residents.
- Oklahoma’s Statewide Virtual Charter School Board in June approved the Catholic Church’s application to create the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which would use millions of dollars in taxpayer funds to operate.
- The board is just one of the defendants in the case.
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ACLU Files Lawsuit Trying To Block Country’s First Publicly Funded Religious School
PROVO, UT - AUGUST 05: A teacher starts to reset up her classrooms at Freedom Preparatory Academy as they begin to prepare to restart school after it was closed in March due to COVID-19 on August 5, 2020 in Provo, Utah. The school is planning to have students return on August 18 for five days a week instruction, but with reduced hours during the day. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)
