An Oklahoma school board has voted to approve what would be the nation's first publicly funded religious school
FILE - Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond speaks during an interview, Feb. 1, 2023, in Oklahoma City. The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board, a state school board in Oklahoma, voted Monday, June 5, to approve what would be the first publicly funded religious school in the nation, despite a warning from the state's attorney general that the decision was unconstitutional. Drummond had previously warned the board that such a decision clearly violated the Oklahoma Constitution.
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond had warned the board that such a decision clearly violated the Oklahoma Constitution. The Archdiocese of Oklahoma said in the “vision and purpose of the organization” section of its application that:"The Catholic school participates in the evangelizing mission of the Church and is the privileged environment in which Christian education is carried out.”
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