US Supreme Court blocks state funding for religious schools Oklahoma

The Oklahoma state cannot refer the financing of the state state to the fact that it was to become the first religious school of the Charter after the US Supreme Court ended in the case.

The judges were evenly divided, voting 4-4 ​​in the Thursday. The tie confirms a smaller ruling of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, which found that efforts to establish a school violate the US Constitution.

The Oklahoma Council approved the founding of a charter school, managing the Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma -Sity and Diocese, which would receive approximately $ 23.3 million (18.7 million pounds) in state financing for five years.

The statutory school is funded by taxpayers, but is managed on its own.

The US Supreme Court ruling is not considered a precedent across the country, and judges can take future cases related to this issue.

The court did not reveal how the judges voted, although during the April hearing they were divided by the ideological line.

The justice of Amy Horse Barrett, appointed by US President Donald Trump, refused the case. She did not give the reason.

The announcement also did not come with the official conclusion – only one page stated: “The court decision is confirmed equally divided by the court.”

Court observers viewed the case as a test of religious borders of the US Constitution.

The first amendment prohibits the government to take any measures to establish a dominant religion. Taxpayers, such as allocated for public schools, have long been considered by the borders of religious institutions.

Both sides of the case presented duel views on religious freedom.

Oklahoma Prosecutor General Drammond, Republican, Prosecutor General, sued the council to force her to cancel the school charter. He made a court decision in a statement on Thursday.

He has long criticized the school as illegal and stated that he had opened the state to finance other types of religious schools.

“The Supreme Court’s decision is a loud victory of religious freedom and basic principles that have ruled our nation since its foundation,” he said.

“This ruling guarantees that the taxpayers of Oklahoma will not be forced to finance radical Islamic schools, protecting religious rights to select any school they wish to their children.”

The school, however, claimed that the refusal of the Charter’s financing as a Christian institute was discrimination based on religion. In their statement, officials said they were disappointed in the ruling.

“We strive for the parental choice in the field of education, giving equal opportunities to all who are looking for options, determining what is better for their children,” the statement reads.

“In the light of this ruling, we study other variants of the proposal of virtual Catholic education to all persons in the state,” he added.

Sena -ISidor from the virtual Catholic school of Seville was aimed at providing an online instruction that included religious exercises for about 500 students from kindergarten through high school.

The decision of the Virtual Charter School of Oklahoma in 2023 to approve the school’s statement on the status of the Charter was fulfilled by a virtually immediate dispute.

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Shut, Republican, accepted the assertion, but Mr. Drammond, the Attorney General, condemned him and eventually filed a lawsuit.

The Charter Schools make up a small part of the US school system. In recent years, they have become famous as a rally for some conservatives who advocate the expansion of charter schools as a means to give parents more control over their children.

Trump’s choice for education secretary Linda McMahon sought to reduce the support of the Federal School for public schools and expand the support of the Charter and private.