Religious charter school case in court today

As I said the last time I posted something from this charter promotion outfit on this topic…   So much for the separation of church and state.  I guess only certain amendments are important!

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Good morning! Today, the Oklahoma Supreme Court will hear arguments in a precedent-setting case that examines whether publicly funded charter schools — which must uphold the same civil rights as traditional schools — can explicitly endorse religion. Both sides recognize the significance of the moment. “It’s part of history, so I’m glad I’m going to be sitting there to watch how this unfolds,” said Robert Franklin, chair of the state’s Virtual Charter School Board and one of the members who opposed St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School’s charter application last June. The application was approved on a 3-to-2 vote. Franklin supports school choice but said, “In Oklahoma, we’re pushing this as far and as fast as we possibly can. I think it’s going to have some significant consequences.” Linda Jacobson has a preview. Charter Schools Church v. State: Oklahoma’s High Court Set to Hear Precedent-Setting Charter Case The Oklahoma Supreme Court will hear a precedent-setting case today that examines whether publicly funded charter schools can explicitly endorse religion. Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond will argue that the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School violates the law, Linda Jacobson reports, while attorneys for the school say that preventing it from opening this fall would constitute religious discrimination that flies in the face of recent U.S. Supreme Court opinions. Go Deeper: Flashback 2023: Battle Over Nation’s 1st Religious Charter School Heads to Oklahoma Courts Andy Smarick: Analysis — Opening the Door to Faith-Based Charter Schools Supreme Court: Skirts Question of Whether Charter Schools are Public

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Oklahoma OKs 1st religious charter school

So much for the separation of church and state.  I guess only certain amendments are important!

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Presented by nXu  Good morning! The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board made history yesterday with a 3-to-2 vote creating the nation’s first explicitly religious, taxpayer-supported charter school. Linda Jacobson has the details on the approval of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School — and the likely legal battle to come. [stuff deleted] All this and more, today at The 74. Charter Schools Oklahoma Approves Nation’s First Religious Charter Oklahoma’s Statewide Virtual Charter School Board approved the nation’s first faith-based charter school yesterday,  for the first time allowing public funds to support an explicitly Roman Catholic curriculum and setting up what is sure to be a high-profile legal battle over the separation of church and state. Proponents argue the government can’t discriminate against religious organizations that want to run charters, while Nina Rees of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools said Catholic leaders “are trying to make charter schools into something they are not.” Linda Jacobson reports. Go Deeper: A Fraught Path: Choice Supporters to Oklahoma Backers of Catholic Charter Schools: ‘Proceed with Caution’ First in the Nation: Oklahoma’s Endorsement of Religious Charter Schools Could Alter Legal Landscape for Choice [stuff deleted]

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Launch of National Catholic Schools K-12 Virtual Catholic Online

I recall reading earlier this week, maybe it was one of the items in the ASCD SmartBrief, that the enrollment in Catholic education programs in the United States was on the decline.  And then I saw this posted in one of the iNACOL forums.

Launch of National Catholic Schools K12 Virtual
7/16/2009 – 6:08 PM PST

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA ADVISORY
Catholic PRWire

CORAL SPRINGS, FL (JULY 16, 2009) – Cut-Backs, School Closings, Consolidations, Shifting Resources…. keywords we hear in the news each day with a sense of impending doom and hopelessness. The stress is not only for Catholic schools, churches and families, but for faith-based communities of all denominations, and families from many walks of life across this country, as individuals and entire communities try to address the issue of skyrocketing costs and reduced incomes. As identified in a July 2009 edition of The Florida Catholic of Miami, the economy is in such a state of flux, that declining enrollments, reduced numbers of children attending private and parochial schools is a frightening reality facing administrators and churches everywhere. The big question is ‘How can we continue to deliver a high quality Catholic education during these tough economic times without increasing tuition costs, and still remain economically viable with reduced revenues coming from shrinking Church financial support?’