Supreme Court Strikes Down First Religious Charter School

(from PBS) Last week the Supreme Court effectively ended a publicly funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma, dividing 4-4. The outcome keeps in place an Oklahoma court decision that invalidated a vote by a state charter school board to approve the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which would have been the nation’s first religious charter school. The issue could return to the high court in the future, with the prospect that all nine justices could participate. Justice Amy Coney Barrett didn’t explain her recusal from the case, but she is good friends and used to teach with Notre Dame law professor Nicole Garnett, who has been an adviser to the school.

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