Coverage dated May 21, 2025 to May 22, 2025

Split Supreme Court blocks Oklahoma’s Catholic charter school − but future cases could hinge on whether charters are, at their core, public or private

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The Supreme Court’s order has blocked this particular charter school, but similar issues could emerge in future cases.

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  1. Los Angeles Times

    Supreme Court splits 4-4, blocking first religious charter school in Oklahoma (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    The justices announced they were split 4-4 in a test case heard last month from Oklahoma, which blocks the new Catholic charter school in the state.

  2. Washington Examiner

    Supreme Court deadlocked on Oklahoma Catholic charter school funding (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The high court voted 4-4 in the religious liberty case, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett recusing herself.

  3. Governing

    Split Supreme Court Blocks Religious School Funding (opens Governing)

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    A tie vote, with Justice Barrett recusing, upholds an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision blocking state funding for a Catholic-run school.

  4. Chalk Beat

    Religious charters blocked after U.S. Supreme Court ties in Oklahoma case (opens Chalk Beat)

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    Religious charter schools will continue to be illegal after the U.S. Supreme Court tied 4-4 in a case that many observers considered one of the most consequential education cases in decades.

  5. NBC Chicago

    Supreme Court sidesteps major ruling on religious public charter schools (opens NBC Chicago)

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    The court split 4-4, meaning that an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling barring the state from approving a Catholic charter school remains in place.

  6. WDIO Duluth

    Supreme Court tie vote dooms taxpayer funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    The Supreme Court has effectively ended a publicly funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma, dividing 4-4. Thursday's 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.

  7. WHDH Boston

    Supreme Court tie vote dooms taxpayer funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday effectively ended a publicly funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma, dividing 4-4.The outcome keeps in place an Oklahoma court

  8. The Boston Globe

    Supreme Court tie vote dooms taxpayer-funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma (opens The Boston Globe)

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    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.

  9. SCOTUSblog

    Split Supreme Court blocks first religious charter school in Oklahoma (opens SCOTUSblog)

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    The Supreme Court on Thursday morning left in place a ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court rejecting an effort by a Catholic virtual charter school to become the country’s first […]

  10. Forbes

    Supreme Court Blocks Religious Charter School In Oklahoma (opens Forbes)

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    The court deadlocked in a 4-4 vote, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett recusing.

  11. The Daily Caller

    Supreme Court Shoots Down Oklahoma’s Bid To Establish Religious Charter School (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a proposal to allow the state of Oklahoma to establish the nation’s first-ever religious charter school.

  12. RedState

  13. WMUR

    Supreme Court Blocks Catholic Charter School in Oklahoma (opens WMUR)

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    The Supreme Court's 4-4 split halts the St. Isidore Catholic Virtual School in Oklahoma, reigniting debates on taxpayer-funded religious education and church-state separation.

  14. The Guardian

    US supreme court blocks religious charter school in split ruling (opens The Guardian)

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    Case’s 4-4 ruling leaves intact lower court’s decision that blocked establishment of Oklahoma school

  15. Oklahoma Watch

    Split Decision Halts Oklahoma’s Plan to Open Religious Charter School (opens Oklahoma Watch)

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    The U.S. Supreme Court deadlocked on St. Isidore, the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school, letting the state supreme court’s decision stand.

  16. The Daily Signal

    BREAKING: Supreme Court Rules Against Catholic Charter School (opens The Daily Signal)

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    The Supreme Court ruled against a Catholic charter school, upholding the Oklahoma Supreme Court's decision.

  17. UPI

    Supreme Court blocks creation of religious public charter school (opens UPI)

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    The U.S. Supreme Court decided Thursday that the state of Oklahoma will not be permitted to create the first-ever religious public charter school with a deadlocked decision only a sentence in length.

  18. Fox News

    Supreme Court upholds Oklahoma decision, in blow to religious charter schools (opens Fox News)

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    In a split decision, the U.S. Supreme Court voted to uphold a lower court decision that held a religious charter school cannot obtain public funding from the state of Oklahoma.

  19. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Supreme Court deadlock leaves in place ruling blocking nation’s first religious charter school (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court split evenly Thursday in a high-profile challenge over the nation’s first religious charter school, leaving in place a ruling from Oklahoma’s top court that found the proposed Catholic school unconstitutional.

  20. Christian Science Monitor

    A deadlocked Supreme Court rejects religious charter schools – for now (opens Christian Science Monitor)

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    A divided 4-4 high court let stand an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling prohibiting the first religious public charter school in the U.S. Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself.

  21. The Christian Post

    Divided Supreme Court affirms ruling against Okla. Catholic charter school (opens The Christian Post)

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    The Supreme Court has affirmed a state court ruling against the creation of what would have been the first taxpayer-funded religious charter school.

  22. Christianity Today

    Supreme Court Rejects Nation's First Religious Charter School (opens Christianity Today)

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    The deadlocked court affirmed the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s ruling that the Catholic school would be functioning as a government entity.

  23. Delaware Public Media

    Supreme Court blocks creation of religious charter school in Oklahoma (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    The court was deadlocked 4-4, which meant a state Supreme Court ruling that declared the school violated the constitutional separation of church and state remained in place.

  24. Forbes

    Supreme Court Shuts Down Oklahoma’s Catholic Charter School (opens Forbes)

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    For the moment, the remaining bit of wall between church and state will stand.

  25. Boston

    Supreme Court tie vote dooms taxpayer funded Catholic charter school (opens Boston)

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    The Supreme Court on Thursday effectively ended a publicly funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma, dividing 4-4.

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