Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond, (2025)
In 2023, the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board approved a contract with St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, removing requirements that charter schools maintain a secular curriculum and prohibit discrimination based on religion. The contract would have created the first publicly funded religious charter school in the country, prompting Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond to challenge its constitutionality.
Oklahoma Attorney General In 2024, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the school’s use of public funding violated the Oklahoma Constitution and the Establishment Clause. The U.S. Supreme Court later split 4–4 in 2025, leaving the Oklahoma ruling in place and preventing the establishment of the school, but because the Court did not issue a majority opinion, the decision did not establish a nationwide precedent.