Supreme Court Blocks Taxpayer Funded Religious Charter School

The Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling that prohibited establishment of the nation’s first taxpayer funded religious charter school.

Amy Coney Barrett recused. She is a former professor at Notre Dame Law School, which is representing the organizers of the proposed St. Isidore of Seville Catholic virtual school. The Court deadlocked 4 to 4, which left the lower court’s ruling intact.

That ruling said the religious charter school supported by taxpayer funds would violate the Constitution’s separation of church and state. St. Isidor intends to integrate religion in its curriculum.

Charter schools are usually privately managed, have smaller classes than traditional public schools, and offer a particular study focus or particular teaching styles. In Oklahoma where the proposed school was forming, charter schools are regarded as public schools and receive state funding.

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