Posted on 02/03/2023 6:30:42 PM PST by marshmallow
The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City is partnering with the Diocese of Tulsa in a joint application to the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Propelled by rising demand for stronger, depoliticized K-12 academics, and a string of Supreme Court rulings that have expanded educational options for religious families, school-choice initiatives are gaining traction across the nation.
That promising trend could reach a new inflection point in Oklahoma, where the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City is partnering with the Diocese of Tulsa in a joint application to the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board. The application will be filed by the end of January, and if the board approves the proposal, the local Church could soon be operating the first religious charter school in the country.
“We have been following the trajectory of Supreme Court decisions on school choice versus the public-school monopoly,” Brett Farley, executive director of the Catholic Conference of Oklahoma, told the Register, as he explained the local Church’s decision to jump on the opportunity provided by the high court’s jurisprudence.
In just five years, three Supreme Court rulings have dramatically boosted school choice and parental rights in education: Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Comer (2017), Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue (2020), and Carson v. Makin (2022).
The rulings have steadily advanced the narrative on faith-inclusive school-choice programs that now pass constitutional muster, noted Farley, building a foundation for change at the state level.
Lance Izumi, senior director of the Center for Education at the Pacific Research Institute, a California-based education-reform think tank, echoed Farley’s judgment, but cautioned that Church leaders would need to tread carefully.
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This is a dangerous mistake in my opinion. Next thing the state will be telling the school that they can’t fire the gay-married teacher etc
Agree. If you take satans dime, you dance to satan’s tune. We need to get government entirely OUT of education.
bkmk
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