Some Quick Thoughts on the Oklahoma Charter School Case

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The Volokh Conspiracy

Publication Date

6-27-2024

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I know that everyone's following SCOTUS in this final week of the term, but I'd like to offer some quick thoughts about an important church-and-state decision a couple of days ago in Oklahoma. In Drummond v. Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled 6-2 that the state had violated state and federal law by contracting with a Catholic school to operate a charter school. Although I favor educational pluralism and am open to persuasion, under current SCOTUS religion clause jurisprudence, the Oklahoma court probably got this one right.

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