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The state of Oklahoma cannot lead public state financing to what would become the first religious charter school of the nation after the American Supreme Court that was offered about the case.
The judges were equally divided and voted 4-4 in a ruling on Thursday. The draw confirms a lower statement by the Supreme Court of the state of Oklahoma, who has found the attempt to set up the school, violates the American Constitution.
A school board of Oklahoma had approved the establishment of a charders school by the Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the diocese of Tulsa that would have received around $ 23.3 million (£ 18.7 million) for five years.
A charderschool is financed by taxpayers but independently managed.
The ruling of the American Supreme Court is not considered a national precedent and the judges can accept future matters related to the issue.
The court does not reveal how the judges voted, although they were divided along ideological lines during a hearing in April.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who was appointed by US President Donald Trump as one of the conservative judges of the court, recaptured from the case. She gave no reason.
The announcement did not come with a formal opinion either – only a single page that read: “The judgment is confirmed by an equally distributed court.”
Court Watchers considered the case as a test of the religious boundaries of the American Constitution.
The 1st amendment forbids the government to take some action to set up a dominant religion. Taxpayer funds, such as these reserved for public schools, have long been considered limits to religious institutions.
The two parties of the case presented dual views on religious freedom.
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, a Republican, had sued the board to force it to withdraw the charter of the school. He welcomed the decision of the court in a statement on Thursday.
He had long criticized the school as illegally and said it opened the state to finance other types of religious schools.
“The decision of the Supreme Court represents a thunderous victory for religious freedom and for the fundamental principles that our nation have led since its foundation,” he said.
“This ruling ensures that taxpayers in Oklahoma will not be forced to finance radical Islamic schools, while protecting the religious rights of families to choose a school they want for their children.”
However, the school had argued that denying charter financing as a Christian institution came down to discrimination based on religion. In a statement, civil servants said they were disappointed in the ruling.
“We are committed to parental choice in education and offer equal opportunities to anyone looking for options when deciding what is best for their children,” was the explanation.
“In the light of this statement, we investigate other options for offering a virtual Catholic education to all persons in the state,” it added.
St Isidore of Sevilla Virtual Catholic Charter School was aimed at giving online instructions that religious teachings recorded for around 500 students from kindergarten to high school.
The decision of the Oklahoma State Virtual Charter School Board 2023 to approve the application for the Charter Status school was received with virtually immediate controversy.
The governor of Oklahoma Kevin Stitt, a Republican, welcomed the approval, but Mr. Drummond, the attorney -general, condemned it and eventually brought a lawsuit.
Charter schools form a small part of the American school system. In recent years they have announced as a collection point for some conservatives, which argue for expanding Charter schools as a means to give parents more control over the training of their children.
Trump’s Pick for Education Secretary, Linda McMahon, has tried to reduce federal support for public schools and to expand the support for charter and private life.
