A federal judge cleared the way for the nation’s first religious charter school to open in Oklahoma, bucking an earlier U.S. Supreme Court ruling against the idea. The Sept. 24 order by District Judge David Russell in Oklahoma City clears…
Federal court urged to uphold ban on religious charter schools in Oklahoma
Seven mostly Jewish Oklahoma taxpayers urged a federal court to uphold the state’s February denial of an application to open a publicly funded Jewish charter school. Attorneys for the citizens argued during an Aug. 5 federal court hearing in Oklahoma…
Taxpayers seek to intervene in Oklahoma Jewish charter school case
A group of seven mostly Jewish taxpayers has filed a legal action opposed to the establishment of a virtual Jewish charter school in Oklahoma. Teachers, clergy and parents with children in public schools were among those to file a motion…
In Oklahoma and Tennessee, religious charter schools face barriers
A bid to launch Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School as a taxpayer-funded religious charter school in Oklahoma was rejected by the state Feb. 9. In turning down the application, some members of the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board said they…
Now a Jewish public charter school is proposed in Oklahoma
Fresh on the heels of debating a proposed Catholic charter school with state funding, the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board has received a request for a proposed Jewish public charter school. That is cause for concern at Americans United for…