Oklahoma to Consider First Religious Charter School.

The Oklahoma State education board is set to vote on whether to approve the nation's first religious charter school, the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which would be funded by taxpayer dollars. The school's organizers are seeking authorization as a charter school, a type of public school that is independently run and managed. If approved, the move could set up a high-profile national legal battle over whether taxpayer money can be used to directly fund religious schools. The proposal has the support of Oklahoma's Republican governor, Kevin Stitt, who has argued that excluding religious charter schools is a violation of the First Amendment's prohibition on religious discrimination.