{"id":1944811,"date":"2023-06-05T19:35:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T23:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oklahoma-approves-countrys-first-religious-charter-school\/"},"modified":"2023-06-05T19:36:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T23:36:40","slug":"oklahoma-approves-countrys-first-religious-charter-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oklahoma-approves-countrys-first-religious-charter-school\/","title":{"rendered":"OK approves first religious charter school in US."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foklahoma-approves-countrys-first-religious-charter-school%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1944811&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Virtual Oklahoma Catholic School Becomes First Religious Charter School in the US<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, run by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa, has been approved by the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board in a 3-2 vote. This makes it the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/devil-in-the-detail-oklahoma-parks-catholic-charter-school-after-satanic-temple-warning\/\" title=\"Devil in the detail: Oklahoma parks Catholic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-biden-blasted-for-huge-funds-reopening-schools\/\" title=\"WATCH: Biden Blasted For Huge Funds Reopening Schools\">charter school<\/a> after Satanic Temple warning&#8221;>religious charter school<\/a> in the country, setting up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-largest-fla-county-to-require-students-to-wear-masks\/\" title=\"Second largest Fla. county to require students to wear masks\">potential legal battle<\/a> with secular groups.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The school will offer religious education to students and will be funded by taxpayers, which is likely to be a point of contention for secular groups. However, Governor Kevin Stitt has praised the decision, calling it a win for religious liberty and educational freedom.<\/p>\n<h3>Governor Stitt Applauds Decision<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I applaud the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board\u2019s courage to approve the authorization for St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School,&#8221; Stitt said in a statement. &#8220;This is a win for religious liberty and education freedom in our great state, and I am encouraged by these efforts to give parents more options when it comes to their child\u2019s education.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stitt also emphasized that Oklahomans support religious liberty for all and an innovative educational system that expands choice. The board that approved the charter school is made up of appointees from Stitt and the state&#8217;s Republican legislature.<\/p>\n<h3>Potential Legal Battle<\/h3>\n<p>Secular groups, such as Americans United for Separation of Church and State, have previously spoken out against the proposal. It remains to be seen whether they will take legal action against the school.<\/p>\n<h3>Key Points:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School has been approved as the first religious charter school in the US.<\/li>\n<li>The school will offer religious education to students and will be funded by taxpayers.<\/li>\n<li>Governor Kevin Stitt has praised the decision, calling it a win for religious liberty and educational freedom.<\/li>\n<li>Secular groups may take legal action against the school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It will be interesting to see how this situation develops and whether other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oklahoma-approves-countrys-first-religious-charter-school\/\" title=\"OK approves first religious charter school in US.\">religious charter schools<\/a> will follow suit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oklahoma State Board of Education, making it the first religious charter school in the US. However, this move is expected to face opposition from secular groups, leading to a legal battle. The school, named St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, will be managed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1944812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4255,9325,4054,3924,9029],"class_list":["post-1944811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-approves","tag-charter","tag-religious","tag-school","tag-us"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1944811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1944812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1944811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1944811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1944811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}