The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday about the fate of the first religious rental school in Oklahoma, which seeks to use government funds to teach the curricula that the Catholic doctrine instilled.
In previous cases from who and MontanaThe court ruled in the states that decide to create programs to help parents in private schools, who must be allowed to choose religious posts. The main question in the new issue is whether the permits are the first amendment – or even asking – countries to care for religious rented schools, which are public schools of great independence.
Oklahoma School, Saint Issidor from Seville Catholic School, will be operated by Oaklahoma City diocese and the diocese of Tolsa and aims to integrate Catholic teachings in every aspect of its activities.
The pro -school ruling can affect the laws in 45 other states that allow rented schools. It will also establish a line established in the previous Supreme Court cases that distinguish between the government’s funds submitted to parents to spend on private schools, including religious participation and government support directly to religious schools.
The conflict is the third main issue that deals with the debt that can be discussed before the judges within about a month. In March, the court looked Prepare to rule The Catholic Charity Association in Wisconsin has the right to obtain an exemption from the tax court rejected on the basis that the activities of the charitable institution were not religious in the first place. Last week, the court indicated that it was It is likely to rule Parents who suffer from religious objections may withdraw their children from the classrooms that are discussed with stories books with LGBTQ topics.
After the rented Oklahoma School Council He agreed to the proposal To open Saint Issidor, the state prosecutor, Gentner Drummond, Republican, a lawsuit against it. Mr. Dramond said that a religious public school will violate the ban on the first amendment to the government construction of religion and the prohibition of the state constitution on spending public funds to support religious institutions.
He said that the school crossed a line drawn by the chief of judges, William H. Renkest in Supreme Court Resolution 2002 This distinctive “between government programs that provide aid directly to religious schools” instead of “real special selection programs, where government aid reaches only religious schools as a result of real and independent options for individuals.”
Saint Issidor’s lawyers responded in Performing court He “hopes to provide another educational option For Okhluman, no student will have to attend St. Esidor. “They added that” the school will receive students and state the state, only through the special options for families. “
The school said that she would welcome students of “different religions or no faith.” It was less than the teachers, saying that all Oklahoma schools for the charter are free to adopt their employee policies.
State Supreme Court RulingWith the majority saying that it will “create a slippery slope” that can “destroy the freedom of Oklahman in practicing religion without fear of government interference.”
The majority said: “Saint Saint Issidor is a public rented school,” noting that the state law that allows these schools requires them to be unaware. “Under Federal and Federal Law,” the majority ruled, “the state is not allowed to establish or fund St. Issidor.”
in The last decision From the US Supreme Court on government support for religious schools, Carson against McCain In 2022, the majority ruled that who could not exclude religious schools from the government education program.
But the chief judge John J. Roberts Junior, who writes to the majority, said that “Who may provide a completely secular education in its public schools?”
In the opposition, Judge Stephen J. said. Prayer, who retired that year, even the Maine program, which is limited to private schools, was a problem.
Judge Prayer wrote: “Members of minority religions may see, with very few followers to create schools, unjustly in the fact that only those who belong to more popular religions can use state funds for religious education.” “Taxpayers may be annoyed by having to finance the dissemination of religious beliefs that they do not share and do not agree with them.”
Judge Amy Kony Barrett reviewed herself from the Oklahoma case, Oklahoma School Council at the state level against DramundNo. 24-394, but it did not say the reason. She was a legal professor at Notre Dame, Religious Freedom Clinic He represents the Charter SchoolA close friend with Nicole Garnett, a professor there helped St. Issidor.
