Supreme Court deadlocked in religious charter school case
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The justices announced they were split 4-4 in a test case heard last month from Oklahoma, which blocks the new Catholic charter school in the state.
But Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond disagreed and sued the charter school board, arguing that allowing St. Isidore to join the public charter school program amounts to the state sponsoring a particular religion. After the state’s high court ruling, the case went to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court’s deadlock in the Oklahoma case keeps a lower-court ruling in place, but advocates on both sides expect a rematch that could reshape school-choice law nationwide.