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SCOTUS Says Oklahoma Cannot Use Federal Funds for Religious School

HeadlineMay 23, 2025

The Supreme Court has narrowly rejected Oklahoma’s bid to use federal funds to pay for what would have been the first religious charter school. Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself from Thursday’s ruling, leaving the court deadlocked in a 4-4 decision, leaving intact an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that the proposed Catholic charter school violated the constitutional separation of church and state.

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