Church and charter: Religious school runs up against unexpected opponent

The opening of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, the first religious charter school in Oklahoma and in the country, has garnered backlash from the existing charter school movement, prompting the state’s supreme court to hear arguments on the legality and legitimacy of the school’s existence.

Under Oklahoma law, charter schools are considered to be public institutions and they must be “nonsectarian.”