Permitting direct and complete taxpayer funding for a faith-based school for the first time.

Washington Post 8/30/25 “A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared open to allowing the creation of the nation’s first public religious charter school in Oklahoma, a blockbuster move that could reshape American education and redraw the boundary between church and state.

A ruling for St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School would for the first time allow direct and complete taxpayer funding to establish a faith-based school, sanctioning government sponsorship of a curriculum that calls for students to adhere to Catholic beliefs and the church’s religious mission.

It would be a giant new step for the court’s conservative majority in boosting the role of religion in public life, building on a series of rulings over the last decade affecting schools, the workplace and the display of faith-based symbols on public property.

Sharp ideological differences emerged among the justices during the lengthy oral argument, with questioning ranged across First Amendment issues and culture war targets like the 1619 Project and the reading of story books with gay or transgender characters being read in elementary schools…

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