Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a lawsuit Friday against the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board for its decision to approve what would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious school, the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual Charter School.
The board voted 3-2 earlier this month to approve the contract for St. Isidore. The board’s chair and one of the two “no” votes, Robert Franklin, recently refused to sign off on the contract, saying it would violate the law and his oath of office.
The lawsuit comes after another suit was filed against the board by Oklahomans, a parental advocacy organization and several legal groups, including Americans United for the Separation of Church and State and the ACLU.
What does Drummond argue in the suit?
Drummond has, from the beginning, warned the board that approval for St….
