Document Type
Brief
Case Name
OKPLAC, Inc. v. Statewide Virtual Charter School Board
Publication Date
12-7-2023
Abstract
No. CV-2023-1857
OKPLAC, Inc. v. Statewide Virtual Charter School Board
From the Introduction
Plaintiffs' opposition to the motions to dismiss distills their challenge to the State's approval of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School ("St. Isidore") to its essence: Plaintiffs believe that the State of Oklahoma may never allow a religious organization to operate a charter school because (they contend) any faith-based school would violate the Charter Schools Act and the Oklahoma Constitution. They purport to raise other, purely technical errors in the Board's decision to partner with St. Isidore; they baselessly speculate about ways in which they predict St. Isidore might run afoul of the law; and they conjure up hypothetical scenarios of discrimination or conflicts of interest that do not, and never will, exist. But those arguments are just mixed in to obscure the basic-and lamentable-premise of their challenge: that religious believers cannot be trusted to participate in State programs to help educate children and serve the public good.
Recommended Citation
McGinley, Michael H.; Engel, Steven A.; Proctor, M. Scott; Meiser, John A.; Perri, Michael R.; and Dooley, Socorro Adams, "Defendant St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School's Reply Brief in Support of Motion to Dismiss" (2023). Court Briefs. 49.
https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/sct_briefs/49
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