Oklahoma greenlights first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in the US.

The Oklahoma State Virtual Charter School Board has approved the first publicly funded religious charter school in the US, run by the Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa. The school would bring religious teachings into its curriculum and is expected to open in late 2024, initially to 500 students from kindergarten through to high school. The approval has been criticised as unconstitutional by the state attorney general and advocacy groups, who plan to take legal action to defend the separation of church and state promised in both the Oklahoma and US Constitutions.