Showing posts with label Oklahoma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oklahoma. Show all posts
Monday, November 18, 2024

Oklahoma Education Department Creates Office of Religious Liberty and Patriotism

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In a November 12 press release , Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters announced the creation of the Office of Re...
Friday, November 08, 2024

Oklahoma Launches New Office of Faith Based Initiatives

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Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt yesterday announced  the launch of the state's new Office of Faith Based Initiatives. According to the Off...
Saturday, October 19, 2024

Suit Challenges Oklahoma Bible Education Mandate and Purchase of Bibles

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Suit was filed this week by public-school parents, their minor children, teachers, and clergy challenging Oklahoma's recently imposed re...
Tuesday, October 08, 2024

Cert. Petition Filed in Oklahoma Religious Charter School Case

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A petition for certiorari  ( full text ) was filed yesterday with the U.S. Supreme Court in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drumm...
Saturday, October 05, 2024

Oklahoma Specs for Classroom Bibles Apparently Limited To 2 Versions Endorsed by Donald Trump [UPDATED]

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As previously reported , last June the Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction issued a Memo to all public-school superintendent...
Friday, June 28, 2024

Oklahoma Education Head Requires All Schools to Incorporate the Bible into Their Curriculum

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Yesterday, Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters issued a Memo ( full text ) to all public-school superintendents...
Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Oklahoma Supreme Court Says Creation of Religious Charter School Is Unconstitutional

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In Drummond v. Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board ,  (OK Sup, Ct., June 25, 2024), the Oklahoma Supreme Court held that the sta...
Tuesday, June 04, 2024

Oklahoma Legislature Enacts Bill Requiring Schools to Offer Released Time for Credit Courses in Religious or Moral Instruction

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Last week the Oklahoma legislature passed and sent to Governor Kevin Stitt for his signature HB 1425 ( full text ) which requires every sch...
Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Oklahoma Supreme Court Temporarily Enjoins 3 Laws Restricting Abortions

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In Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice v. Drummond ,  (OK Sup. Ct, Nov. 14, 2023), the Oklahoma Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision directed ...
Thursday, October 26, 2023

OK Supreme Court: Church Autonomy Doctrine Requires Dispute Over Disaffiliation to Be Dismissed

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In Oklahoma Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church v. Timmons ,  (OK Sup. Ct., Oct. 24, 2023), the Oklahoma Supreme Court held tha...
Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Oklahoma AG Sues State's Charter School Board Over Its Approval of Religious Charter School

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Last week Oklahoma's Attorney General filed suit against the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board challenging its approval of...
Thursday, August 03, 2023

Court Upholds Accreditation Requirement For Religious University

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In Wisdom Ministries, Inc. v. Garrett ,( ND OK, Aug. 1, 2023), an Oklahoma federal district court rejected a constitutional challenge to a c...
Tuesday, August 01, 2023

Suit Challenges Oklahoma's Approval of Catholic Charter School

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Suit was filed yesterday in an Oklahoma state trial court challenging the decision of the state's Virtual Charter School Board to approv...
Tuesday, June 06, 2023

Oklahoma Approves U.S.'s First Publicly Funded Religious Charter School

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 Politico  and the Tulsa World report that yesterday the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board by a vote of 3-2 approved the appli...
Friday, June 02, 2023

Oklahoma Suprme Court Says 2 Anti-Abortion Laws Are Unconstitutional

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In Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice v. State of Oklahoma , (OK Sup. Ct., May 31, 2023), the Oklahoma Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision h...
Monday, May 22, 2023

Oklahoma Passes School Choice Tax Credit Law

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Last Friday the Oklahoma legislature completed passage and sent to the governor for his signature HB1934, the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax ...
Thursday, March 02, 2023

10th Circuit: Abortion Clinic Sidewalk Demonstrators Lose Challenge to Disturbing-the-Peace Ordinance

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In Harmon v. City of Norman, Oklahoma ,  (10th Cir., March 1, 2023), the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court's dis...
Friday, February 24, 2023

Oklahoma AG Withdraws Opinion Permitting Sectarian Charter Schools

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As previously reported , last December Oklahoma Attorney General John M. O'Connor issued Attorney General Opinion 2022-7 concluding tha...
Thursday, December 08, 2022

Oklahoma Attorney General's Opinion Says Ban on Sectarian Charter Schools Is Unconstitutional

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 In Attorney General Opinion 2022-7 ,  (Dec. 1, 2022), Oklahoma Attorney General John M. O'Connor concluded that the ban in Oklahoma law...
Friday, May 20, 2022

Oklahoma Legislature Bans Most Abortions From Time Of Fertilization

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The Oklahoma legislature yesterday gave final passage to HB4327 ( full text ), a bill that bans abortions beginning at the time of fertiliz...