In ‘Sea Change for American Democracy,’ Sooner State Approves Nation’s First Taxpayer-Funded Religious School

Oklahoma’s attorney general warns that such a decision clearly violated the Oklahoma Constitution and could expose the state to costly lawsuits.

AP/Sue Ogrocki, file
Oklahoma's attorney general, Gentner Drummond, on February 1, 2023. AP/Sue Ogrocki, file

OKLAHOMA CITY — A state school board at Oklahoma voted Monday to approve what would be the first publicly funded religious school in the nation, despite a warning from the state’s attorney general that the decision was unconstitutional.

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