Oklahoma Parent Legislative Action Committee v. Statewide Virtual Charter School Board

The Oklahoma Parent Legislative Action Committee has sued to overturn the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board’s approval of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School as a statewide virtual charter school.

Case Timeline

• June 5, 2023: The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board approved St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School to become a statewide virtual charter school.
• July 31, 2023: OKPLAC challenged the school’s approval in a lawsuit.
• September 20, 2023: ADF attorneys filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit.
• June 14, 2024: A state district court partially granted ADF’s motion to dismiss OKPLAC’s case, dismissing one of the group’s claims.
• June 25, 2024: The Oklahoma Supreme Court barred the state from creating and funding St. Isidore as a public charter school in the related case Drummond v. Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board.
• June 27, 2024: OKPLAC v. Statewide Virtual Charter School Board was put on hold pending the appeal to the Supreme Court in the Drummond case.
• May 22, 2025: The Supreme Court issued a 4-4 split decision in Drummond that left the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s ruling in place. However, the ruling does not prevent the U.S. Supreme Court from reconsidering the question of religious charter schools in the future.
• July 14, 2025: Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Drummond, OKPLAC voluntarily dismissed its separate lawsuit.