Board member Nellie Sanders made the motion to hire the Alliance Defending Freedom and the ex-wife of former Attorney General Mike Hunter over objections of board Chairman Robert Franklin. #oklaed
A virtual Oklahoma Catholic school is set to become the first religious charter school in the country, setting up a likely legal battle with secular groups.
Oklahoma authorities approved a Catholic-led bid to open the country’s first publicly funded religious charter school, in a landmark decision that is expected…
Oklahoman
Epic Charter Schools and a state agency governing virtual schooling are closing in on a settlement that could end a threat to shut down an online school with more than 30,000 students.
The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board on Tuesday approved a counter proposal to an agreement Epic drew up last week.
The counter proposal demands finances and service contracts for Epic One-on-One be completely separate from Epic Blended Charter, another school district within the Epic system.
It also asks that Epic One-on-One and Epic Blended have seven-member school boards made up of entirely different people. Both have five-member boards made up of exactly the same members. The counter proposal would require all members have clearly defined terms of service.