Aaron Saiger

1 week ago | statecourtreport.org | Aaron Saiger |Alicia Bannon |Erin Smith

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court divided 4–4 over whether denying a charter school application from a religious school would violate the Constitution’s prohibition on establishing or favoring a religion. The decision upheld the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s holding that chartering a school that would “evangelize” a particular faith violated state legislation and the Oklahoma and federal constitutions.

Mar 6, 2025 | statecourtreport.org | Alicia Bannon |Erin Smith |Aaron Saiger |Arif Panju

As the Trump administration tries to assert unprecedented influence over education, the ruling reminds us that most educational policy is set at the state and local levels. Last week, a Wyoming trial court ruled in a 186-page opinion that the state was underfunding its public schools in violation of the state constitution and ordered the state legislature to modify the school funding system.