Supporters of a proposed Jewish school that was denied entry to the state’s charter school program filed a federal lawsuit in Oklahoma City Tuesday, in the latest effort to legalize publicly funded religious charter schools in the United States.
The lawsuit asks a federal judge to strike down Oklahoma’s ban on religious charter schools, and to order the state to stop denying applicants on the basis of their religious character.
“We’re asking the court to end that blatant religious targeting and allow families to choose schools that are best for them,” Peter Deutsch, a former Democratic congressman in Florida and founder of the National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation, said in a statement…