Supreme Court to weigh approval for first publicly funded religious charter school in U.S.

The Supreme Court said Friday it will hear a case on whether the nation's first publicly funded religious charter school should be allowed to open in Oklahoma.

The justices said they would review an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision invalidating a state board's approval of an application by the Catholic Church in Oklahoma to open a charter school.

The conservative-dominated Supreme Court has issued several decisions in recent years signaling a willingness to allow public funds to flow to religious entities. At the same time, conservative-led states have sought to insert religion into public schools, including Louisiana's requirement that the Ten Commandments be posted in classrooms.