The court will likely hear arguments this spring and hand down a decision before July. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative, recused in the case without giving a reason. The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has been for years blurring the line separating church and state, particularly in education. In a series of rulings, the Supreme Court has said states may not discriminate against religious schools when dolling out taxpayer funding for certain programs.

The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear Oklahoma's request to allow a state-funded Catholic charter school. St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School is a planned digital learning, and explicitly Roman Catholic, institution that, if approved, would become the country's first taxpayer-funded religious charter school, NBC News reported.

In June 2023, the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board voted 3-2 to greenlight the charter application for St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School. The educational entity would be overseen by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa.