Patrick VanCott, 62, of Sandwich, stole food, cafeteria equipment, classroom equipment and paper goods from Plymouth Public Schools for about 16 years, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J ...

The Supreme Court deadlocked Thursday in a case that decided whether Oklahoma could provide funding to a religious charter school, the justices’ first tie vote on a major case in nearly a decade.

The Supreme Court deadlocked 4-4 on approving the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school, leaving intact a lower ruling that voided the Oklahoma school’s contract.

But the court did not rule on the underlying question of whether religious charter schools are constitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., is pictured on July 30, 2024.

The school and the charter school board came to the Supreme Court last fall, asking the justices to take up their case and reverse the state court’s ruling. Since 2017, the justices have sided with ...

The Supreme Court was deadlocked on Thursday on whether to allow Oklahoma to establish the country’s first taxpayer-funded religious charter school. The court split 4-4, with Justice Amy Coney ...

With only eight justices voting, the 4-4 tie leaves in place an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that a public religious charter school would violate the separation of church and state.

Supporters of religious charter schools rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on April 30 as the justices weighed Oklahoma's approval of such a charter. On May 22, the court tied 4-4, leaving in ...

In Mitchell v. Helms (2000), the court upheld public aid to religious schools, so long as the aid was neutral and distributed without favor or control. That principle governs here.

The ruling ends a lengthy contested lawsuit over the state’s $1 law, which requires school districts to allow charter schools to buy closed buildings for $1.

TROY, Ohio (WDTN) — New renderings and floor plans show what’s in store for Troy Schools. Troy City Schools are in the process of designing and upgrading their educational facilities. On May ...