The case tests whether public money can be used to fund a religious charter school in Oklahoma, and its outcome could affect how public education funds are used in virtually all states.

In one of the most significant cases of the term, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed willing to allow the nation’s first religious public charter school, permitting direct and complete taxpayer funding for a faith-based school for the first time.

The Supreme Court's conservative majority seemed open to allowing the Catholic Church in Oklahoma to run the nation's first religious charter school.