In 2024, in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond (2025), the Supreme Court struck down Oklahoma’s plans to create a virtual Catholic charter school, citing it as an unconstitutional use of government funding for religious purposes. Yet, the same Court has allowed states to fund the same outcome—religious education—through school voucher programs. School vouchers are government-funded grants that parents can use to “send their kids to the school of their choice, even private, religiously affiliated schools.” This funding is typically set aside for low-income families, children with disabilities, or families zoned to a failing school system to find alternative school funding. Although these vouchers appear to offer benefits on the surface, they have negative constitutional implications; their foundations pose a threat not only to the Constitution but also to public education funding. 

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