In Oklahoma on Monday, the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board approved what would be the nation’s first religious charter school. The online school, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, is to be run by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa, with religious teachings embedded in the curriculum. Within minutes of the vote, Americans United for Separation of Church and State announced that it was preparing legal action to fight the decision. The ruling in this case is limited to the Board’s overview of online, virtual schools and is not a broader decision affecting all public schools in Oklahoma. The school’s patron saint is St. Isidore, patron saint of the internet.