It also revived questions among parents about whether taxpayer money should be used to support nontraditional schools. Justice Amy Coney Barrett did not participate in the decision. The vast majority of American students attend traditional public K-12 schools.

The state of Oklahoma may not direct public state funding to what was set to be the nation's first religious charter school after the US Supreme Court deadlocked over the case.

Oklahoma will not be able to launch the nation's first religious public charter school after the Supreme Court deadlocked 4-4 in a major case on the separation of church and state.