Even with multiple lawsuits pending that create an uncertain future, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School in Oklahoma — the nation’s first state-funded religious school — has begun accepting applications for K-12 education set to begin this August.
The Georgia Supreme Court Oct. 24 rejected a lower court’s ruling, allowing a Georgia law restricting abortion after six weeks gestation to remain in effect amid ongoing legal challenges.
Missouri lawmakers passed a bill May 10 banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender, as well as a measure blocking transgender student athletes from competing on sports teams opposite their biological sex.
Wyoming became the first state in the nation to specifically ban the use or prescription of abortion pills on March 17.
A school visit by Bishop Robert Brennan served to reinforce his view that parents of students in the Diocese of Brooklyn deserve vouchers, tax credits, or some other type of state-funded support. That would give families a real choice in educating their children, he said.
