跟进：俄克拉荷马州特许学校委员会表决向第十巡回法院上诉 挑战 Ben Gamla 犹太特许学校裁定
俄克拉荷马城（Oklahoma City）——俄克拉荷马州全州特许学校委员会10月23日表决通过，决定向美国第十巡回上诉法院（U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit）提交上诉通知，挑战联邦地区法官 David L. Russell 9月24日的裁定。该裁定指出，州方不得仅因宗教性质，就把 Ben Gamla 犹太特许学校排除在州特许学校计划之外，诉讼进行期间其申请可继续推进。据 News9 报道，委员会是在周五的会议上作出这一决定的；委员会下次会议定于11月5日。
本台10月22日曾报道，委员会定于10月23日开会讨论这一申请的后续。此前，委员会10月12日曾以4票赞成、3票反对表决 Ben Gamla 的申请，因未达到批准所需的5票，申请未获通过。Ben Gamla 创始人 Peter Deutsch 10月20日致信委员会主席 Brian T. Shellem，称委员会再次拒绝申请违反了法院命令，若不立即补救，基金会将寻求包括藐视法庭在内的进一步司法救济；他同时敦促委员会提交上诉通知，以厘清目前的法律状态。据《俄克拉荷马人报》（The Oklahoman）报道，委员会发言人当时以诉讼进行中为由不予置评。
委员会主席 Brian T. Shellem 在周五会议后表示，上诉是委员会仅剩的选择。他说：「我们一直遵守俄克拉荷马州最高法院的裁定。我们受总检察长意见的约束，无法据此进行表决。这样一来，我们只剩这一个选择。」
Ben Gamla 拟办一所线上犹太特许学校，若获批，将成为全美第一所宗教公立特许学校，其支持方曾以此为由争取批准；运营该基金会的组织已在佛州运营六所非宗教特许学校。2024年，俄克拉荷马州最高法院在另一所天主教特许学校 St. Isidore 一案中裁定，纳税人资助的宗教特许学校违反州宪法与法律；联邦最高法院其后维持了该州裁定的效力。围绕宗教特许学校的法律争议预计将随本次上诉继续。
Follow-Up: Oklahoma Charter Board Votes to Appeal to the Tenth Circuit in Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Case
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board voted on Oct. 23 to file a notice of appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, challenging a Sept. 24 ruling by U.S. District Judge David L. Russell. The ruling held that the state may not exclude the Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School from the state's charter school program solely because of its religious character, and allowed its application to proceed while the lawsuit continues. According to News9, the board took the vote at its Friday meeting; its next meeting is set for Nov. 5.
GSM reported on Oct. 22 that the board would meet on Oct. 23 to take up the application's future. On Oct. 12, the board had voted 4-3 in favor of the Ben Gamla application, one vote short of the five needed for approval, leaving it unapproved. In an Oct. 20 open letter to board chairman Brian T. Shellem, Ben Gamla founder Peter Deutsch wrote that the board's renewed denial violated the court's order and that the foundation would seek further judicial relief, including possible contempt proceedings, if the board did not act; he also urged the board to file a notice of appeal to clarify the legal situation. A board spokeswoman declined to comment at the time because of the active litigation, according to The Oklahoman.
Shellem said after Friday's meeting that appealing was the board's only remaining course of action. "We've always been in compliance with the Oklahoma Supreme Court," he said. "We are bound not to be able to take a vote based on the Attorney General's opinion. With that, we're left with one option."
Ben Gamla proposes an online Jewish charter school that, if approved, would become the nation's first religious public charter school, a point its supporters have emphasized; the foundation behind it already operates six nonreligious charter schools in Florida. In 2024, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled in the separate St. Isidore Catholic charter school case that taxpayer-funded religious charter schools violate the state constitution and law, and the U.S. Supreme Court later left that state ruling in place. The legal fight over religious charter schools is expected to continue with this appeal.
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