The National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation, Inc, led by former Democratic Congressman Peter Deutsch, sued the Statewide Charter School Board in March, saying that Oklahoma’s law requiring charter schools to be nonsectarian qualifies as religious discrimination. Ben Gamla is the second religious charter school that has tried to open in Oklahoma, where Republican Gov. That leaves the question unanswered, say supporters of religious charter schools. According to a June paper from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, these schools of choice “are not freestanding private institutions.” In an April opinion, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said excluding religious groups from opening charter schools violates the First Amendment.