A Florida-based Jewish charter school foundation has told the Statewide Charter School Board it plans to apply for authorization to establish a religious-based virtual charter school in Oklahoma to open for the 2026-27 school year

Peter Deutsch , a former U.S. House member who represents The National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation, Inc. , of Hollywood, Fla. – which would operate the school – said in a letter to the state agency, dated Nov. 3, that the Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School would serve grades nine through 12.

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