The Supreme Court agreed to hear a bid by Oklahoma officials to approve the nation's first publicly-funded religious charter school.

The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will hear a case to determine whether the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school can open in Oklahoma, setting the stage for a major religious liberty ruling later this term.

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Friday it will hear oral arguments over a Catholic charter school seeking to open and receive taxpayer funding in Oklahoma. St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School would be the first publicly funded religious school in the nation.