OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board was scheduled to discuss its response Monday, Oct. 12, after a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit over the proposed Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School. The order temporarily prevents the state from excluding the school from the charter program because of its religious beliefs or religious exercise, according to Daniel Chen, an attorney for Ben Gamla. The board was expected to consider its next steps; no decision was reported ahead of the meeting. “Federal court order that came down yesterday granted us a preliminary injunction to basically say that my clients can't be excluded from the charter school program on the basis of their religious beliefs or religious exercise,” Chen said. Ben Gamla was rejected several times because its proposed curriculum includes Jewish religious instruction. The planned school would operate virtually and teach lessons from Judaism, with organizers targeting an August 2027 opening. The case puts a consequential question before Oklahoma’s charter-school system: whether a publicly funded charter may provide religious instruction. The injunction is preliminary, so the dispute remains unresolved even as the school’s path toward opening could move forward.