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The governing boards of the state’s two largest school districts are considering legal intervention in a lawsuit that aims to secure more public tax dollars for charter schools.

The Oklahoma City Public Schools board voted Monday evening to authorize its attorneys to file for the intervention. The Tulsa Public Schools board is set to take up the issue at a special meeting Tuesday afternoon.

In July, the Oklahoma Public Charter School Association filed suit against the State Board of Education in Oklahoma County District Court. Because it was filed as an emergency petition, the suit is on a fast track, with a hearing of the emergency petition and plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment scheduled for Nov. 3.

The consideration of legal intervention comes just days before the State Board of Education’s next monthly meeting, which is set for Thursday morning.

At issue are state dollars from gross production tax, motor vehicle tax and rural electrification association tax collections; state school land earnings; and local dollars from county tax collections.

Currently, those funds go only to traditional public schools, but the association’s member charter schools, which are public schools operated by independent governing boards, are seeking a share.