The Oklahoma State Board of Virtual Charter Schools, which considers applications for charter schools operating virtually in the state, denied the application in a 5-0 vote. Board President Robert Franklin said in a telephone interview before the meeting that it was not unusual to reject a school's application on a first vote but then approve it. Republican state officials appointed the five board members. During Tuesday's meeting, Franklin and other board members emphasized that they were not voting on the constitutionality of such a school, but rather on whether the application met the board's standards. Charter schools are independently run, publicly funded schools established under the terms of a charter with a local or national authority. Includes the conclusion.