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Limited §339.420 review." }, { "id": "wisconsin", "state": "Wisconsin", "lawStatus": "Primary verification pending", "statute": "§118.155; 2025 statutory text reviewed", "weeklyTime": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "consentAttendance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transportWork": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "credit": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "propertyFunding": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "core": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "screening": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "insurance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "remedy": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "sourceKeys": [], "lastVerified": "2026-10-07", "baseline": "2026-10-08", "tracker": "/education/released-time-religious-instruction.html", "caveat": "Previous network summary used a statutory reproduction. 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provider unverified", "next": "Review current board policy, grade bands and named-provider records.", "stateTracker": "/education/released-time-religious-instruction/indiana.html", "districtTracker": null, "primarySource": "https://sci.hseschools.org/student-handbooks", "sources": [ { "title": "Hamilton Southeastern — Sand Creek Intermediate handbooks", "url": "https://sci.hseschools.org/student-handbooks", "kind": "Official school handbook page", "note": "Religious-release notice and 120-minute provision located for intermediate students; not a districtwide provider-participation finding." } ], "facts": [] }, { "id": "indiana-lanesville-community", "name": "Lanesville Community", "state": "Indiana", "county": "Unknown", "policy": "Not located", "policyNumber": "Not located", "provider": "Unknown", "providerName": "Unknown", "program": "Unknown", "schools": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "weekly": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "timeFilter": "Unknown", "core": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "consent": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transport": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transportFilter": "Unknown", "property": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "propertyFilter": "Unknown", "attendance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "makeup": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "credit": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "creditFilter": "Unknown", "screening": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "insurance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "funding": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "remedy": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "boardDate": "Unknown — final board action not verified", "sourceDate": "Unknown / undated — see source notes", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "normalized": "2026-10-08", "evidence": "Primary record located", "boundary": "Prior-year elementary handbook found; 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Final policy text needs a dedicated review." } ], "facts": [] }, { "id": "indiana-msd-decatur-township", "name": "MSD Decatur Township", "state": "Indiana", "county": "Unknown", "policy": "Not located", "policyNumber": "Not located", "provider": "Unknown", "providerName": "Unknown", "program": "Unknown", "schools": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "weekly": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "timeFilter": "Unknown", "core": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "consent": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transport": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transportFilter": "Unknown", "property": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "propertyFilter": "Unknown", "attendance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "makeup": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "credit": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "creditFilter": "Unknown", "screening": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "insurance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "funding": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "remedy": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "boardDate": "Unknown — final board action not verified", "sourceDate": "Unknown / undated — see source notes", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "normalized": "2026-10-08", "evidence": "Primary record located", "boundary": "Attendance-page lead references 5223; final current text unverified", "next": "Retrieve final 5223 and current parent notice form.", "stateTracker": "/education/released-time-religious-instruction/indiana.html", "districtTracker": null, "primarySource": "https://www.decaturproud.org/families/attendance", "sources": [ { "title": "MSD Decatur Township — attendance information", "url": "https://www.decaturproud.org/families/attendance", "kind": "Official district search finding", "note": "Indexed religious-release text refers to Policy 5223 and 120 minutes. 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Provider checks and liability coverage appear in the release policy; no elective-credit award provision." }, { "title": "MSD Washington Township — C175-E / E200-E parental notice form", "url": "https://files.smartsites.parentsquare.com/8096/c175-e_e200-e_religious_instruction_attendance_form_082725.pdf", "kind": "Official district form", "note": "Two-page form linked by district policy index. Annual notice, written revocation, provider contacts, dates and transport choices; district does not provide/supervise transport. K–8 and high-school limits are separately listed." }, { "title": "MSD Washington Township — Instruction policy index", "url": "https://msdwt.k12.in.us/e-instruction", "kind": "Official policy index", "note": "Lists policy and form dated August 27, 2025. Confirms the district provenance of ParentSquare-hosted documents." }, { "title": "Indiana Code 2026 §20-33-2-19", "url": "https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/20#20-33-2-19", "kind": "Current official statute", "note": "Full rendered IGA section inspected October 8, 2026. Amendment history ends P.L.194-2025, SEC.4; no 2026 amendment listed. Subsections (a)–(e) govern release; (f) governs optional secondary credit." }, { "title": "State Board of Accounts — June 2025 School Bulletin", "url": "https://www.in.gov/sboa/files/2025_June_School_Bulletin_1THJW.pdf", "kind": "State agency enactment summary", "note": "Page 22 identifies P.L.194-2025 / SEA255 and July 1, 2025 effective date. Historical implementation source, read against the 2026 Code." } ], "facts": [ { "label": "Policy", "value": "E200 Religious Release Time, adopted August 27, 2025. Board vote tally not located.", "source": { "title": "MSD Washington Township — E200 Religious Release Time", "url": "https://files.smartsites.parentsquare.com/8096/e200_religious_release_time_082725.pdf", "kind": "Official adopted district policy", "note": "Adopted August 27, 2025. Provider checks and liability coverage appear in the release policy; no elective-credit award provision." } }, { "label": "Parent document", "value": "C175-E / E200-E: Parental Notice Form for Off-Campus Religious Instruction. Listed in official instruction-policy index.", "source": { "title": "MSD Washington Township — Instruction policy index", "url": "https://msdwt.k12.in.us/e-instruction", "kind": "Official policy index", "note": "Lists policy and form dated August 27, 2025. Confirms the district provenance of ParentSquare-hosted documents." } }, { "label": "Provider / schools", "value": "Policy and blank form name no provider or participating school. Current program operation not verified.", "source": { "title": "MSD Washington Township — E200 Religious Release Time", "url": "https://files.smartsites.parentsquare.com/8096/e200_religious_release_time_082725.pdf", "kind": "Official adopted district policy", "note": "Adopted August 27, 2025. Provider checks and liability coverage appear in the release policy; no elective-credit award provision." } }, { "label": "Consent / revocation", "value": "Form requests student, provider contact details, requested dates/times, transport selections, school year and parent signature. Notice may be revoked in writing during the year.", "source": { "title": "MSD Washington Township — C175-E / E200-E parental notice form", "url": "https://files.smartsites.parentsquare.com/8096/c175-e_e200-e_religious_instruction_attendance_form_082725.pdf", "kind": "Official district form", "note": "Two-page form linked by district policy index. Annual notice, written revocation, provider contacts, dates and transport choices; district does not provide/supervise transport. K–8 and high-school limits are separately listed." } }, { "label": "Local grade-band wording", "value": "Form lists K–8 up to 120 minutes/week and high school time equivalent to one elective course/week. E200 uses elementary/secondary terminology.", "source": { "title": "MSD Washington Township — C175-E / E200-E parental notice form", "url": "https://files.smartsites.parentsquare.com/8096/c175-e_e200-e_religious_instruction_attendance_form_082725.pdf", "kind": "Official district form", "note": "Two-page form linked by district policy index. Annual notice, written revocation, provider contacts, dates and transport choices; district does not provide/supervise transport. K–8 and high-school limits are separately listed." } }, { "label": "Transport / location", "value": "Form concerns off-campus instruction; district does not provide or supervise transport. It provides pickup, return and self-transport choices subject to school policy.", "source": { "title": "MSD Washington Township — C175-E / E200-E parental notice form", "url": "https://files.smartsites.parentsquare.com/8096/c175-e_e200-e_religious_instruction_attendance_form_082725.pdf", "kind": "Official district form", "note": "Two-page form linked by district policy index. Annual notice, written revocation, provider contacts, dates and transport choices; district does not provide/supervise transport. K–8 and high-school limits are separately listed." } }, { "label": "Screening / insurance", "value": "E200 requires provider checks for relevant employees/contractors and liability coverage. The form separately says the district does not perform provider vetting or supervise its personnel.", "source": { "title": "MSD Washington Township — E200 Religious Release Time", "url": "https://files.smartsites.parentsquare.com/8096/e200_religious_release_time_082725.pdf", "kind": "Official adopted district policy", "note": "Adopted August 27, 2025. Provider checks and liability coverage appear in the release policy; no elective-credit award provision." } }, { "label": "Academic credit", "value": "E200 contains attendance-credit language, not a religious-course academic-credit authorization.", "source": { "title": "MSD Washington Township — E200 Religious Release Time", "url": "https://files.smartsites.parentsquare.com/8096/e200_religious_release_time_082725.pdf", "kind": "Official adopted district policy", "note": "Adopted August 27, 2025. Provider checks and liability coverage appear in the release policy; no elective-credit award provision." } }, { "label": "Make-up work", "value": "Form requires compliance with other district policies; a specific released-time make-up deadline was not located.", "source": { "title": "MSD Washington Township — C175-E / E200-E parental notice form", "url": "https://files.smartsites.parentsquare.com/8096/c175-e_e200-e_religious_instruction_attendance_form_082725.pdf", "kind": "Official district form", "note": "Two-page form linked by district policy index. Annual notice, written revocation, provider contacts, dates and transport choices; district does not provide/supervise transport. K–8 and high-school limits are separately listed." } }, { "label": "Weekly legal ceiling", "value": "State law: elementary up to 120 minutes per week; public secondary up to the time equivalent of one elective course per week. This is a ceiling, not a verified local timetable.", "source": { "title": "Indiana Code 2026 §20-33-2-19", "url": "https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/20#20-33-2-19", "kind": "Current official statute", "note": "Full rendered IGA section inspected October 8, 2026. Amendment history ends P.L.194-2025, SEC.4; no 2026 amendment listed. Subsections (a)–(e) govern release; (f) governs optional secondary credit." } }, { "label": "Attendance", "value": "State law grants the same attendance credit as public-school attendance for the same duration; provider records must be available to attendance officers.", "source": { "title": "Indiana Code 2026 §20-33-2-19", "url": "https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/20#20-33-2-19", "kind": "Current official statute", "note": "Full rendered IGA section inspected October 8, 2026. Amendment history ends P.L.194-2025, SEC.4; no 2026 amendment listed. 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Subsections (a)–(e) govern release; (f) governs optional secondary credit." } }, { "label": "State reporting / registration", "value": "Section 19 requires inspectable attendance records; it does not specify a dedicated statewide provider registry, periodic program return or insurance dollar minimum.", "source": { "title": "Indiana Code 2026 §20-33-2-19", "url": "https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/20#20-33-2-19", "kind": "Current official statute", "note": "Full rendered IGA section inspected October 8, 2026. Amendment history ends P.L.194-2025, SEC.4; no 2026 amendment listed. Subsections (a)–(e) govern release; (f) governs optional secondary credit." } } ] }, { "id": "indiana-mt-vernon", "name": "Mt. Vernon", "state": "Indiana", "county": "Unknown", "policy": "Yes", "policyNumber": "E200 — Religious Release Time and Credit for Religious Education", "provider": "Unknown", "providerName": "Unknown", "program": "Unknown", "schools": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "weekly": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "timeFilter": "Unknown", "core": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "consent": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transport": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transportFilter": "Unknown", "property": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "propertyFilter": "Unknown", "attendance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "makeup": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "credit": "Up to two elective credits under E200 review; no particular course approval verified.", "creditFilter": "Available under conditions", "screening": "E200 requires provider agreement to expanded criminal-history and child-protection-index checks for relevant employees/contractors.", "insurance": "E200 requires liability coverage for off-property services or transport; current provider certificate not verified.", "funding": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "remedy": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "boardDate": "2025-08-11", "sourceDate": "2025-08-11", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "normalized": "2026-10-08", "evidence": "Primary record located", "boundary": "Credit policy documented; named-provider operation unverified", "next": "Obtain current course-review form, provider agreement, screening documentation and recorded revision vote.", "stateTracker": "/education/released-time-religious-instruction/indiana.html", "districtTracker": "/local/indiana/mt-vernon/released-time-religious-instruction.html", "primarySource": "https://policies.mvcsc.k12.in.us/71006_2", "sources": [ { "title": "Mt. Vernon CSC — E200 Religious Release Time and Credit for Religious Education", "url": "https://policies.mvcsc.k12.in.us/71006_2", "kind": "Official adopted district policy", "note": "Adopted September 21, 2020; revised August 11, 2025. Includes a local elective-credit policy and provider screening/insurance requirements. No named provider." }, { "title": "Indiana Code 2026 §20-33-2-19", "url": "https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/20#20-33-2-19", "kind": "Current official statute", "note": "Full rendered IGA section inspected October 8, 2026. Amendment history ends P.L.194-2025, SEC.4; no 2026 amendment listed. Subsections (a)–(e) govern release; (f) governs optional secondary credit." }, { "title": "State Board of Accounts — June 2025 School Bulletin", "url": "https://www.in.gov/sboa/files/2025_June_School_Bulletin_1THJW.pdf", "kind": "State agency enactment summary", "note": "Page 22 identifies P.L.194-2025 / SEA255 and July 1, 2025 effective date. 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No named provider." } }, { "label": "Consent / release procedure", "value": "Written parental notice valid only for that school year; principal and family/provider collaborate on least-disruptive timing.", "source": { "title": "Indiana Code 2026 §20-33-2-19", "url": "https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/20#20-33-2-19", "kind": "Current official statute", "note": "Full rendered IGA section inspected October 8, 2026. Amendment history ends P.L.194-2025, SEC.4; no 2026 amendment listed. Subsections (a)–(e) govern release; (f) governs optional secondary credit." } }, { "label": "Local screening / insurance", "value": "E200 applies expanded criminal-history and child-protection-index checks to relevant employees/contractors and requires provider liability coverage for off-property services or transport.", "source": { "title": "Mt. Vernon CSC — E200 Religious Release Time and Credit for Religious Education", "url": "https://policies.mvcsc.k12.in.us/71006_2", "kind": "Official adopted district policy", "note": "Adopted September 21, 2020; revised August 11, 2025. Includes a local elective-credit policy and provider screening/insurance requirements. No named provider." } }, { "label": "Academic credit", "value": "Local policy authorizes consideration of up to two total elective credits. A course is not automatically approved or credited.", "source": { "title": "Mt. Vernon CSC — E200 Religious Release Time and Credit for Religious Education", "url": "https://policies.mvcsc.k12.in.us/71006_2", "kind": "Official adopted district policy", "note": "Adopted September 21, 2020; revised August 11, 2025. Includes a local elective-credit policy and provider screening/insurance requirements. No named provider." } }, { "label": "Transportation / location", "value": "Reviewed E200 does not name a transporter or approved site. Its insurance provision covers off-property services/transport; that is not permission to use a particular facility.", "source": { "title": "Mt. Vernon CSC — E200 Religious Release Time and Credit for Religious Education", "url": "https://policies.mvcsc.k12.in.us/71006_2", "kind": "Official adopted district policy", "note": "Adopted September 21, 2020; revised August 11, 2025. Includes a local elective-credit policy and provider screening/insurance requirements. No named provider." } }, { "label": "Make-up work", "value": "No released-time-specific deadline found in reviewed E200 or §19. Confirm assignments and assessment arrangements with the school.", "source": { "title": "Indiana Code 2026 §20-33-2-19", "url": "https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/20#20-33-2-19", "kind": "Current official statute", "note": "Full rendered IGA section inspected October 8, 2026. Amendment history ends P.L.194-2025, SEC.4; no 2026 amendment listed. Subsections (a)–(e) govern release; (f) governs optional secondary credit." } }, { "label": "Weekly legal ceiling", "value": "State law: elementary up to 120 minutes per week; public secondary up to the time equivalent of one elective course per week. This is a ceiling, not a verified local timetable.", "source": { "title": "Indiana Code 2026 §20-33-2-19", "url": "https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/20#20-33-2-19", "kind": "Current official statute", "note": "Full rendered IGA section inspected October 8, 2026. Amendment history ends P.L.194-2025, SEC.4; no 2026 amendment listed. 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Historical report, not current district authorization or 2026–27 participation confirmation." } ], "facts": [] }, { "id": "indiana-new-prairie-united", "name": "New Prairie United", "state": "Indiana", "county": "Unknown", "policy": "Yes", "policyNumber": "5223 — final text not retrieved", "provider": "Unknown", "providerName": "Unknown", "program": "Unknown", "schools": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "weekly": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "timeFilter": "Unknown", "core": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "consent": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transport": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transportFilter": "Unknown", "property": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "propertyFilter": "Unknown", "attendance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "makeup": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "credit": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "creditFilter": "Unknown", "screening": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "insurance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "funding": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "remedy": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "boardDate": "2026-01-29", "sourceDate": "2026-01-29", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "normalized": "2026-10-08", "evidence": "Primary record located", "boundary": "Official board summary reports revised 5223 adoption January 29, 2026", "next": "Read final 5223 and signed minutes; verify any provider.", "stateTracker": "/education/released-time-religious-instruction/indiana.html", "districtTracker": null, "primarySource": "https://www.npusc.k12.in.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Board-Notes-1-29-2026.pdf", "sources": [ { "title": "New Prairie United — January 29, 2026 board notes", "url": "https://www.npusc.k12.in.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Board-Notes-1-29-2026.pdf", "kind": "Official district board summary", "note": "Pages 3–4 report second-reading adoption of policy package including revised 5223. Not a full signed policy or named-provider operating record." } ], "facts": [] }, { "id": "indiana-penn-harris-madison", "name": "Penn-Harris-Madison", "state": "Indiana", "county": "Unknown", "policy": "Not located", "policyNumber": "Not located", "provider": "Unknown", "providerName": "Unknown", "program": "Unknown", "schools": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "weekly": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "timeFilter": "Unknown", "core": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "consent": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transport": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transportFilter": "Unknown", "property": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "propertyFilter": "Unknown", "attendance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "makeup": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "credit": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "creditFilter": "Unknown", "screening": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "insurance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "funding": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "remedy": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "boardDate": "Unknown — final board action not verified", "sourceDate": "Unknown / undated — see source notes", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "normalized": "2026-10-08", "evidence": "Research lead", "boundary": "Secondary 2026 MOU lead; original action and outcome unverified", "next": "Recover original August/September minutes and signed MOU; do not infer award or operation.", "stateTracker": "/education/released-time-religious-instruction/indiana.html", "districtTracker": null, "primarySource": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Penn-Harris-Madison LifeWise MOU — Civic IQ lead", "url": "https://civiciq.com/public-contract/penn-harris-madison-school-corporation-in-lifewise-academy-other-2026-08-10", "kind": "Secondary automated meeting lead", "note": "Title describes deferral while boilerplate calls it an award. 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No approval or operation conclusion is published." } ], "facts": [] }, { "id": "indiana-west-central", "name": "West Central", "state": "Indiana", "county": "Unknown", "policy": "Not located", "policyNumber": "Historical RTRI guidelines, Chapter IX XXV (2022 manual)", "provider": "LifeWise", "providerName": "LifeWise", "program": "Unknown", "schools": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "weekly": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "timeFilter": "Unknown", "core": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "consent": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transport": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transportFilter": "Unknown", "property": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "propertyFilter": "Unknown", "attendance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "makeup": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "credit": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "creditFilter": "Unknown", "screening": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "insurance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "funding": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "remedy": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "boardDate": "2025-01-02", "sourceDate": "2025-01-02; current school procedure undated", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "normalized": "2026-10-08", "evidence": "Primary record located", "boundary": "Historical bus-rental approvals and undated elementary operating reference; current-year operation unverified.", "next": "Locate newer consolidated policy, final rental contracts, payment terms and current timetable.", "stateTracker": "/education/released-time-religious-instruction/indiana.html", "districtTracker": "/local/indiana/west-central/released-time-religious-instruction.html", "primarySource": "https://www.wcsc.k12.in.us/wcsc/info/document-library/school-board-documents-1/1652-board-policy-manual-12-7-22/file", "sources": [ { "title": "West Central — board policy manual, December 7, 2022 edition", "url": "https://www.wcsc.k12.in.us/wcsc/info/document-library/school-board-documents-1/1652-board-policy-manual-12-7-22/file", "kind": "Official historical policy manual", "note": "Chapter IX, XXV, pp.145–146: Elementary & Middle School Released Time Religious Instruction (RTRI) Guidelines. First reading March 4, 2021; second April 13, 2021. Later consolidated policy text not located; do not treat this edition as a verified 2026 revision." }, { "title": "West Central — May 2, 2024 board minutes", "url": "https://www.wcsc.k12.in.us/document-library-tree-view/school-board-documents-1/school-board-minutes-1/2248-board-minutes-template-6-1/file", "kind": "Official board minutes", "note": "LifeWise bus-rental request approved 4–0. Does not include price, cost recovery, trip purpose or signed rental terms." }, { "title": "West Central — January 2, 2025 minutes copy", "url": "https://www.francesville.net/uploads/8/9/0/8/89084818/january_2_2025_unapproved_minutes.pdf", "kind": "Board record on municipal website; unapproved file label", "note": "Records LifeWise bus-rental approval 6–0. Final approved district copy and underlying agreement not located." }, { "title": "West Central — August 3, 2023 board minutes copy", "url": "https://www.francesville.net/uploads/8/9/0/8/89084818/aug_3_2023_board_minutes.pdf", "kind": "Board record on municipal website", "note": "Elementary report announces August 14 LifeWise start. A dated announcement, not current attendance data." }, { "title": "West Central Elementary — e-learning procedures", "url": "https://www.wcsc.k12.in.us/wces/teaching-learning/elearning/elearning-procedures", "kind": "Official school operating procedure", "note": "Currently linked two-page document states LifeWise does not meet on e-learning days. Undated; supports a district operational reference, not a precise 2026–27 enrollment count or timetable." }, { "title": "Indiana Code 2026 §20-33-2-19", "url": "https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/20#20-33-2-19", "kind": "Current official statute", "note": "Full rendered IGA section inspected October 8, 2026. Amendment history ends P.L.194-2025, SEC.4; no 2026 amendment listed. Subsections (a)–(e) govern release; (f) governs optional secondary credit." }, { "title": "State Board of Accounts — June 2025 School Bulletin", "url": "https://www.in.gov/sboa/files/2025_June_School_Bulletin_1THJW.pdf", "kind": "State agency enactment summary", "note": "Page 22 identifies P.L.194-2025 / SEA255 and July 1, 2025 effective date. Historical implementation source, read against the 2026 Code." } ], "facts": [ { "label": "Policy title / vintage", "value": "Chapter IX, XXV: Elementary & Middle School Released Time Religious Instruction (RTRI) Guidelines, pp.145–146 in December 2022 manual. Current consolidated revision not located.", "source": { "title": "West Central — board policy manual, December 7, 2022 edition", "url": "https://www.wcsc.k12.in.us/wcsc/info/document-library/school-board-documents-1/1652-board-policy-manual-12-7-22/file", "kind": "Official historical policy manual", "note": "Chapter IX, XXV, pp.145–146: Elementary & Middle School Released Time Religious Instruction (RTRI) Guidelines. First reading March 4, 2021; second April 13, 2021. Later consolidated policy text not located; do not treat this edition as a verified 2026 revision." } }, { "label": "Policy history", "value": "Manual prints first reading March 4, 2021 and second reading April 13, 2021; no tally stated there.", "source": { "title": "West Central — board policy manual, December 7, 2022 edition", "url": "https://www.wcsc.k12.in.us/wcsc/info/document-library/school-board-documents-1/1652-board-policy-manual-12-7-22/file", "kind": "Official historical policy manual", "note": "Chapter IX, XXV, pp.145–146: Elementary & Middle School Released Time Religious Instruction (RTRI) Guidelines. First reading March 4, 2021; second April 13, 2021. Later consolidated policy text not located; do not treat this edition as a verified 2026 revision." } }, { "label": "Provider / school evidence", "value": "LifeWise named in West Central Elementary e-learning procedures. This is an operational reference; document is undated and does not establish all current participating grades.", "source": { "title": "West Central Elementary — e-learning procedures", "url": "https://www.wcsc.k12.in.us/wces/teaching-learning/elearning/elearning-procedures", "kind": "Official school operating procedure", "note": "Currently linked two-page document states LifeWise does not meet on e-learning days. Undated; supports a district operational reference, not a precise 2026–27 enrollment count or timetable." } }, { "label": "Latest located board action", "value": "January 2, 2025 copy records 6–0 LifeWise bus-rental approval; file labelled unapproved. May 2, 2024 district-hosted minutes record 4–0 approval.", "source": { "title": "West Central — January 2, 2025 minutes copy", "url": "https://www.francesville.net/uploads/8/9/0/8/89084818/january_2_2025_unapproved_minutes.pdf", "kind": "Board record on municipal website; unapproved file label", "note": "Records LifeWise bus-rental approval 6–0. Final approved district copy and underlying agreement not located." } }, { "label": "Local scheduling / missed work", "value": "Historical manual bars release from core academic classes and makes students responsible for missed work. A 2026–27 session timetable was not located.", "source": { "title": "West Central — board policy manual, December 7, 2022 edition", "url": "https://www.wcsc.k12.in.us/wcsc/info/document-library/school-board-documents-1/1652-board-policy-manual-12-7-22/file", "kind": "Official historical policy manual", "note": "Chapter IX, XXV, pp.145–146: Elementary & Middle School Released Time Religious Instruction (RTRI) Guidelines. First reading March 4, 2021; second April 13, 2021. 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Later consolidated policy text not located; do not treat this edition as a verified 2026 revision." } }, { "label": "Transportation / liability", "value": "Historical policy assigns transport, including disability-related transport, to sponsor/family/student and liability to sponsor. Rental approvals do not reveal actual arrangements or cost recovery.", "source": { "title": "West Central — board policy manual, December 7, 2022 edition", "url": "https://www.wcsc.k12.in.us/wcsc/info/document-library/school-board-documents-1/1652-board-policy-manual-12-7-22/file", "kind": "Official historical policy manual", "note": "Chapter IX, XXV, pp.145–146: Elementary & Middle School Released Time Religious Instruction (RTRI) Guidelines. First reading March 4, 2021; second April 13, 2021. Later consolidated policy text not located; do not treat this edition as a verified 2026 revision." } }, { "label": "School resources / site", "value": "Historical policy prohibits public funds and public-school personnel providing RTRI. Exact current approved site and facility agreement not verified.", "source": { "title": "West Central — board policy manual, December 7, 2022 edition", "url": "https://www.wcsc.k12.in.us/wcsc/info/document-library/school-board-documents-1/1652-board-policy-manual-12-7-22/file", "kind": "Official historical policy manual", "note": "Chapter IX, XXV, pp.145–146: Elementary & Middle School Released Time Religious Instruction (RTRI) Guidelines. First reading March 4, 2021; second April 13, 2021. Later consolidated policy text not located; do not treat this edition as a verified 2026 revision." } }, { "label": "Screening / insurance", "value": "Historical RTRI provision assigns liability but gives no specific checks or insurance threshold. Current documentation and later rules not located; state credit conditions are separate.", "source": { "title": "West Central — board policy manual, December 7, 2022 edition", "url": "https://www.wcsc.k12.in.us/wcsc/info/document-library/school-board-documents-1/1652-board-policy-manual-12-7-22/file", "kind": "Official historical policy manual", "note": "Chapter IX, XXV, pp.145–146: Elementary & Middle School Released Time Religious Instruction (RTRI) Guidelines. First reading March 4, 2021; second April 13, 2021. Later consolidated policy text not located; do not treat this edition as a verified 2026 revision." } }, { "label": "Academic credit", "value": "No local secondary credit authorization established by this elementary/middle-school policy.", "source": { "title": "West Central — board policy manual, December 7, 2022 edition", "url": "https://www.wcsc.k12.in.us/wcsc/info/document-library/school-board-documents-1/1652-board-policy-manual-12-7-22/file", "kind": "Official historical policy manual", "note": "Chapter IX, XXV, pp.145–146: Elementary & Middle School Released Time Religious Instruction (RTRI) Guidelines. First reading March 4, 2021; second April 13, 2021. Later consolidated policy text not located; do not treat this edition as a verified 2026 revision." } }, { "label": "Weekly legal ceiling", "value": "State law: elementary up to 120 minutes per week; public secondary up to the time equivalent of one elective course per week. This is a ceiling, not a verified local timetable.", "source": { "title": "Indiana Code 2026 §20-33-2-19", "url": "https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/20#20-33-2-19", "kind": "Current official statute", "note": "Full rendered IGA section inspected October 8, 2026. Amendment history ends P.L.194-2025, SEC.4; no 2026 amendment listed. Subsections (a)–(e) govern release; (f) governs optional secondary credit." } }, { "label": "Attendance", "value": "State law grants the same attendance credit as public-school attendance for the same duration; provider records must be available to attendance officers.", "source": { "title": "Indiana Code 2026 §20-33-2-19", "url": "https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/20#20-33-2-19", "kind": "Current official statute", "note": "Full rendered IGA section inspected October 8, 2026. Amendment history ends P.L.194-2025, SEC.4; no 2026 amendment listed. 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Final text contains release and screening provisions but no academic-credit authorization." }, { "title": "West Lafayette — November 10, 2025 E200 first-reading draft", "url": "https://www.wl.k12.in.us/document-library/school-board-information/board-meeting-documents/2025-4/2025-11-10-regular-board-meeting/policies-1st-readings/4236-e200-religious-release-time-credit-for-religious-education/file", "kind": "Superseded draft", "note": "Includes optional credit language and placeholders. Do not use as final adopted policy; compare the December 8 active policy." }, { "title": "West Lafayette — December 8, 2025 board agenda", "url": "https://www.wl.k12.in.us/document-library/school-board-information/school-board-agenda/2025/4325-2025-12-08-agenda-regular-board-mtg/file", "kind": "Official agenda", "note": "Second-reading context. 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Final policy supplies adoption date; a vote tally was not located.", "source": { "title": "West Lafayette — December 8, 2025 board agenda", "url": "https://www.wl.k12.in.us/document-library/school-board-information/school-board-agenda/2025/4325-2025-12-08-agenda-regular-board-mtg/file", "kind": "Official agenda", "note": "Second-reading context. An agenda alone does not establish a vote tally; adoption date comes from the active policy." } }, { "label": "Provider / schools", "value": "No named provider or participating-school list in the final E200; no current operation finding.", "source": { "title": "West Lafayette CSC — E200 Religious Release Time", "url": "https://wl.k12.in.us/policy/sections/new-policies/e-instruction/religious-release-time", "kind": "Official active district policy", "note": "Policy hub marks Active, adopted December 8, 2025. 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Final text contains release and screening provisions but no academic-credit authorization." } }, { "label": "Make-up work", "value": "No specific released-time make-up deadline in §19; a local implementation procedure was not located.", "source": { "title": "Indiana Code 2026 §20-33-2-19", "url": "https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/20#20-33-2-19", "kind": "Current official statute", "note": "Full rendered IGA section inspected October 8, 2026. Amendment history ends P.L.194-2025, SEC.4; no 2026 amendment listed. Subsections (a)–(e) govern release; (f) governs optional secondary credit." } }, { "label": "Weekly legal ceiling", "value": "State law: elementary up to 120 minutes per week; public secondary up to the time equivalent of one elective course per week. This is a ceiling, not a verified local timetable.", "source": { "title": "Indiana Code 2026 §20-33-2-19", "url": "https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/20#20-33-2-19", "kind": "Current official statute", "note": "Full rendered IGA section inspected October 8, 2026. Amendment history ends P.L.194-2025, SEC.4; no 2026 amendment listed. Subsections (a)–(e) govern release; (f) governs optional secondary credit." } }, { "label": "Attendance", "value": "State law grants the same attendance credit as public-school attendance for the same duration; provider records must be available to attendance officers.", "source": { "title": "Indiana Code 2026 §20-33-2-19", "url": "https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/20#20-33-2-19", "kind": "Current official statute", "note": "Full rendered IGA section inspected October 8, 2026. Amendment history ends P.L.194-2025, SEC.4; no 2026 amendment listed. 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This predates the July 2025 state law. Reviewed through the indexed document copy; the original PDF URL returned 404 during final availability checking. A replacement district-hosted copy is a follow-up priority." } }, { "label": "Policy number / title", "value": "The 2025–26 elementary handbook references Policy 501.11 for student release. A complete current adopted text and any 2026–27 program agreement were not located.", "source": { "title": "East Mills Elementary — 2025–26 handbook", "url": "https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/5334/Emcsd/af3b9d23-2437-4e2e-a3bd-e34749808662/Elementary_handbook_25-26.pdf?disposition=inline", "kind": "Official district handbook", "note": "Historical 2025–26 handbook references 501.11 and office pickup. Not presented as a final 2026–27 LifeWise procedure." } }, { "label": "Provider / operation", "value": "LifeWise approval is documented. 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It does not establish the current LifeWise handoff or notification process.", "source": { "title": "East Mills Elementary — 2025–26 handbook", "url": "https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/5334/Emcsd/af3b9d23-2437-4e2e-a3bd-e34749808662/Elementary_handbook_25-26.pdf?disposition=inline", "kind": "Official district handbook", "note": "Historical 2025–26 handbook references 501.11 and office pickup. Not presented as a final 2026–27 LifeWise procedure." } }, { "label": "State law: weekly release", "value": "Qualifying requests must be excused for at least one and no more than five hours per week. This statewide range is not a verified local timetable.", "source": { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." } }, { "label": "State law: parent notification", "value": "A parent, guardian or legal/actual custodian notifies the school; an emancipated minor acts for themself. §299.1D does not prescribe a statewide form. Provider registration alone does not establish school notification.", "source": { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." } }, { "label": "State law: attendance records", "value": "The private organization maintains attendance records and makes them available to the school. A local reporting form, delivery frequency and contact must be confirmed separately.", "source": { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." } }, { "label": "State law: transportation", "value": "Provided by the private organization, parent/guardian/custodian or child. This section does not entitle families to district bus service.", "source": { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." } }, { "label": "State law: location", "value": "Not on school district property unless the board authorizes use under §297.9. A provider announcement does not establish that authorization.", "source": { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." } }, { "label": "State law: make-up work", "value": "The child must agree to make up schoolwork not completed during the religious course. Specific assignment deadlines or grading procedures require local confirmation.", "source": { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." } }, { "label": "State law: public resources", "value": "No district or accredited nonpublic school expenditure related to the course except minimal administrative costs for notification processing and attendance tracking.", "source": { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." } }, { "label": "State law: liability", "value": "The private organization must provide for and assume liability while the child attends the course. No insurance dollar amount or local coverage certificate is verified here.", "source": { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." } }, { "label": "State law: credit and remedies", "value": "§299.1D awards no automatic academic credit. Subsection 3 permits eligible claimants alleging a school-district violation to seek injunctions and actual damages; a prevailing plaintiff receives reasonable costs and attorney fees. No local case outcome or special local appeal procedure was located.", "source": { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." } } ] }, { "id": "iowa-east-union", "name": "East Union", "state": "Iowa", "county": "Unknown", "policy": "Yes", "policyNumber": "501.11 — general release, including religious instruction", "provider": "Unknown", "providerName": "Unknown", "program": "Unknown", "schools": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "weekly": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "timeFilter": "Unknown", "core": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "consent": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transport": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transportFilter": "Unknown", "property": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "propertyFilter": "Unknown", "attendance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "makeup": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "credit": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "creditFilter": "Unknown", "screening": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "insurance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "funding": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "remedy": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "boardDate": "2026-03-24", "sourceDate": "2026-03-24", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "normalized": "2026-10-08", "evidence": "Primary record located", "boundary": "General release policy located; provider operation unknown", "next": "Administrative release regulations, provider record and actual schedule.", "stateTracker": "/education/released-time-religious-instruction/iowa.html", "districtTracker": null, "primarySource": "https://east-union.isfis.net/policy/50111-student-release-during-school-hours", "sources": [ { "title": "East Union — Policy 501.11 Student Release During School Hours", "url": "https://east-union.isfis.net/policy/50111-student-release-during-school-hours", "kind": "Official district policy", "note": "Generic release policy lists religious instruction; review date March 24, 2026. No current provider arrangement verified." } ], "facts": [] }, { "id": "iowa-lake-mills", "name": "Lake Mills", "state": "Iowa", "county": "Unknown", "policy": "Not located", "policyNumber": "Not located", "provider": "Unknown", "providerName": "Unknown", "program": "Unknown", "schools": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "weekly": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "timeFilter": "Unknown", "core": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "consent": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transport": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transportFilter": "Unknown", "property": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "propertyFilter": "Unknown", "attendance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "makeup": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "credit": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "creditFilter": "Unknown", "screening": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "insurance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "funding": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "remedy": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "boardDate": "Unknown — final board action not verified", "sourceDate": "Unknown / undated — see source notes", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "normalized": "2026-10-08", "evidence": "Research lead", "boundary": "Approval described by third-party index; primary terms unverified", "next": "Original June 8 minutes, complete LifeWise agreement and operating timetable.", "stateTracker": "/education/released-time-religious-instruction/iowa.html", "districtTracker": null, "primarySource": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Lake Mills — June 8, 2026 record lead", "url": "https://civiciq.com/public-contract/42e05cc7-e99d-4209-a4e3-44be686021de", "kind": "Third-party minutes index", "note": "Index describes LifeWise under partnerships/agreements. Original agreement and full signed vote remain needed. The index’s government-contract label is not accepted as evidence of public spending." } ], "facts": [] }, { "id": "iowa-linn-mar", "name": "Linn-Mar", "state": "Iowa", "county": "Unknown", "policy": "Not located", "policyNumber": "Not located", "provider": "Unknown", "providerName": "Unknown", "program": "Unknown", "schools": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "weekly": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "timeFilter": "Unknown", "core": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "consent": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transport": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transportFilter": "Unknown", "property": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "propertyFilter": "Unknown", "attendance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "makeup": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "credit": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "creditFilter": "Unknown", "screening": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "insurance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "funding": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "remedy": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "boardDate": "Unknown — final board action not verified", "sourceDate": "Unknown / undated — see source notes", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "normalized": "2026-10-08", "evidence": "Primary record located", "boundary": "General attendance policy located; provider operation unknown", "next": "Current release regulation, specific revision record and provider evidence.", "stateTracker": "/education/released-time-religious-instruction/iowa.html", "districtTracker": null, "primarySource": "https://policy.linnmar.k12.ia.us/policy/5011-compulsory-attendance", "sources": [ { "title": "Linn-Mar — Policy 501.1 Compulsory Attendance", "url": "https://policy.linnmar.k12.ia.us/policy/5011-compulsory-attendance", "kind": "Official district policy", "note": "Contains qualifying religious-instruction exception; no provider operation follows from this general policy." } ], "facts": [] }, { "id": "iowa-maquoketa-valley", "name": "Maquoketa Valley", "state": "Iowa", "county": "Unknown", "policy": "Yes", "policyNumber": "501.11 — general release, including religious instruction", "provider": "Unknown", "providerName": "Unknown", "program": "Unknown", "schools": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "weekly": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "timeFilter": "Unknown", "core": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "consent": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transport": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transportFilter": "Unknown", "property": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "propertyFilter": "Unknown", "attendance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "makeup": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "credit": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "creditFilter": "Unknown", "screening": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "insurance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "funding": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "remedy": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "boardDate": "2025-07-21", "sourceDate": "2025-07-21", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "normalized": "2026-10-08", "evidence": "Primary record located", "boundary": "General release policy located; provider operation unknown", "next": "Current regulations, provider documentation and implementing board record.", "stateTracker": "/education/released-time-religious-instruction/iowa.html", "districtTracker": null, "primarySource": "https://maquoketa-valley.iowaschoolfinance.com/policy/50111-student-release-during-school-hours", "sources": [ { "title": "Maquoketa Valley — Policy 501.11 Student Release During School Hours", "url": "https://maquoketa-valley.iowaschoolfinance.com/policy/50111-student-release-during-school-hours", "kind": "Official district policy", "note": "Approved/reviewed July 21, 2025; general parent/principal release terms, no verified program timetable." } ], "facts": [] }, { "id": "iowa-mason-city", "name": "Mason City", "state": "Iowa", "county": "Unknown", "policy": "Not located", "policyNumber": "Not located", "provider": "Unknown", "providerName": "Unknown", "program": "Unknown", "schools": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "weekly": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "timeFilter": "Unknown", "core": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "consent": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transport": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transportFilter": "Unknown", "property": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "propertyFilter": "Unknown", "attendance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "makeup": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "credit": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "creditFilter": "Unknown", "screening": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "insurance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "funding": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "remedy": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "boardDate": "Unknown — final board action not verified", "sourceDate": "Unknown / undated — see source notes", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "normalized": "2026-10-08", "evidence": "Research lead", "boundary": "Current district implementation unknown", "next": "Official policy and school/provider documents corroborating current activity.", "stateTracker": "/education/released-time-religious-instruction/iowa.html", "districtTracker": null, "primarySource": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Mason City — third-party program listing", "url": "https://www.respectpublicschools.com/loc_profile.php?loc_id=8308", "kind": "Advocacy-maintained discovery lead", "note": "August 2026 listing prompts further research. Its school counts and operating-status label are not treated as verified district evidence." } ], "facts": [] }, { "id": "iowa-mid-prairie", "name": "Mid-Prairie", "state": "Iowa", "county": "Unknown", "policy": "Yes", "policyNumber": "501.11 — revised religious release provisions", "provider": "LifeWise", "providerName": "LifeWise", "program": "Proposed", "schools": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "weekly": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "timeFilter": "Unknown", "core": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "consent": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transport": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transportFilter": "Unknown", "property": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "propertyFilter": "Unknown", "attendance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "makeup": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "credit": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "creditFilter": "Unknown", "screening": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "insurance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "funding": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "remedy": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "boardDate": "2026-08-10", "sourceDate": "2026-08-10", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "normalized": "2026-10-08", "evidence": "Primary record located", "boundary": "Policy revision adopted; LifeWise presentation/proposal does not verify an operating class.", "next": "Final pilot schedule, consent form and operating record.", "stateTracker": "/education/released-time-religious-instruction/iowa.html", "districtTracker": "/local/iowa/mid-prairie-community-school-district/released-time-religious-instruction.html", "primarySource": "https://policy.mid-prairie.k12.ia.us/book/export/html/92", "sources": [ { "title": "Mid-Prairie policy manual — 501.11 Student Release During School Hours", "url": "https://policy.mid-prairie.k12.ia.us/book/export/html/92", "kind": "Official district policy", "note": "Locate 501.11 in this printable manual. Revised August 10, 2026; first adopted November 25, 1996. Generic release policy, not a LifeWise operating agreement." }, { "title": "Mid-Prairie — March 23, 2026 work-session record", "url": "https://policy.mid-prairie.k12.ia.us/content/march-23-2026", "kind": "Official board minutes", "note": "LifeWise proposal, one-grade pilot and proposed church location. Presentation is not adoption or verified operation." }, { "title": "Mid-Prairie — May 11, 2026 minutes", "url": "https://policy.mid-prairie.k12.ia.us/content/may-11-2026-0", "kind": "Official board minutes", "note": "East Elementary proposal and acknowledgment request; follow-up scheduled for June 8." }, { "title": "Mid-Prairie — June 8, 2026 minutes", "url": "https://policy.mid-prairie.k12.ia.us/content/june-8-2026", "kind": "Official board minutes", "note": "Board took no action on LifeWise acknowledgment letter. No-action is not a recorded rejection." }, { "title": "Mid-Prairie — July 13, 2026 minutes", "url": "https://policy.mid-prairie.k12.ia.us/content/july-13-2026-0", "kind": "Official board minutes", "note": "First reading of 501.11 passed 6–0." }, { "title": "Mid-Prairie — August 10, 2026 minutes", "url": "https://policy.mid-prairie.k12.ia.us/content/august-10", "kind": "Official board minutes", "note": "Second reading of 501.11 passed 5–0; matches revised date in policy manual." }, { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." }, { "title": "Iowa Code §297.9 — use of school buildings and grounds", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/297.9.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Cross-reference for school-board authorization, terms, compensation and noninterference with school activities." }, { "title": "Iowa Code §299.12 — chronic absence", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.12.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Subsection 1(a) excludes qualifying §299.1D attendance from the chronic-absence calculation." } ], "facts": [ { "label": "Policy / latest board action", "value": "501.11, Student Release During School Hours. July 13 first reading passed 6–0; August 10 second reading passed 5–0. The manual lists August 10, 2026 as the revision date.", "source": { "title": "Mid-Prairie — August 10, 2026 minutes", "url": "https://policy.mid-prairie.k12.ia.us/content/august-10", "kind": "Official board minutes", "note": "Second reading of 501.11 passed 5–0; matches revised date in policy manual." } }, { "label": "Provider / current program status", "value": "LifeWise proposal documented. Fall 2026 was a goal; current student attendance, an actual launch date and an operating roster were not verified. Status “Adopted” describes the general release policy.", "source": { "title": "Mid-Prairie — March 23, 2026 work-session record", "url": "https://policy.mid-prairie.k12.ia.us/content/march-23-2026", "kind": "Official board minutes", "note": "LifeWise proposal, one-grade pilot and proposed church location. Presentation is not adoption or verified operation." } }, { "label": "Schools / proposed schedule", "value": "May minutes identify East Elementary. March discussion proposed one grade, one hour once weekly, off site at Kalona Mennonite Church. These are proposal details, not a final participating-school list or current schedule.", "source": { "title": "Mid-Prairie — May 11, 2026 minutes", "url": "https://policy.mid-prairie.k12.ia.us/content/may-11-2026-0", "kind": "Official board minutes", "note": "East Elementary proposal and acknowledgment request; follow-up scheduled for June 8." } }, { "label": "Local consent / release procedure", "value": "501.11 generally requires prior parental authorization, a parent personally arranging release, or principal/designee permission. It lists religious instruction among approved reasons. No current program-specific consent or sign-out form was located.", "source": { "title": "Mid-Prairie policy manual — 501.11 Student Release During School Hours", "url": "https://policy.mid-prairie.k12.ia.us/book/export/html/92", "kind": "Official district policy", "note": "Locate 501.11 in this printable manual. Revised August 10, 2026; first adopted November 25, 1996. Generic release policy, not a LifeWise operating agreement." } }, { "label": "Local transport / records / make-up work", "value": "The reviewed 501.11 assigns administrative regulations to the superintendent and principals, but does not publish a LifeWise transport route, attendance submission method, missed-work deadline or liability certificate. State conditions below remain applicable.", "source": { "title": "Mid-Prairie policy manual — 501.11 Student Release During School Hours", "url": "https://policy.mid-prairie.k12.ia.us/book/export/html/92", "kind": "Official district policy", "note": "Locate 501.11 in this printable manual. Revised August 10, 2026; first adopted November 25, 1996. Generic release policy, not a LifeWise operating agreement." } }, { "label": "State law: weekly release", "value": "Qualifying requests must be excused for at least one and no more than five hours per week. This statewide range is not a verified local timetable.", "source": { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." } }, { "label": "State law: parent notification", "value": "A parent, guardian or legal/actual custodian notifies the school; an emancipated minor acts for themself. §299.1D does not prescribe a statewide form. Provider registration alone does not establish school notification.", "source": { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." } }, { "label": "State law: attendance records", "value": "The private organization maintains attendance records and makes them available to the school. A local reporting form, delivery frequency and contact must be confirmed separately.", "source": { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." } }, { "label": "State law: transportation", "value": "Provided by the private organization, parent/guardian/custodian or child. This section does not entitle families to district bus service.", "source": { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." } }, { "label": "State law: location", "value": "Not on school district property unless the board authorizes use under §297.9. A provider announcement does not establish that authorization.", "source": { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." } }, { "label": "State law: make-up work", "value": "The child must agree to make up schoolwork not completed during the religious course. Specific assignment deadlines or grading procedures require local confirmation.", "source": { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." } }, { "label": "State law: public resources", "value": "No district or accredited nonpublic school expenditure related to the course except minimal administrative costs for notification processing and attendance tracking.", "source": { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." } }, { "label": "State law: liability", "value": "The private organization must provide for and assume liability while the child attends the course. No insurance dollar amount or local coverage certificate is verified here.", "source": { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." } }, { "label": "State law: credit and remedies", "value": "§299.1D awards no automatic academic credit. Subsection 3 permits eligible claimants alleging a school-district violation to seek injunctions and actual damages; a prevailing plaintiff receives reasonable costs and attorney fees. No local case outcome or special local appeal procedure was located.", "source": { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." } } ] }, { "id": "iowa-newton", "name": "Newton", "state": "Iowa", "county": "Unknown", "policy": "Not located", "policyNumber": "Not located", "provider": "Unknown", "providerName": "Unknown", "program": "Unknown", "schools": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "weekly": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "timeFilter": "Unknown", "core": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "consent": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transport": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transportFilter": "Unknown", "property": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "propertyFilter": "Unknown", "attendance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "makeup": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "credit": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "creditFilter": "Unknown", "screening": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "insurance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "funding": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "remedy": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "boardDate": "Unknown — final board action not verified", "sourceDate": "Unknown / undated — see source notes", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "normalized": "2026-10-08", "evidence": "Research lead", "boundary": "2026–27 off-site proposal reported; current operation unverified", "next": "June 2026 original minutes, final adopted policy, consent procedure and launch record.", "stateTracker": "/education/released-time-religious-instruction/iowa.html", "districtTracker": null, "primarySource": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Newton board discussion — Newton Daily News, June 26, 2026", "url": "https://www.newtondailynews.com/article/3019%2Cschool-board-frustrated-over-released-time-laws-allowing-religious-instruction", "kind": "Local reporting", "note": "Off-site Aurora Heights proposal for 2026–27; current final district policy, exact board disposition and operating attendance not located." } ], "facts": [] }, { "id": "iowa-osage", "name": "Osage", "state": "Iowa", "county": "Unknown", "policy": "Not located", "policyNumber": "Not located", "provider": "Other", "providerName": "Anodos Academy", "program": "Proposed", "schools": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "weekly": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "timeFilter": "Unknown", "core": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "consent": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transport": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transportFilter": "Unknown", "property": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "propertyFilter": "Unknown", "attendance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "makeup": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "credit": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "creditFilter": "Unknown", "screening": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "insurance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "funding": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "remedy": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "boardDate": "2025-09-22", "sourceDate": "2025-09-22", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "normalized": "2026-10-08", "evidence": "Primary record located", "boundary": "Superintendent planning discussion names Anodos Academy; no program vote or current operating record.", "next": "Corrected original letter, adopted policy and current attendance or launch record.", "stateTracker": "/education/released-time-religious-instruction/iowa.html", "districtTracker": "/local/iowa/osage-community-school-district/released-time-religious-instruction.html", "primarySource": "https://www.osageschools.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/September-22-2025-Osage-School-Board-Minutes.pdf", "sources": [ { "title": "Osage — September 22, 2025 school-board minutes", "url": "https://www.osageschools.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/September-22-2025-Osage-School-Board-Minutes.pdf", "kind": "Official district minutes", "note": "Superintendent report documents meeting Anodos Academy and discussing departure times. No Anodos approval vote in that item." }, { "title": "Osage superintendent’s family letter, hosted by Anodos", "url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OmI9X16kQy0IEVuFTageJ2a-rWA2I30s/view", "kind": "District-authored letter on provider host", "note": "Printed date is January 8, 2025, but the text refers to the law signed in 2025 and a planned mid-February class. The date conflict is retained; an original corrected district copy is needed." }, { "title": "Anodos Academy — spring 2026 released-time announcement", "url": "https://www.anodosacademy.org/release-time", "kind": "Provider announcement", "note": "Advertised grades, Thursday class and bus times. Header and logistics disagree about the final May date. This is not independent proof of actual attendance or a fall 2026 schedule." }, { "title": "Osage — official archived board records", "url": "https://www.osageschools.com/board-of-education/archived-board-information", "kind": "Official district archive", "note": "Links the September 2025 record and newer Simbli board portal. No final released-time-specific policy or current attendance roster was verified in this review." }, { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." }, { "title": "Iowa Code §297.9 — use of school buildings and grounds", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/297.9.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Cross-reference for school-board authorization, terms, compensation and noninterference with school activities." }, { "title": "Iowa Code §299.12 — chronic absence", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.12.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Subsection 1(a) excludes qualifying §299.1D attendance from the chronic-absence calculation." } ], "facts": [ { "label": "Provider / status", "value": "Anodos Academy, a provider distinct from LifeWise. Proposed/announced course; current operation unverified.", "source": { "title": "Osage — September 22, 2025 school-board minutes", "url": "https://www.osageschools.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/September-22-2025-Osage-School-Board-Minutes.pdf", "kind": "Official district minutes", "note": "Superintendent report documents meeting Anodos Academy and discussing departure times. No Anodos approval vote in that item." } }, { "label": "Official board record", "value": "September 22, 2025 superintendent report describes meeting Anodos and working on departure timing. This discussion item contains no program-approval roll call.", "source": { "title": "Osage — September 22, 2025 school-board minutes", "url": "https://www.osageschools.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/September-22-2025-Osage-School-Board-Minutes.pdf", "kind": "Official district minutes", "note": "Superintendent report documents meeting Anodos Academy and discussing departure times. 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This is not independent proof of actual attendance or a fall 2026 schedule." } }, { "label": "Family letter / notification", "value": "District-authored letter asks parents to notify the school and discusses missed work, records and private responsibility. It is hosted by the provider and carries a conflicting January 8, 2025 printed date.", "source": { "title": "Osage superintendent’s family letter, hosted by Anodos", "url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OmI9X16kQy0IEVuFTageJ2a-rWA2I30s/view", "kind": "District-authored letter on provider host", "note": "Printed date is January 8, 2025, but the text refers to the law signed in 2025 and a planned mid-February class. The date conflict is retained; an original corrected district copy is needed." } }, { "label": "State law: weekly release", "value": "Qualifying requests must be excused for at least one and no more than five hours per week. This statewide range is not a verified local timetable.", "source": { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." } }, { "label": "State law: parent notification", "value": "A parent, guardian or legal/actual custodian notifies the school; an emancipated minor acts for themself. §299.1D does not prescribe a statewide form. 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This section does not entitle families to district bus service.", "source": { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." } }, { "label": "State law: location", "value": "Not on school district property unless the board authorizes use under §297.9. A provider announcement does not establish that authorization.", "source": { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." } }, { "label": "State law: make-up work", "value": "The child must agree to make up schoolwork not completed during the religious course. 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Reviewed through an indexed copy; the original PDF URL returned 404 during final availability checking. A current archive copy is needed." } ], "facts": [] }, { "id": "north-carolina-bladen-county-bladenboro", "name": "Bladen County / Bladenboro", "state": "North Carolina", "county": "Bladen / Bladenboro", "policy": "Not located", "policyNumber": "Not located", "provider": "Other", "providerName": "Bladen Released Time / School Ministries (provider identifies affiliation)", "program": "Operating", "schools": "Bladenboro Middle School — official school feed reports September 2026 activity; not a countywide roster.", "weekly": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "timeFilter": "Unknown", "core": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "consent": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transport": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transportFilter": "Unknown", "property": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "propertyFilter": "Unknown", "attendance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "makeup": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "credit": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "creditFilter": "Unknown", "screening": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "insurance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "funding": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "remedy": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "boardDate": "Unknown — final board action not verified", "sourceDate": "2026-09 (exact session/post date unavailable)", "lastVerified": "2026-10-07", "normalized": "2026-10-08", "evidence": "Primary record located", "boundary": "Operating status means documented September 2026 activity at Bladenboro Middle. 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This is a reported session count, not independently audited enrollment.", "source": { "url": "https://www.bladen.k12.nc.us/o/bbm/live-feed?page_no=1", "title": "Bladenboro Middle School official live feed", "kind": "Official school publication", "note": "September 2026 post, item 13111623, relays that released time began with 115 students. Relative timestamp; precise session date not assigned." } }, { "label": "Provider identity", "value": "Bladen Released Time describes itself as a School Ministries affiliate. Do not relabel it as LifeWise.", "source": { "url": "https://www.bladenrt.org/about-us", "title": "Bladen Released Time / School Ministries: About", "kind": "Provider statement", "note": "Describes its organization, history and transportation. Countywide totals are not independently verified here." } }, { "label": "Participating school", "value": "Bladenboro Middle is supported by the school publication. 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De minimis administrative funding and neutral facility-use exceptions apply; local schedule and credit terms unverified.", "source": { "url": "https://library.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2026-61.html", "title": "North Carolina SL 2026-61, §3.11", "kind": "Enacted amendment", "note": "Revises the weekly allowance to at least one and no more than four hours." } } ] }, { "id": "north-carolina-buncombe-county", "name": "Buncombe County", "state": "North Carolina", "county": "Unknown", "policy": "Not located", "policyNumber": "Not located", "provider": "Unknown", "providerName": "Unknown", "program": "Unknown", "schools": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "weekly": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "timeFilter": "Unknown", "core": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "consent": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transport": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transportFilter": "Unknown", "property": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "propertyFilter": "Unknown", "attendance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "makeup": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "credit": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "creditFilter": "Unknown", "screening": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "insurance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "funding": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "remedy": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "boardDate": "Unknown — final board action not verified", "sourceDate": "Unknown / undated — see source notes", "lastVerified": "2026-10-07", "normalized": "2026-10-08", "evidence": "Primary record located", "boundary": "October 1, 2026 official briefing lists Policy 3510; precise action and final text unresolved.", "next": "Obtain full action record and adopted 3510.", "stateTracker": "/education/released-time-religious-instruction/north-carolina.html", "districtTracker": null, "primarySource": "https://www.buncombeschools.org/article/3165045", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.buncombeschools.org/article/3165045", "title": "Buncombe County Schools board briefing, October 1, 2026", "kind": "Official district briefing", "note": "Lists Policy 3510; exact action and complete adopted text need a dedicated follow-up." } ], "facts": [] }, { "id": "north-carolina-cumberland-county-fayetteville", "name": "Cumberland County / Fayetteville", "state": "North Carolina", "county": "Cumberland / Fayetteville", "policy": "Pending", "policyNumber": "3510 — proposed revision", "provider": "Unknown", "providerName": "Unknown", "program": "Unknown", "schools": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "weekly": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "timeFilter": "Unknown", "core": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "consent": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transport": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transportFilter": "Unknown", "property": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "propertyFilter": "Unknown", "attendance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "makeup": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "credit": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "creditFilter": "Unknown", "screening": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "insurance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "funding": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "remedy": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "boardDate": "Unknown — final board action not verified", "sourceDate": "Unknown / undated — see source notes", "lastVerified": "2026-10-07", "normalized": "2026-10-08", "evidence": "Primary record located", "boundary": "First reading reported September 8, 2026; official attachment was not retrievable. Final adoption and operation unverified.", "next": "Obtain current final policy, provider agreement and dated operating record.", "stateTracker": "/education/released-time-religious-instruction/north-carolina.html", "districtTracker": "/local/north-carolina/cumberland-county/released-time-religious-instruction.html", "primarySource": "https://go.boarddocs.com/nc/ccsd/Board.nsf/pfiles/DXMM4S59769E/$file/Revised%20Policy%203510%2C%20Religious-Based%20Exemptions%20from%20School%20Programs%20(2026).pdf", "sources": [ { "url": "https://go.boarddocs.com/nc/ccsd/Board.nsf/pfiles/DXMM4S59769E/$file/Revised%20Policy%203510%2C%20Religious-Based%20Exemptions%20from%20School%20Programs%20(2026).pdf", "title": "Cumberland revised Policy 3510 attachment", "kind": "Official board document link", "note": "Linked in the September board report. Direct retrieval was unavailable during this review; local terms below remain attributed to reporting." }, { "url": "https://www.cityviewnc.com/stories/cumberland-students-will-be-allowed-to-leave-school-for-religious-instruction/", "title": "CityView: Cumberland religious-instruction policy, September 11, 2026", "kind": "Independent board reporting", "note": "September 8 first-reading vote, not proof of final adoption." }, { "url": "https://www.ccs.k12.nc.us/", "title": "Cumberland County Schools, North Carolina", "kind": "District", "note": "Official entry point for board records and current consent procedures." }, { "url": "https://library.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2026-41.html", "title": "North Carolina SL 2026-41, §7.54", "kind": "Enacted law", "note": "Creates G.S. 115C-407.45; effective July 7, 2026, applying in 2026–27." }, { "url": "https://library.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2026-61.html", "title": "North Carolina SL 2026-61, §3.11", "kind": "Enacted amendment", "note": "Revises the weekly allowance to at least one and no more than four hours." }, { "url": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2026-61.html", "title": "Prior-phase source", "kind": "Prior-phase source; see tracker for scope" } ], "facts": [ { "label": "Board policy", "value": "Revised Policy 3510, Religious-Based Exemptions from School Programs. Official attachment link located; direct document retrieval unavailable in this review.", "source": { "url": "https://go.boarddocs.com/nc/ccsd/Board.nsf/pfiles/DXMM4S59769E/$file/Revised%20Policy%203510%2C%20Religious-Based%20Exemptions%20from%20School%20Programs%20(2026).pdf", "title": "Cumberland revised Policy 3510 attachment", "kind": "Official board document link", "note": "Linked in the September board report. Direct retrieval was unavailable during this review; local terms below remain attributed to reporting." } }, { "label": "Vote history", "value": "CityView reports an 8–0 first-reading vote on September 8, 2026, after September 1 committee review. A first reading is not final adoption.", "source": { "url": "https://www.cityviewnc.com/stories/cumberland-students-will-be-allowed-to-leave-school-for-religious-instruction/", "title": "CityView: Cumberland religious-instruction policy, September 11, 2026", "kind": "Independent board reporting", "note": "September 8 first-reading vote, not proof of final adoption." } }, { "label": "Provider and schools", "value": "No operating LifeWise class or participating school verified. Discussion of the law does not prove provider participation.", "source": { "url": "https://www.ccs.k12.nc.us/", "title": "Cumberland County Schools, North Carolina", "kind": "District", "note": "Official entry point for board records and current consent procedures." } }, { "label": "Scheduling proposed", "value": "Reporting describes one hour weekly, excluding math, science, social studies and English language arts, plus specified testing and remediation periods. These are reported local proposal terms, not a statewide core-class prohibition.", "source": { "url": "https://www.cityviewnc.com/stories/cumberland-students-will-be-allowed-to-leave-school-for-religious-instruction/", "title": "CityView: Cumberland religious-instruction policy, September 11, 2026", "kind": "Independent board reporting", "note": "September 8 first-reading vote, not proof of final adoption." } }, { "label": "Consent, transportation and work", "value": "The enacted state law requires signed parental consent, parent-arranged transportation, daily written attendance evidence and make-up work. Local forms and final procedure remain unverified.", "source": { "url": "https://library.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2026-41.html", "title": "North Carolina SL 2026-41, §7.54", "kind": "Enacted law", "note": "Creates G.S. 115C-407.45; effective July 7, 2026, applying in 2026–27." } }, { "label": "Public resources and credit", "value": "State funding/facility exceptions apply. CityView reports no academic credit in the proposed local policy; final adopted wording needs confirmation.", "source": { "url": "https://www.cityviewnc.com/stories/cumberland-students-will-be-allowed-to-leave-school-for-religious-instruction/", "title": "CityView: Cumberland religious-instruction policy, September 11, 2026", "kind": "Independent board reporting", "note": "September 8 first-reading vote, not proof of final adoption." } } ] }, { "id": "north-carolina-durham", "name": "Durham", "state": "North Carolina", "county": "Unknown", "policy": "Not located", "policyNumber": "Not located", "provider": "Unknown", "providerName": "Unknown", "program": "Unknown", "schools": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "weekly": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "timeFilter": "Unknown", "core": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "consent": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transport": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transportFilter": "Unknown", "property": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "propertyFilter": "Unknown", "attendance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "makeup": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "credit": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "creditFilter": "Unknown", "screening": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "insurance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "funding": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "remedy": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "boardDate": "Unknown — final board action not verified", "sourceDate": "Unknown / undated — see source notes", "lastVerified": "2026-10-07", "normalized": "2026-10-08", "evidence": "Research lead", "boundary": "Secondary reporting of September 14, 2026 discussion; primary disposition unverified.", "next": "Locate original minutes and current policy.", "stateTracker": "/education/released-time-religious-instruction/north-carolina.html", "districtTracker": null, "primarySource": null, "sources": [ { "url": "https://9thstreetjournal.org/2026/09/14/durham-residents-push-back-against-time-off-school-for-religious-instruction/", "title": "9th Street Journal: Durham public discussion, September 14, 2026", "kind": "Independent local reporting", "note": "Public comment is not program approval." } ], "facts": [] }, { "id": "north-carolina-edenton-chowan", "name": "Edenton-Chowan", "state": "North Carolina", "county": "Chowan / Edenton", "policy": "Pending", "policyNumber": "4210 — first reading verified; later adopted text not located", "provider": "Unknown", "providerName": "Unknown", "program": "Unknown", "schools": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "weekly": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "timeFilter": "Unknown", "core": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "consent": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transport": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transportFilter": "Unknown", "property": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "propertyFilter": "Unknown", "attendance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "makeup": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "credit": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "creditFilter": "Unknown", "screening": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "insurance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "funding": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "remedy": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "boardDate": "Unknown — final board action not verified", "sourceDate": "2025-11-04", "lastVerified": "2026-10-07", "normalized": "2026-10-08", "evidence": "Primary record located", "boundary": "Official agenda establishes first reading only. Secondary reporting announces LifeWise at White Oak Elementary; attendance not verified.", "next": "Obtain current final policy, provider agreement and dated operating record.", "stateTracker": "/education/released-time-religious-instruction/north-carolina.html", "districtTracker": "/local/north-carolina/chowan-county/released-time-religious-instruction.html", "primarySource": "https://edenton-chowan.schoolboard.net/node/3440", "sources": [ { "url": "https://edenton-chowan.schoolboard.net/node/3440", "title": "Edenton-Chowan board agenda, November 4, 2025", "kind": "Official board agenda", "note": "Lists Policy 4210 at first reading. An agenda is not approved minutes." }, { "url": "https://albemarleobserver.news/2026/09/20/lifewise-academy-prepares-for-oct-1-launch-at-white-oak-elementary/", "title": "Albemarle Observer: revised White Oak launch plan, September 20, 2026", "kind": "Independent board reporting", "note": "Revised October 1 target and reported policy amendment; does not establish actual attendance." }, { "url": "https://albemarleobserver.news/2025/11/05/edenton-chowan-schools-board-recognizes-financial-office-staff/", "title": "Albemarle Observer: November 4, 2025 meeting report", "kind": "Independent board reporting", "note": "Describes Policy 4210 as a first reading; exact initial adoption date is withheld." }, { "url": "https://library.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2026-41.html", "title": "North Carolina SL 2026-41, §7.54", "kind": "Enacted law", "note": "Creates G.S. 115C-407.45; effective July 7, 2026, applying in 2026–27." }, { "url": "https://library.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2026-61.html", "title": "North Carolina SL 2026-61, §3.11", "kind": "Enacted amendment", "note": "Revises the weekly allowance to at least one and no more than four hours." }, { "url": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2026-61.html", "title": "Prior-phase source", "kind": "Prior-phase source; see tracker for scope" } ], "facts": [ { "label": "Board policy and vote record", "value": "The official November 4, 2025 agenda lists Policy 4210 at first reading. Exact initial adoption date and roll-call vote are withheld pending approved minutes.", "source": { "url": "https://edenton-chowan.schoolboard.net/node/3440", "title": "Edenton-Chowan board agenda, November 4, 2025", "kind": "Official board agenda", "note": "Lists Policy 4210 at first reading. An agenda is not approved minutes." } }, { "label": "Latest reported local change", "value": "September 20 reporting describes a policy cap correction from five to four hours and the board’s clarification that it approved a release policy, not LifeWise.", "source": { "url": "https://albemarleobserver.news/2026/09/20/lifewise-academy-prepares-for-oct-1-launch-at-white-oak-elementary/", "title": "Albemarle Observer: revised White Oak launch plan, September 20, 2026", "kind": "Independent board reporting", "note": "Revised October 1 target and reported policy amendment; does not establish actual attendance." } }, { "label": "Named school and provider", "value": "LifeWise; White Oak Elementary, kindergarten through second grade, in the announced plan. This is not a verified current attendance roster.", "source": { "url": "https://albemarleobserver.news/2026/09/20/lifewise-academy-prepares-for-oct-1-launch-at-white-oak-elementary/", "title": "Albemarle Observer: revised White Oak launch plan, September 20, 2026", "kind": "Independent board reporting", "note": "Revised October 1 target and reported policy amendment; does not establish actual attendance." } }, { "label": "Announced timetable", "value": "October 1 target replaced September 24; reported Thursday cultural-arts scheduling. The actual first session remains unconfirmed.", "source": { "url": "https://albemarleobserver.news/2026/09/20/lifewise-academy-prepares-for-oct-1-launch-at-white-oak-elementary/", "title": "Albemarle Observer: revised White Oak launch plan, September 20, 2026", "kind": "Independent board reporting", "note": "Revised October 1 target and reported policy amendment; does not establish actual attendance." } }, { "label": "Consent and transport", "value": "State law requires a signed school consent process, parent-arranged transport and daily written attendance evidence. Obtain the current local waiver and travel plan.", "source": { "url": "https://library.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2026-41.html", "title": "North Carolina SL 2026-41, §7.54", "kind": "Enacted law", "note": "Creates G.S. 115C-407.45; effective July 7, 2026, applying in 2026–27." } }, { "label": "Funding, facilities and credit", "value": "State/local funding prohibited except de minimis administration; school property restricted except neutral facility use. State law supplies no academic-credit entitlement.", "source": { "url": "https://library.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2026-41.html", "title": "North Carolina SL 2026-41, §7.54", "kind": "Enacted law", "note": "Creates G.S. 115C-407.45; effective July 7, 2026, applying in 2026–27." } } ] }, { "id": "north-carolina-new-hanover-county", "name": "New Hanover County", "state": "North Carolina", "county": "Unknown", "policy": "Not located", "policyNumber": "Not located", "provider": "Unknown", "providerName": "Unknown", "program": "Unknown", "schools": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "weekly": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "timeFilter": "Unknown", "core": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "consent": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transport": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transportFilter": "Unknown", "property": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "propertyFilter": "Unknown", "attendance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "makeup": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "credit": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "creditFilter": "Unknown", "screening": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "insurance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "funding": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "remedy": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "boardDate": "Unknown — final board action not verified", "sourceDate": "Unknown / undated — see source notes", "lastVerified": "2026-10-07", "normalized": "2026-10-08", "evidence": "Primary record located", "boundary": "Official board archive located; cancellation of a hearing reported by WECT is not an approval.", "next": "Locate final specific policy and any named-provider district record.", "stateTracker": "/education/released-time-religious-instruction/north-carolina.html", "districtTracker": null, "primarySource": "https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_MeetingListing.aspx?S=36030934", "sources": [ { "url": "https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_MeetingListing.aspx?S=36030934", "title": "New Hanover County Schools board meeting archive", "kind": "Official board archive", "note": "Agendas and published/unpublished minutes are distinguished in the archive." } ], "facts": [] }, { "id": "north-carolina-wake-county", "name": "Wake County", "state": "North Carolina", "county": "Wake", "policy": "Not located", "policyNumber": "3510 — Religious-Based Exemptions from School Programs", "provider": "Unknown", "providerName": "Unknown", "program": "Unknown", "schools": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "weekly": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "timeFilter": "Unknown", "core": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "consent": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transport": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "transportFilter": "Unknown", "property": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "propertyFilter": "Unknown", "attendance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "makeup": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "credit": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "creditFilter": "Unknown", "screening": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "insurance": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "funding": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "remedy": "Unknown — not established by reviewed primary records", "boardDate": "Unknown — final board action not verified", "sourceDate": "Undated official attachment; September 15, 2026 vote reported by WRAL", "lastVerified": "2026-10-07", "normalized": "2026-10-08", "evidence": "Primary record located", "boundary": "Official policy attachment has a blank revision date. 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Revised-date field is blank; attachment alone does not prove final adoption." }, { "url": "https://www.wral.com/news/education/wake-school-board-set-for-final-vote-religious-instruction-during-schoolday-september-2026/", "title": "WRAL: Wake policy final vote, September 15, 2026", "kind": "Independent board reporting", "note": "Reports 9–0 first reading September 1 and 6–1 final approval September 15." }, { "url": "https://www.wcpss.net/about-us/policies", "title": "Wake County Public School System policy directory", "kind": "District", "note": "Entry point for the current adopted manual and policy questions." }, { "url": "https://library.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2026-41.html", "title": "North Carolina SL 2026-41, §7.54", "kind": "Enacted law", "note": "Creates G.S. 115C-407.45; effective July 7, 2026, applying in 2026–27." }, { "url": "https://library.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2026-61.html", "title": "North Carolina SL 2026-61, §3.11", "kind": "Enacted amendment", "note": "Revises the weekly allowance to at least one and no more than four hours." }, { "url": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2026-61.html", "title": "Prior-phase source", "kind": "Prior-phase source; see tracker for scope" } ], "facts": [ { "label": "Board policy", "value": "Policy 3510, Religious-Based Exemptions from School Programs; official meeting attachment reviewed.", "source": { "url": "https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/Meetings/Attachment.aspx?AID=486260&MID=19077&S=920", "title": "Wake County Policy 3510 meeting attachment", "kind": "Official board policy attachment", "note": "Religious-Based Exemptions from School Programs. 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Actual attendance, start date and a districtwide participating-school list were not verified.", "source": { "url": "https://www.wral.com/news/education/wake-school-board-set-for-final-vote-religious-instruction-during-schoolday-september-2026/", "title": "WRAL: Wake policy final vote, September 15, 2026", "kind": "Independent board reporting", "note": "Reports 9–0 first reading September 1 and 6–1 final approval September 15." } }, { "label": "Scheduling", "value": "Attachment permits one hour per school week; excludes state-required tests, screenings, assessments, remedial instruction, interventions and retests. It does not impose a blanket ban on every core class.", "source": { "url": "https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/Meetings/Attachment.aspx?AID=486260&MID=19077&S=920", "title": "Wake County Policy 3510 meeting attachment", "kind": "Official board policy attachment", "note": "Religious-Based Exemptions from School Programs. 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A committee recommendation is not another board adoption." }, { "url": "https://www.hilliardschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/PRC-Recommendation_September-2025-PDQ_1st-read_2025-10-27.pdf", "title": "Hilliard policy recommendations — October 27, 2025 first reading", "kind": "Official proposed-policy packet", "note": "Draft JEFB describes one period per week and screening. Final adopted consolidated text could not be retrieved; draft details are not labeled current local rules." }, { "url": "https://hilliardschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Released-Time-for-Religious-Education-Information-for-Sponsoring-Organizations.pdf", "title": "Hilliard — information for sponsoring organizations", "kind": "Official district procedure notice", "note": "Directs organizations to Policy JEFB and the district office for proposals; this notice does not reproduce all adopted rules." }, { "url": "https://www.hilliardschools.org/flyers/?building=HTE", "title": "Hilliard Flyer Connections — Hoffman Trails Elementary", "kind": "Official district community-flyer listing", "note": "At review, listed LifeWise Academy Hilliard’s 5K + 1 Miler flyer expiring October 9, 2026. 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Permits district policies to require sponsor instructor/volunteer checks and determine their manner." } ], "facts": [ { "label": "Policy / board action", "value": "JEFB — Released Time for Religious Instruction. November 24, 2025 resolution 141-25 adopted a policy package containing JEFB, 5–0.", "source": { "url": "https://www.hilliardschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/MI_WS_11-24-25.pdf", "title": "Hilliard minutes — November 24, 2025", "kind": "Official board minutes", "note": "Resolution 141-25 includes JEFB in a policy package approved 5–0; this is the package vote, not a separate JEFB roll call." } }, { "label": "Final policy text", "value": "Not retrieved. The current policy portal could not be read during this review. The October first-reading attachment is a draft, not a substitute for final text.", "source": { "url": "https://www.hilliardschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/PRC-Recommendation_September-2025-PDQ_1st-read_2025-10-27.pdf", "title": "Hilliard policy recommendations — October 27, 2025 first reading", "kind": "Official proposed-policy packet", "note": "Draft JEFB describes one period per week and screening. Final adopted consolidated text could not be retrieved; draft details are not labeled current local rules." } }, { "label": "Weekly release limit", "value": "Current local limit unverified. The October 27, 2025 proposal used one period per week. State minimum/defaults are explained separately, without assuming adoption of that wording.", "source": { "url": "https://www.hilliardschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/PRC-Recommendation_September-2025-PDQ_1st-read_2025-10-27.pdf", "title": "Hilliard policy recommendations — October 27, 2025 first reading", "kind": "Official proposed-policy packet", "note": "Draft JEFB describes one period per week and screening. Final adopted consolidated text could not be retrieved; draft details are not labeled current local rules." } }, { "label": "Core subjects / scheduling", "value": "State law prohibits release from core courses and requires sponsor collaboration. Additional current local definitions and scheduling details were not verified.", "source": { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6022", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6022 — current law", "kind": "Current Ohio statute", "note": "Effective January 19, 2026, HB 57. Divisions A–G verified against the live official code on October 7, 2026." } }, { "label": "High-school credit", "value": "Local implementation or course approval not verified; state law permits conditional authorization of up to two units.", "source": { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6022", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6022 — current law", "kind": "Current Ohio statute", "note": "Effective January 19, 2026, HB 57. Divisions A–G verified against the live official code on October 7, 2026." } }, { "label": "Provider checks", "value": "Draft screening provisions located, but final local requirements not verified. Do not treat a first reading as adoption of each clause.", "source": { "url": "https://www.hilliardschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/PRC-Recommendation_September-2025-PDQ_1st-read_2025-10-27.pdf", "title": "Hilliard policy recommendations — October 27, 2025 first reading", "kind": "Official proposed-policy packet", "note": "Draft JEFB describes one period per week and screening. Final adopted consolidated text could not be retrieved; draft details are not labeled current local rules." } }, { "label": "Provider / program status", "value": "LifeWise Academy Hilliard appears in the district’s community flyer listing and a provider permission form. These establish outreach, not verified instruction attendance.", "source": { "url": "https://www.hilliardschools.org/flyers/?building=HTE", "title": "Hilliard Flyer Connections — Hoffman Trails Elementary", "kind": "Official district community-flyer listing", "note": "At review, listed LifeWise Academy Hilliard’s 5K + 1 Miler flyer expiring October 9, 2026. Flyer distribution establishes a local organizational presence, not school participation or instruction attendance." } }, { "label": "Consent", "value": "Written parent or guardian consent is required.", "source": { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6022", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6022 — current law", "kind": "Current Ohio statute", "note": "Effective January 19, 2026, HB 57. Divisions A–G verified against the live official code on October 7, 2026." } }, { "label": "Attendance / make-up work", "value": "Sponsor keeps attendance records available to the district. Qualifying attendance is not a school absence; the student remains responsible for missed work.", "source": { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6022", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6022 — current law", "kind": "Current Ohio statute", "note": "Effective January 19, 2026, HB 57. Divisions A–G verified against the live official code on October 7, 2026." } }, { "label": "Transportation", "value": "Sponsor, parent, guardian or student is responsible. Ohio expressly includes transportation for students with disabilities; no district transport entitlement is created by this provision.", "source": { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6022", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6022 — current law", "kind": "Current Ohio statute", "note": "Effective January 19, 2026, HB 57. Divisions A–G verified against the live official code on October 7, 2026." } }, { "label": "Public resources / location", "value": "Instruction must be privately provided off district property. Public funds and school personnel may not provide the religious instruction.", "source": { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6022", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6022 — current law", "kind": "Current Ohio statute", "note": "Effective January 19, 2026, HB 57. Divisions A–G verified against the live official code on October 7, 2026." } }, { "label": "Provider liability / insurance", "value": "Sponsor must provide for and assume liability. A specific current insurance amount or district agreement was not verified in this review.", "source": { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6022", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6022 — current law", "kind": "Current Ohio statute", "note": "Effective January 19, 2026, HB 57. Divisions A–G verified against the live official code on October 7, 2026." } }, { "label": "Participating schools / enrollment", "value": "No current district-issued participating-school roster or attendance count was verified. No school list is inferred from the policy.", "source": { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6022", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6022 — current law", "kind": "Current Ohio statute", "note": "Effective January 19, 2026, HB 57. 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This posted text is not certified here as the final March version." }, { "url": "https://www.twinsburg.k12.oh.us/Downloads/MINUTES%20March%2018%20%20Regular%20Meeting-updated-compressed%C2%A0%281%29%20%281%29%20%281%29.pdf", "title": "Twinsburg minutes — March 18, 2026, resolution 03182026-I2", "kind": "Official minutes indexed in search; original link unavailable on direct retrieval", "note": "Indexed official minutes identify approval of the second reading of revised Policy 5223. Direct old-site PDF retrieval returned 404 after the site migration; the precise final revised text and roll call remain unverified." }, { "url": "https://www.twinsburg.k12.oh.us/board-of-education-home", "title": "Twinsburg Board of Education", "kind": "Official district index", "note": "Current navigation links the Neola policy manual; use this index if an old Downloads link has moved." }, { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6022", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6022 — current law", "kind": "Current Ohio statute", "note": "Effective January 19, 2026, HB 57. Divisions A–G verified against the live official code on October 7, 2026." }, { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6030", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6030 — criminal records checks", "kind": "Current Ohio statute", "note": "Effective April 9, 2025. 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Indexed official minutes located; old PDF link returned 404, final text and roll call not independently retrieved.", "source": { "url": "https://www.twinsburg.k12.oh.us/Downloads/MINUTES%20March%2018%20%20Regular%20Meeting-updated-compressed%C2%A0%281%29%20%281%29%20%281%29.pdf", "title": "Twinsburg minutes — March 18, 2026, resolution 03182026-I2", "kind": "Official minutes indexed in search; original link unavailable on direct retrieval", "note": "Indexed official minutes identify approval of the second reading of revised Policy 5223. Direct old-site PDF retrieval returned 404 after the site migration; the precise final revised text and roll call remain unverified." } }, { "label": "Weekly limit in posted text", "value": "Elementary/middle: two periods weekly. High school: time equivalent to attending two units of credit weekly. Verify against the final March 2026 version before relying on this schedule.", "source": { "url": "https://go.neola.com/twinsoh-oh/policy/policy-manual/po5223", "title": "Twinsburg Policy 5223 — posted policy text", "kind": "District-linked policy manual with version gap", "note": "Text shows adoption April 16, 2025 and revision October 8, 2025. A later March 18, 2026 second-reading record exists. This posted text is not certified here as the final March version." } }, { "label": "Core subjects", "value": "Posted text bars release from core curriculum courses. This text does not expand the definition to all graded courses as Westerville and Upper Arlington do.", "source": { "url": "https://go.neola.com/twinsoh-oh/policy/policy-manual/po5223", "title": "Twinsburg Policy 5223 — posted policy text", "kind": "District-linked policy manual with version gap", "note": "Text shows adoption April 16, 2025 and revision October 8, 2025. A later March 18, 2026 second-reading record exists. This posted text is not certified here as the final March version." } }, { "label": "Scheduling", "value": "Posted text requires district/sponsor collaboration and release at district-identified times; current school timetable not verified.", "source": { "url": "https://go.neola.com/twinsoh-oh/policy/policy-manual/po5223", "title": "Twinsburg Policy 5223 — posted policy text", "kind": "District-linked policy manual with version gap", "note": "Text shows adoption April 16, 2025 and revision October 8, 2025. A later March 18, 2026 second-reading record exists. This posted text is not certified here as the final March version." } }, { "label": "High-school credit", "value": "No local credit-award procedure was located in the reviewed posted policy. The high-school time allowance is not a grant of academic credit.", "source": { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6022", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6022 — current law", "kind": "Current Ohio statute", "note": "Effective January 19, 2026, HB 57. Divisions A–G verified against the live official code on October 7, 2026." } }, { "label": "Screening in posted text", "value": "Instructor/volunteer criminal checks; annual acknowledgment of completed checks and no disqualifying absolute-bar convictions; continued checking when staff change.", "source": { "url": "https://go.neola.com/twinsoh-oh/policy/policy-manual/po5223", "title": "Twinsburg Policy 5223 — posted policy text", "kind": "District-linked policy manual with version gap", "note": "Text shows adoption April 16, 2025 and revision October 8, 2025. A later March 18, 2026 second-reading record exists. This posted text is not certified here as the final March version." } }, { "label": "Provider / program status", "value": "A current official provider agreement, LifeWise launch or operating school roster was not verified.", "source": { "url": "https://www.twinsburg.k12.oh.us/board-of-education-home", "title": "Twinsburg Board of Education", "kind": "Official district index", "note": "Current navigation links the Neola policy manual; use this index if an old Downloads link has moved." } }, { "label": "Consent", "value": "Written parent or guardian consent is required.", "source": { "url": "https://go.neola.com/twinsoh-oh/policy/policy-manual/po5223", "title": "Twinsburg Policy 5223 — posted policy text", "kind": "District-linked policy manual with version gap", "note": "Text shows adoption April 16, 2025 and revision October 8, 2025. A later March 18, 2026 second-reading record exists. This posted text is not certified here as the final March version." } }, { "label": "Attendance / make-up work", "value": "Sponsor keeps attendance records available to the district. Qualifying attendance is not a school absence; the student remains responsible for missed work.", "source": { "url": "https://go.neola.com/twinsoh-oh/policy/policy-manual/po5223", "title": "Twinsburg Policy 5223 — posted policy text", "kind": "District-linked policy manual with version gap", "note": "Text shows adoption April 16, 2025 and revision October 8, 2025. A later March 18, 2026 second-reading record exists. This posted text is not certified here as the final March version." } }, { "label": "Transportation", "value": "Sponsor, parent, guardian or student is responsible. Ohio expressly includes transportation for students with disabilities; no district transport entitlement is created by this provision.", "source": { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6022", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6022 — current law", "kind": "Current Ohio statute", "note": "Effective January 19, 2026, HB 57. Divisions A–G verified against the live official code on October 7, 2026." } }, { "label": "Public resources / location", "value": "Instruction must be privately provided off district property. Public funds and school personnel may not provide the religious instruction.", "source": { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6022", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6022 — current law", "kind": "Current Ohio statute", "note": "Effective January 19, 2026, HB 57. Divisions A–G verified against the live official code on October 7, 2026." } }, { "label": "Provider liability / insurance", "value": "Sponsor must provide for and assume liability. A specific current insurance amount or district agreement was not verified in this review.", "source": { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6022", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6022 — current law", "kind": "Current Ohio statute", "note": "Effective January 19, 2026, HB 57. Divisions A–G verified against the live official code on October 7, 2026." } }, { "label": "Participating schools / enrollment", "value": "No current district-issued participating-school roster or attendance count was verified. No school list is inferred from the policy.", "source": { "url": "https://go.neola.com/twinsoh-oh/policy/policy-manual/po5223", "title": "Twinsburg Policy 5223 — posted policy text", "kind": "District-linked policy manual with version gap", "note": "Text shows adoption April 16, 2025 and revision October 8, 2025. A later March 18, 2026 second-reading record exists. 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Live text retrieved October 7, 2026. Manual index updated August 31, 2026." }, { "url": "https://www.uaschools.org/our-district/district-news/district-news/~board/upper-arlington-schools-news-1/post/board-of-education-update-april-8-2025-regular-meeting", "title": "Upper Arlington board update — April 8, 2025", "kind": "Official board-action summary", "note": "Identifies a first reading of Policy 5223. A first reading alone does not establish adoption." }, { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6022", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6022 — current law", "kind": "Current Ohio statute", "note": "Effective January 19, 2026, HB 57. Divisions A–G verified against the live official code on October 7, 2026." }, { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6030", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6030 — criminal records checks", "kind": "Current Ohio statute", "note": "Effective April 9, 2025. 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The reviewed policy does not define a fixed number of minutes.", "source": { "url": "https://go.neola.com/upar-oh/policy/policy-manual/po5223", "title": "Upper Arlington Policy 5223 — released time", "kind": "District-linked adopted policy manual", "note": "Adopted May 10, 2016; revised May 13 and December 9, 2025. Live text retrieved October 7, 2026. Manual index updated August 31, 2026." } }, { "label": "Core subjects protected", "value": "All graded courses, including courses with state-approved learning standards.", "source": { "url": "https://go.neola.com/upar-oh/policy/policy-manual/po5223", "title": "Upper Arlington Policy 5223 — released time", "kind": "District-linked adopted policy manual", "note": "Adopted May 10, 2016; revised May 13 and December 9, 2025. Live text retrieved October 7, 2026. Manual index updated August 31, 2026." } }, { "label": "High-school credit", "value": "May earn up to two units under secular course-review criteria. No approved LifeWise course or individual award was verified.", "source": { "url": "https://go.neola.com/upar-oh/policy/policy-manual/po5223", "title": "Upper Arlington Policy 5223 — released time", "kind": "District-linked adopted policy manual", "note": "Adopted May 10, 2016; revised May 13 and December 9, 2025. Live text retrieved October 7, 2026. Manual index updated August 31, 2026." } }, { "label": "Screening", "value": "Checks for all instructors/volunteers at no board cost; updated documentation on request and annual acknowledgment. Unsatisfactory checks or disqualifying convictions can prevent release.", "source": { "url": "https://go.neola.com/upar-oh/policy/policy-manual/po5223", "title": "Upper Arlington Policy 5223 — released time", "kind": "District-linked adopted policy manual", "note": "Adopted May 10, 2016; revised May 13 and December 9, 2025. Live text retrieved October 7, 2026. Manual index updated August 31, 2026." } }, { "label": "Provider / program status", "value": "No current official provider arrangement, participating-school roster or operating attendance was verified in this edition.", "source": { "url": "https://go.neola.com/upar-oh/policy/policy-manual/po5223", "title": "Upper Arlington Policy 5223 — released time", "kind": "District-linked adopted policy manual", "note": "Adopted May 10, 2016; revised May 13 and December 9, 2025. Live text retrieved October 7, 2026. Manual index updated August 31, 2026." } }, { "label": "Consent", "value": "Written parent or guardian consent is required.", "source": { "url": "https://go.neola.com/upar-oh/policy/policy-manual/po5223", "title": "Upper Arlington Policy 5223 — released time", "kind": "District-linked adopted policy manual", "note": "Adopted May 10, 2016; revised May 13 and December 9, 2025. Live text retrieved October 7, 2026. 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No school list is inferred from the policy.", "source": { "url": "https://go.neola.com/upar-oh/policy/policy-manual/po5223", "title": "Upper Arlington Policy 5223 — released time", "kind": "District-linked adopted policy manual", "note": "Adopted May 10, 2016; revised May 13 and December 9, 2025. Live text retrieved October 7, 2026. 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Live manual text retrieved October 7, 2026; index updated August 24, 2026." }, { "url": "https://www.westerville.k12.oh.us/our-district/leadership/boe/policy-adoption", "title": "Westerville Board of Education — policy adoption", "kind": "Official district policy index", "note": "Entry point for current policy and later board actions." }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2024/09/30/ohio-westerville-schools-lifewise-academy", "title": "Westerville religious-release discussion — September 30, 2024", "kind": "Dated secondary reporting", "note": "Documents LifeWise participation before the 2024 policy dispute; used only as historical activity context, never as a 2026 roster or final vote record." }, { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6022", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6022 — current law", "kind": "Current Ohio statute", "note": "Effective January 19, 2026, HB 57. Divisions A–G verified against the live official code on October 7, 2026." }, { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6030", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6030 — criminal records checks", "kind": "Current Ohio statute", "note": "Effective April 9, 2025. Permits district policies to require sponsor instructor/volunteer checks and determine their manner." } ], "facts": [ { "label": "Policy / latest located action", "value": "Policy 5223; adopted April 7, 2025; revised September 22, 2025. Dates come from the adopted manual; a vote count was not located.", "source": { "url": "https://go.neola.com/wcsd-oh/policy/policy-manual/po5223", "title": "Westerville Policy 5223 — released time", "kind": "District-linked adopted policy manual", "note": "Adopted April 7, 2025; revised September 22, 2025. Live manual text retrieved October 7, 2026; index updated August 24, 2026." } }, { "label": "Weekly release limit", "value": "Elementary/middle: one period weekly. High school: time equivalent to attending one unit of high school credit per week. The latter is a time measure, not an award of one credit each week.", "source": { "url": "https://go.neola.com/wcsd-oh/policy/policy-manual/po5223", "title": "Westerville Policy 5223 — released time", "kind": "District-linked adopted policy manual", "note": "Adopted April 7, 2025; revised September 22, 2025. Live manual text retrieved October 7, 2026; index updated August 24, 2026." } }, { "label": "Core subjects protected", "value": "All graded courses, including courses with state-approved learning standards. Confirm the proposed departure against the actual student timetable.", "source": { "url": "https://go.neola.com/wcsd-oh/policy/policy-manual/po5223", "title": "Westerville Policy 5223 — released time", "kind": "District-linked adopted policy manual", "note": "Adopted April 7, 2025; revised September 22, 2025. 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State law permits up to two units under an authorized district policy; no particular course approval was located.", "source": { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6022", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6022 — current law", "kind": "Current Ohio statute", "note": "Effective January 19, 2026, HB 57. Divisions A–G verified against the live official code on October 7, 2026." } }, { "label": "Screening", "value": "No screening clause appears in the reviewed 5223 text. Other agreements or policies may apply; Ohio permits local screening requirements.", "source": { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6030", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6030 — criminal records checks", "kind": "Current Ohio statute", "note": "Effective April 9, 2025. 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Divisions A–G verified against the live official code on October 7, 2026." } }, { "label": "Provider liability / insurance", "value": "Sponsor must provide for and assume liability. A specific current insurance amount or district agreement was not verified in this review.", "source": { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6022", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6022 — current law", "kind": "Current Ohio statute", "note": "Effective January 19, 2026, HB 57. Divisions A–G verified against the live official code on October 7, 2026." } }, { "label": "Participating schools / enrollment", "value": "No current district-issued participating-school roster or attendance count was verified. 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This establishes agreement approval, not student attendance." }, { "url": "https://www.txkisd.net/fs/resource-manager/view/1f3f6bcd-2a9b-43f7-9fb9-fc4df2463de1", "title": "Texarkana ISD Board Briefs — August 25, 2026", "kind": "Official board-action summary", "note": "Independently identifies approval of an MOU with LifeWise Academy for 2026–27; agreement text and school roster are not included." }, { "url": "https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1759340745/txkisdnet/sq8vn6zj11zvxhu5niyh/OfficialSignedTISDAugust272025RegularMeetingMinutes.pdf", "title": "Texarkana ISD signed minutes — August 27, 2025", "kind": "Approved meeting minutes", "note": "Pages 2–3: consent agenda includes a LifeWise pilot revision; the whole consent agenda passed 6–0. No separate LifeWise roll call is claimed." }, { "url": "https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1745515723/txkisdnet/fwu1x1yip4rgsez5ynp3/20250423RegularBoardBriefs.pdf", "title": "Texarkana ISD Board Briefs — April 23, 2025", "kind": "Official board-action summary", "note": "Reports approval of the LifeWise Academy pilot for 2025–26. A summary is not the full provider agreement." }, { "url": "https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1765989096/txkisdnet/nofxvugzkydpj8n1safc/20251215RegularBoardBriefs.pdf", "title": "Texarkana ISD Board Briefs — December 15, 2025", "kind": "Official board-action summary", "note": "Reports approval of Update 126, including addition of FEF(LOCAL), Attendance—Released Time, and a revised LifeWise MOU. 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Staff or campus names elsewhere in the minutes are not a participating-school list.", "source": { "url": "https://www.txkisd.net/fs/resource-manager/view/1f3f6bcd-2a9b-43f7-9fb9-fc4df2463de1", "title": "Texarkana ISD Board Briefs — August 25, 2026", "kind": "Official board-action summary", "note": "Independently identifies approval of an MOU with LifeWise Academy for 2026–27; agreement text and school roster are not included." } }, { "label": "Hours and scheduling", "value": "The state framework is 1–5 hours weekly. The reviewed board records do not establish Texarkana’s actual weekly allowance, class-period restrictions or travel schedule.", "source": { "url": "https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01049F.HTM", "title": "SB 1049 enrolled text: Education Code §25.0875 and implementation dates", "kind": "Enacted Texas legislation", "note": "Sections 1–4; effective September 1, 2025. Policy adoption due January 1, 2026. Reviewed October 7, 2026." } }, { "label": "State requirements: consent and provider records", "value": "SB 1049 requires written parent/legal-guardian consent, provider-maintained attendance records available to the school, and provider responsibility and liability while the child is in its care.", "source": { "url": "https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01049F.HTM", "title": "SB 1049 enrolled text: Education Code §25.0875 and implementation dates", "kind": "Enacted Texas legislation", "note": "Sections 1–4; effective September 1, 2025. Policy adoption due January 1, 2026. Reviewed October 7, 2026." } }, { "label": "State requirements: transport and missed work", "value": "Transport, including disability-related transport, is assigned to the private entity, family or student. Students remain responsible for schoolwork issued during their absence.", "source": { "url": "https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01049F.HTM", "title": "SB 1049 enrolled text: Education Code §25.0875 and implementation dates", "kind": "Enacted Texas legislation", "note": "Sections 1–4; effective September 1, 2025. Policy adoption due January 1, 2026. Reviewed October 7, 2026." } }, { "label": "Academic credit", "value": "SB 1049 does not itself award academic credit for religious instruction. No separate local credit authorization was established in the records reviewed for this tracker.", "source": { "url": "https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01049F.HTM", "title": "SB 1049 enrolled text: Education Code §25.0875 and implementation dates", "kind": "Enacted Texas legislation", "note": "Sections 1–4; effective September 1, 2025. Policy adoption due January 1, 2026. Reviewed October 7, 2026." } }, { "label": "State limits on public resources", "value": "School funds may not facilitate the course except for de minimis costs. Use of school property is restricted unless allowed under a neutral equal-access policy for community organizations.", "source": { "url": "https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01049F.HTM", "title": "SB 1049 enrolled text: Education Code §25.0875 and implementation dates", "kind": "Enacted Texas legislation", "note": "Sections 1–4; effective September 1, 2025. Policy adoption due January 1, 2026. Reviewed October 7, 2026." } } ] } ], "sources": { "in26": { "title": "Indiana Code 2026 §20-33-2-19", "url": "https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/20#20-33-2-19", "kind": "Current official statute", "note": "Full rendered IGA section inspected October 8, 2026. Amendment history ends P.L.194-2025, SEC.4; no 2026 amendment listed. Subsections (a)–(e) govern release; (f) governs optional secondary credit." }, "inSboa": { "title": "State Board of Accounts — June 2025 School Bulletin", "url": "https://www.in.gov/sboa/files/2025_June_School_Bulletin_1THJW.pdf", "kind": "State agency enactment summary", "note": "Page 22 identifies P.L.194-2025 / SEA255 and July 1, 2025 effective date. Historical implementation source, read against the 2026 Code." }, "inDoe": { "title": "IDOE — 2024 legislative implementation guidance, revised June 21", "url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mk518Z3J6AfgXnSgXltMbKZ1Dusv1yWt/view", "kind": "Historical agency guidance", "note": "Page 19 addresses HEA1137, written notice, excused absence and attendance records. Its universal two-hour summary predates the 2025 secondary-school change." }, "inDoeIndex": { "title": "IDOE — July 26, 2024 bulletin linking implementation guidance", "url": "https://secure.in.gov/doe/files/7-26-24.pdf", "kind": "Official agency publication", "note": "Establishes provenance of the linked IDOE guidance; it is not a 2026 guidance update." }, "inMt": { "title": "Mt. Vernon CSC — E200 Religious Release Time and Credit for Religious Education", "url": "https://policies.mvcsc.k12.in.us/71006_2", "kind": "Official adopted district policy", "note": "Adopted September 21, 2020; revised August 11, 2025. Includes a local elective-credit policy and provider screening/insurance requirements. No named provider." }, "inWl": { "title": "West Lafayette CSC — E200 Religious Release Time", "url": "https://wl.k12.in.us/policy/sections/new-policies/e-instruction/religious-release-time", "kind": "Official active district policy", "note": "Policy hub marks Active, adopted December 8, 2025. Final text contains release and screening provisions but no academic-credit authorization." }, "inWlDraft": { "title": "West Lafayette — November 10, 2025 E200 first-reading draft", "url": "https://www.wl.k12.in.us/document-library/school-board-information/board-meeting-documents/2025-4/2025-11-10-regular-board-meeting/policies-1st-readings/4236-e200-religious-release-time-credit-for-religious-education/file", "kind": "Superseded draft", "note": "Includes optional credit language and placeholders. Do not use as final adopted policy; compare the December 8 active policy." }, "inWlAgenda": { "title": "West Lafayette — December 8, 2025 board agenda", "url": "https://www.wl.k12.in.us/document-library/school-board-information/school-board-agenda/2025/4325-2025-12-08-agenda-regular-board-mtg/file", "kind": "Official agenda", "note": "Second-reading context. An agenda alone does not establish a vote tally; adoption date comes from the active policy." }, "inWt": { "title": "MSD Washington Township — E200 Religious Release Time", "url": "https://files.smartsites.parentsquare.com/8096/e200_religious_release_time_082725.pdf", "kind": "Official adopted district policy", "note": "Adopted August 27, 2025. Provider checks and liability coverage appear in the release policy; no elective-credit award provision." }, "inWtForm": { "title": "MSD Washington Township — C175-E / E200-E parental notice form", "url": "https://files.smartsites.parentsquare.com/8096/c175-e_e200-e_religious_instruction_attendance_form_082725.pdf", "kind": "Official district form", "note": "Two-page form linked by district policy index. Annual notice, written revocation, provider contacts, dates and transport choices; district does not provide/supervise transport. K–8 and high-school limits are separately listed." }, "inWtIndex": { "title": "MSD Washington Township — Instruction policy index", "url": "https://msdwt.k12.in.us/e-instruction", "kind": "Official policy index", "note": "Lists policy and form dated August 27, 2025. Confirms the district provenance of ParentSquare-hosted documents." }, "inWcPolicy": { "title": "West Central — board policy manual, December 7, 2022 edition", "url": "https://www.wcsc.k12.in.us/wcsc/info/document-library/school-board-documents-1/1652-board-policy-manual-12-7-22/file", "kind": "Official historical policy manual", "note": "Chapter IX, XXV, pp.145–146: Elementary & Middle School Released Time Religious Instruction (RTRI) Guidelines. First reading March 4, 2021; second April 13, 2021. Later consolidated policy text not located; do not treat this edition as a verified 2026 revision." }, "inWc24": { "title": "West Central — May 2, 2024 board minutes", "url": "https://www.wcsc.k12.in.us/document-library-tree-view/school-board-documents-1/school-board-minutes-1/2248-board-minutes-template-6-1/file", "kind": "Official board minutes", "note": "LifeWise bus-rental request approved 4–0. Does not include price, cost recovery, trip purpose or signed rental terms." }, "inWc25": { "title": "West Central — January 2, 2025 minutes copy", "url": "https://www.francesville.net/uploads/8/9/0/8/89084818/january_2_2025_unapproved_minutes.pdf", "kind": "Board record on municipal website; unapproved file label", "note": "Records LifeWise bus-rental approval 6–0. Final approved district copy and underlying agreement not located." }, "inWc23": { "title": "West Central — August 3, 2023 board minutes copy", "url": "https://www.francesville.net/uploads/8/9/0/8/89084818/aug_3_2023_board_minutes.pdf", "kind": "Board record on municipal website", "note": "Elementary report announces August 14 LifeWise start. A dated announcement, not current attendance data." }, "inWcElearning": { "title": "West Central Elementary — e-learning procedures", "url": "https://www.wcsc.k12.in.us/wces/teaching-learning/elearning/elearning-procedures", "kind": "Official school operating procedure", "note": "Currently linked two-page document states LifeWise does not meet on e-learning days. Undated; supports a district operational reference, not a precise 2026–27 enrollment count or timetable." }, "inWestern": { "title": "Western Wayne — E200 Religious Release Time", "url": "https://www.wwayne.k12.in.us/68968_4", "kind": "Official adopted policy", "note": "Adopted August 13, 2025; separate elementary/secondary caps, annual notice, checks and insurance. Named-provider operation not verified." }, "inMadison": { "title": "Madison Consolidated — September 10, 2025 minutes", "url": "https://www.madison.k12.in.us/docman-tree-view/school-board-of-trustees/meeting-minutes/2025-2026/2414-september-10-2025-meeting-minutes/file", "kind": "Official board minutes", "note": "Pages 13–14: second reading and approval of revision package including 5223, Released Time for Religious Instruction, passed 4–0. Final policy text needs a dedicated review." }, "inNp": { "title": "New Prairie United — January 29, 2026 board notes", "url": "https://www.npusc.k12.in.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Board-Notes-1-29-2026.pdf", "kind": "Official district board summary", "note": "Pages 3–4 report second-reading adoption of policy package including revised 5223. Not a full signed policy or named-provider operating record." }, "inLanesville": { "title": "Lanesville Elementary — 2025–26 handbook", "url": "https://les.lanesville.k12.in.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025-2026-LES-Student-Handbook.pdf", "kind": "Official prior-year handbook", "note": "Pages 20–21: guardian notice naming organization, private transport, off-premises sessions and continuing academic duties. Current-year form and provider records remain unverified." }, "inHse": { "title": "Hamilton Southeastern — Sand Creek Intermediate handbooks", "url": "https://sci.hseschools.org/student-handbooks", "kind": "Official school handbook page", "note": "Religious-release notice and 120-minute provision located for intermediate students; not a districtwide provider-participation finding." }, "inZionsville": { "title": "Zionsville — high-school attendance and health handbook", "url": "https://www.zcs.k12.in.us/high-school-handbook/hs-attendance-and-health", "kind": "Official handbook search finding", "note": "Indexed text retains a 120-minute statement. Edition and reconciliation with the secondary-school statutory change need review; no finding of noncompliance." }, "inDecatur": { "title": "MSD Decatur Township — attendance information", "url": "https://www.decaturproud.org/families/attendance", "kind": "Official district search finding", "note": "Indexed religious-release text refers to Policy 5223 and 120 minutes. Full current policy and implementation not independently reconciled." }, "inAnderson": { "title": "Anderson Community Schools — October 2024 calendar", "url": "https://www.acsc.net/apps/events/2024/10/?id=0&id=1&id=10&id=11&id=12&id=2&id=3&id=4&id=5&id=6&id=7&id=8&id=9", "kind": "Official historical school calendar", "note": "Eastside fourth-grade religious education entry October 25, 2024, 12:40–1:40. Provider identity and current operation not established by calendar alone." }, "inAwaken": { "title": "Awaken / Anderson Weekday Religious Education — history", "url": "https://www.weekdayreligioused.org/ourhistory", "kind": "Provider statement", "note": "Non-LifeWise research lead; the provider describes its history. Not sole evidence of current district participation." }, "inPhm": { "title": "Penn-Harris-Madison LifeWise MOU — Civic IQ lead", "url": "https://civiciq.com/public-contract/penn-harris-madison-school-corporation-in-lifewise-academy-other-2026-08-10", "kind": "Secondary automated meeting lead", "note": "Title describes deferral while boilerplate calls it an award. Original minutes/MOU were not verified. No approval or operation conclusion is published." }, "inNaf": { "title": "Louisville Public Media — Floyd County LifeWise report, September 24, 2025", "url": "https://www.lpm.org/news/2025-09-24/lifewise-academy-providing-daytime-religious-instruction-to-some-southern-indiana-students", "kind": "Independent local reporting", "note": "Reports first/second-grade Greenville Elementary sessions, 40 minutes weekly. Historical report, not current district authorization or 2026–27 participation confirmation." }, "inFw": { "title": "Fort Wayne Community Schools — policies and procedures", "url": "https://www.fortwayneschools.org/about-us/policies-procedures", "kind": "Official district research entry point", "note": "Specific final released-time policy and named-provider implementation not located in this review." }, "iaCode": { "title": "Iowa Code §299.1D — religious instruction (2026)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Operative conditions, mandatory 1–5-hour release and civil remedies; baseline October 8, 2026." }, "iaFacilities": { "title": "Iowa Code §297.9 — use of school buildings and grounds", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/297.9.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Cross-reference for school-board authorization, terms, compensation and noninterference with school activities." }, "iaAttendance": { "title": "Iowa Code §299.12 — chronic absence", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.12.pdf", "kind": "Current statute", "note": "Subsection 1(a) excludes qualifying §299.1D attendance from the chronic-absence calculation." }, "iaActs25": { "title": "Iowa Legislature — 2025 sections amended report", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/law/statutory/acts/amended?year=2025", "kind": "Official legislative history", "note": "HF 870 §2 created §299.1D; SF 659 §13 amended subsection 1(f). Both effective July 1, 2025. Signature dates June 6 and June 11 respectively." }, "iaActs26": { "title": "Iowa Legislature — 2026 sections amended report", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/law/statutory/acts/amended?year=2026", "kind": "Official legislative history", "note": "No later amendment to §299.1D or §297.9 was located in this report at the October 8 review. This is a dated search finding." }, "mpPolicy": { "title": "Mid-Prairie policy manual — 501.11 Student Release During School Hours", "url": "https://policy.mid-prairie.k12.ia.us/book/export/html/92", "kind": "Official district policy", "note": "Locate 501.11 in this printable manual. Revised August 10, 2026; first adopted November 25, 1996. Generic release policy, not a LifeWise operating agreement." }, "mpMarch": { "title": "Mid-Prairie — March 23, 2026 work-session record", "url": "https://policy.mid-prairie.k12.ia.us/content/march-23-2026", "kind": "Official board minutes", "note": "LifeWise proposal, one-grade pilot and proposed church location. Presentation is not adoption or verified operation." }, "mpMay": { "title": "Mid-Prairie — May 11, 2026 minutes", "url": "https://policy.mid-prairie.k12.ia.us/content/may-11-2026-0", "kind": "Official board minutes", "note": "East Elementary proposal and acknowledgment request; follow-up scheduled for June 8." }, "mpJune": { "title": "Mid-Prairie — June 8, 2026 minutes", "url": "https://policy.mid-prairie.k12.ia.us/content/june-8-2026", "kind": "Official board minutes", "note": "Board took no action on LifeWise acknowledgment letter. No-action is not a recorded rejection." }, "mpJuly": { "title": "Mid-Prairie — July 13, 2026 minutes", "url": "https://policy.mid-prairie.k12.ia.us/content/july-13-2026-0", "kind": "Official board minutes", "note": "First reading of 501.11 passed 6–0." }, "mpAugust": { "title": "Mid-Prairie — August 10, 2026 minutes", "url": "https://policy.mid-prairie.k12.ia.us/content/august-10", "kind": "Official board minutes", "note": "Second reading of 501.11 passed 5–0; matches revised date in policy manual." }, "emVote": { "title": "East Mills — April 9, 2025 board minutes, published May 1", "url": "https://iaarchives.newzgroup.com/IALegals/2025/45961-2025-05-01_1004.pdf", "kind": "Official minutes reproduced as legal notice", "note": "Jones motion, Carter second; approval of LifeWise released-time program passed 5–0. This predates the July 2025 state law. Reviewed through the indexed document copy; the original PDF URL returned 404 during final availability checking. A replacement district-hosted copy is a follow-up priority." }, "emHandbook": { "title": "East Mills Elementary — 2025–26 handbook", "url": "https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/5334/Emcsd/af3b9d23-2437-4e2e-a3bd-e34749808662/Elementary_handbook_25-26.pdf?disposition=inline", "kind": "Official district handbook", "note": "Historical 2025–26 handbook references 501.11 and office pickup. Not presented as a final 2026–27 LifeWise procedure." }, "emReport": { "title": "East Mills launch plans — Opinion-Tribune, August 26, 2025", "url": "https://www.opinion-tribune.com/news/east-mills-enters-partnership-offer-religious-education-first-second-graders", "kind": "Local reporting with named school official", "note": "Historical launch logistics; complements the primary board approval. No 2026 enrollment or operating claim is carried forward." }, "charNov": { "title": "Chariton — November 17, 2025 minutes in December 1 council packet", "url": "https://www.chariton.org/vertical/sites/%7BA4F234CD-49D2-453F-B834-D4566EC7BDE3%7D/uploads/Council_Packet_12012025_Website.pdf", "kind": "Official municipal record", "note": "Initial community-center lease: four weekdays, January 5–May 22, 2026; $120 weekly; five ayes. City action, not school-board action." }, "charFeb": { "title": "Chariton — February 2, 2026 council minutes", "url": "https://www.chariton.org/vertical/sites/%7BA4F234CD-49D2-453F-B834-D4566EC7BDE3%7D/uploads/02022026_Minutes.pdf", "kind": "Official municipal minutes", "note": "Amended to Mondays, January 5–May 18, 2026, $30 weekly; five ayes, none opposed." }, "charSept": { "title": "Chariton — September 8, 2026 council minutes, published September 18", "url": "https://www.noticeregistry.com/iowa/notice/public-hearing-chariton-123745", "kind": "Reproduced municipal notice", "note": "Use the Full Notice Text, not the site’s AI summary about an unrelated Braden Avenue item. LifeWise lease approved 3–0 for Mondays September 14, 2026–May 17, 2027. This reproduction redacts the rent amount; no amount is inferred." }, "charIndex": { "title": "Chariton — official council agendas and minutes", "url": "https://www.chariton.org/agendas-minutes", "kind": "Official archive", "note": "Archive for following facility votes and obtaining original signed agreements. No district operating roster is supplied by a city lease." }, "osMinutes": { "title": "Osage — September 22, 2025 school-board minutes", "url": "https://www.osageschools.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/September-22-2025-Osage-School-Board-Minutes.pdf", "kind": "Official district minutes", "note": "Superintendent report documents meeting Anodos Academy and discussing departure times. No Anodos approval vote in that item." }, "osLetter": { "title": "Osage superintendent’s family letter, hosted by Anodos", "url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OmI9X16kQy0IEVuFTageJ2a-rWA2I30s/view", "kind": "District-authored letter on provider host", "note": "Printed date is January 8, 2025, but the text refers to the law signed in 2025 and a planned mid-February class. The date conflict is retained; an original corrected district copy is needed." }, "osProgram": { "title": "Anodos Academy — spring 2026 released-time announcement", "url": "https://www.anodosacademy.org/release-time", "kind": "Provider announcement", "note": "Advertised grades, Thursday class and bus times. Header and logistics disagree about the final May date. This is not independent proof of actual attendance or a fall 2026 schedule." }, "osArchive": { "title": "Osage — official archived board records", "url": "https://www.osageschools.com/board-of-education/archived-board-information", "kind": "Official district archive", "note": "Links the September 2025 record and newer Simbli board portal. No final released-time-specific policy or current attendance roster was verified in this review." }, "newtonReport": { "title": "Newton board discussion — Newton Daily News, June 26, 2026", "url": "https://www.newtondailynews.com/article/3019%2Cschool-board-frustrated-over-released-time-laws-allowing-religious-instruction", "kind": "Local reporting", "note": "Off-site Aurora Heights proposal for 2026–27; current final district policy, exact board disposition and operating attendance not located." }, "iaLakeLead": { "title": "Lake Mills — June 8, 2026 record lead", "url": "https://civiciq.com/public-contract/42e05cc7-e99d-4209-a4e3-44be686021de", "kind": "Third-party minutes index", "note": "Index describes LifeWise under partnerships/agreements. Original agreement and full signed vote remain needed. The index’s government-contract label is not accepted as evidence of public spending." }, "dmLead": { "title": "Des Moines — reported Garton Elementary pilot", "url": "https://www.kcci.com/article/lifewise-faith-based-extracurricular-des-moines-public-schools/69824217", "kind": "Local reporting", "note": "January 2026 pilot reported; final district documents and present operating status need verification." }, "bhHost": { "title": "Boyden-Hull — September 2022 launch account", "url": "https://pizzaranch.com/blog/stories-of-impact-lifewise-academy-launches-in-iowa-community", "kind": "Local sponsor account", "note": "Historical launch account, not proof of current district policy or a 2026 roster." }, "waterMinutes": { "title": "Waterloo — August 12, 2024 board minutes", "url": "https://www.waterlooschools.org/board/files/2024/08/August-12-2024-Meeting-Minutes.pdf", "kind": "Official district minutes", "note": "Public request for released-time policy; the public-comment item is not an adoption vote. Reviewed through an indexed copy; the original PDF URL returned 404 during final availability checking. A current archive copy is needed." }, "apProvider": { "title": "LifeWise Iowa announcement — June 15, 2026", "url": "https://theiowastandard.com/lifewise-academy-expands-rapidly-across-iowa-in-2025-26-school-year-serving-hundreds-of-students/", "kind": "Provider press release, republished", "note": "Names Aplington-Parkersburg among expansion communities. Statewide provider counts and claims of district operation are not independently adopted here." }, "ankenHost": { "title": "Ankeny — Keystone Church group listing", "url": "https://keystonelife.churchcenter.com/groups/keystone-connection-groups/andrew-carrie-hilty", "kind": "Community organization biography", "note": "Mentions a LifeWise teaching role in Ankeny. A lead only; no participating-school roster or district release procedure is established." }, "masonLead": { "title": "Mason City — third-party program listing", "url": "https://www.respectpublicschools.com/loc_profile.php?loc_id=8308", "kind": "Advocacy-maintained discovery lead", "note": "August 2026 listing prompts further research. Its school counts and operating-status label are not treated as verified district evidence." }, "linnPolicy": { "title": "Linn-Mar — Policy 501.1 Compulsory Attendance", "url": "https://policy.linnmar.k12.ia.us/policy/5011-compulsory-attendance", "kind": "Official district policy", "note": "Contains qualifying religious-instruction exception; no provider operation follows from this general policy." }, "euPolicy": { "title": "East Union — Policy 501.11 Student Release During School Hours", "url": "https://east-union.isfis.net/policy/50111-student-release-during-school-hours", "kind": "Official district policy", "note": "Generic release policy lists religious instruction; review date March 24, 2026. No current provider arrangement verified." }, "mvPolicy": { "title": "Maquoketa Valley — Policy 501.11 Student Release During School Hours", "url": "https://maquoketa-valley.iowaschoolfinance.com/policy/50111-student-release-during-school-hours", "kind": "Official district policy", "note": "Approved/reviewed July 21, 2025; general parent/principal release terms, no verified program timetable." }, "ohHail": { "url": "https://thesatanictemple.com/blogs/news/2024-recap-after-school-satan-club", "title": "The Satanic Temple — 2024 program recap", "kind": "Primary provider statement — historical", "note": "Provider describes HAIL as its released-time program and reports Ohio and Tennessee launches in its 2024 recap. This is attributed provider history, not verification of October 2026 district operation." }, "maryReport": { "url": "https://www.wsmv.com/2024/12/07/satanic-temple-group-offer-program-elementary-school/", "title": "Marysville HAIL plans — December 7, 2024", "kind": "Dated secondary reporting", "note": "Reports HAIL plans involving Edgewood Elementary and identifies existing LifeWise activity. Used for historical context only; no current school roster or district agreement is inferred." }, "ohCode": { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6022", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6022 — current law", "kind": "Current Ohio statute", "note": "Effective January 19, 2026, HB 57. Divisions A–G verified against the live official code on October 7, 2026." }, "ohChecks": { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6030", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6030 — criminal records checks", "kind": "Current Ohio statute", "note": "Effective April 9, 2025. Permits district policies to require sponsor instructor/volunteer checks and determine their manner." }, "ohOld": { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6022/9-30-2025", "title": "§3313.6022 — September 30, 2025 version", "kind": "Historical statute", "note": "HB 96 version before HB 57 added the district-policy exception to default time limits. Not the current rule." }, "ohHB57": { "url": "https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/download?key=26117", "title": "Ohio Legislative Service Commission — HB 57 final analysis", "kind": "Official enacted-bill analysis", "note": "Explains district flexibility in weekly limits and the limited damages provision for September 30, 2025 through January 19, 2026." }, "ohSOS": { "url": "https://www.ohiosos.gov/office/duties-and-responsibilities/laws-of-ohio/current-session", "title": "Ohio Secretary of State — laws of the current session", "kind": "Official enactment and effective-date register", "note": "HB 57 identifies January 19, 2026 as the effective date." }, "ohDEW": { "url": "https://education.ohio.gov/getattachment/Topics/Ohio-Education-Options/Released-Time-Course-Requirements-2025.pdf.aspx?lang=en-US", "title": "Ohio DEW — Released Time Course Requirements, 2025", "kind": "Official agency summary", "note": "Two pages. Describes implementation, materials, screening and school meals. Its January 18 date conflicts with the code/Legislature/Secretary of State; this tracker uses January 19." }, "ohDays": { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3320.04", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3320.04 — religious expression days", "kind": "Separate Ohio attendance provision", "note": "Different statutory arrangement from recurring released-time instruction; do not combine its day allowance with §3313.6022." }, "uaPolicy": { "url": "https://go.neola.com/upar-oh/policy/policy-manual/po5223", "title": "Upper Arlington Policy 5223 — released time", "kind": "District-linked adopted policy manual", "note": "Adopted May 10, 2016; revised May 13 and December 9, 2025. Live text retrieved October 7, 2026. Manual index updated August 31, 2026." }, "uaFirst": { "url": "https://www.uaschools.org/our-district/district-news/district-news/~board/upper-arlington-schools-news-1/post/board-of-education-update-april-8-2025-regular-meeting", "title": "Upper Arlington board update — April 8, 2025", "kind": "Official board-action summary", "note": "Identifies a first reading of Policy 5223. A first reading alone does not establish adoption." }, "westPolicy": { "url": "https://go.neola.com/wcsd-oh/policy/policy-manual/po5223", "title": "Westerville Policy 5223 — released time", "kind": "District-linked adopted policy manual", "note": "Adopted April 7, 2025; revised September 22, 2025. Live manual text retrieved October 7, 2026; index updated August 24, 2026." }, "westBoard": { "url": "https://www.westerville.k12.oh.us/our-district/leadership/boe/policy-adoption", "title": "Westerville Board of Education — policy adoption", "kind": "Official district policy index", "note": "Entry point for current policy and later board actions." }, "westHistory": { "url": "https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2024/09/30/ohio-westerville-schools-lifewise-academy", "title": "Westerville religious-release discussion — September 30, 2024", "kind": "Dated secondary reporting", "note": "Documents LifeWise participation before the 2024 policy dispute; used only as historical activity context, never as a 2026 roster or final vote record." }, "twinsPolicy": { "url": "https://go.neola.com/twinsoh-oh/policy/policy-manual/po5223", "title": "Twinsburg Policy 5223 — posted policy text", "kind": "District-linked policy manual with version gap", "note": "Text shows adoption April 16, 2025 and revision October 8, 2025. A later March 18, 2026 second-reading record exists. This posted text is not certified here as the final March version." }, "twinsMarch": { "url": "https://www.twinsburg.k12.oh.us/Downloads/MINUTES%20March%2018%20%20Regular%20Meeting-updated-compressed%C2%A0%281%29%20%281%29%20%281%29.pdf", "title": "Twinsburg minutes — March 18, 2026, resolution 03182026-I2", "kind": "Official minutes indexed in search; original link unavailable on direct retrieval", "note": "Indexed official minutes identify approval of the second reading of revised Policy 5223. Direct old-site PDF retrieval returned 404 after the site migration; the precise final revised text and roll call remain unverified." }, "twinsBoard": { "url": "https://www.twinsburg.k12.oh.us/board-of-education-home", "title": "Twinsburg Board of Education", "kind": "Official district index", "note": "Current navigation links the Neola policy manual; use this index if an old Downloads link has moved." }, "hil2022": { "url": "https://www.hilliardschools.org/wp-content/uploads/MI_RG_9-12-22-Final.pdf", "title": "Hilliard final minutes — September 12, 2022", "kind": "Official adopted minutes", "note": "Resolution 112-22 adopted JEFB, 3–2. Long, Murdoch and Vorst voted yes; Crowley and Perry voted no." }, "hilNov": { "url": "https://www.hilliardschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/MI_WS_11-24-25.pdf", "title": "Hilliard minutes — November 24, 2025", "kind": "Official board minutes", "note": "Resolution 141-25 includes JEFB in a policy package approved 5–0; this is the package vote, not a separate JEFB roll call." }, "hilJan": { "url": "https://www.hilliardschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Agenda-and-Supporting-Documents-for-PRC_2026-01-15.pdf", "title": "Hilliard Policy Review Committee — January 15, 2026", "kind": "Official committee packet", "note": "Lists JEFB as readopted November 24, 2025 and discusses HB 57 flexibility. A committee recommendation is not another board adoption." }, "hilDraft": { "url": "https://www.hilliardschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/PRC-Recommendation_September-2025-PDQ_1st-read_2025-10-27.pdf", "title": "Hilliard policy recommendations — October 27, 2025 first reading", "kind": "Official proposed-policy packet", "note": "Draft JEFB describes one period per week and screening. Final adopted consolidated text could not be retrieved; draft details are not labeled current local rules." }, "hilForms": { "url": "https://hilliardschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Released-Time-for-Religious-Education-Information-for-Sponsoring-Organizations.pdf", "title": "Hilliard — information for sponsoring organizations", "kind": "Official district procedure notice", "note": "Directs organizations to Policy JEFB and the district office for proposals; this notice does not reproduce all adopted rules." }, "hilFlyer": { "url": "https://www.hilliardschools.org/flyers/?building=HTE", "title": "Hilliard Flyer Connections — Hoffman Trails Elementary", "kind": "Official district community-flyer listing", "note": "At review, listed LifeWise Academy Hilliard’s 5K + 1 Miler flyer expiring October 9, 2026. Flyer distribution establishes a local organizational presence, not school participation or instruction attendance." }, "hilProvider": { "url": "https://form.jotform.com/232114394562150", "title": "LifeWise Academy — Hilliard permission form", "kind": "Provider enrollment material", "note": "Names Hilliard City Schools. Evidence of provider enrollment outreach only, not district approval, school roster or verified operation." }, "worthLead": { "url": "https://www.wosu.org/politics-government/2025-04-07/worthington-westerville-schools-bring-back-religious-release-time-under-new-state-law", "title": "WOSU — Worthington and Westerville policy changes, April 7, 2025", "kind": "Secondary reporting lead", "note": "Reports Worthington restoration March 10, 2025; describes Westerville’s then-upcoming vote. Current Worthington final text not verified." }, "worthBoard": { "url": "https://www.worthington.k12.oh.us/our-district/board-of-education-members/board-of-education-policy-reference-information", "title": "Worthington policy reference information", "kind": "Official board index", "note": "Current final released-time policy and subsequent amendments remain a research need." }, "dublinForm": { "url": "https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1722543560/dublinschoolsnet/scoxevj1b1wy1xjc6aaj/5223F1WaiverLiab-Accept-Terms-CondforPermission-ParticReleaseTime-ReligiousInstruc.pdf", "title": "Dublin form 5223 F1 — permission and liability", "kind": "Official district-linked form", "note": "Form marked New 8/2/23 remains linked on the district’s forms page. Annual consent, transport, core-course protection and missed work are described; a form is not the latest adopted policy." }, "nortonLead": { "url": "https://www.nortonschools.org/Agenda2025.aspx", "title": "Norton 2025 agendas and policy attachments", "kind": "Official board archive", "note": "Several JEFB versions and November 17 records located. Final adopted text/date must be reconciled; the latest attachment is an image-only PDF." }, "vanLead": { "url": "https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1768587433/vanwertcougarsnet/jmvoxvnhmfuzbrulm3fi/VWCSBOEMinutes111925.pdf", "title": "Van Wert minutes — November 19, 2025", "kind": "Official board minutes", "note": "Indexed record includes Policy 5223 in resolution 25.11.061. Full final policy and current provider details remain unverified." }, "johnLead": { "url": "https://www.johnstown.k12.oh.us/Downloads/12-18-2025%20Regular%20Session%20Meeting%20Minutes%20-%20Signed0001.pdf", "title": "Johnstown-Monroe signed minutes — December 18, 2025", "kind": "Official board minutes", "note": "Resolution 25-12-256 identifies second reading/authorization of a policy package including 5223; final policy text still needed." }, "lexLead": { "url": "https://www.lexington.k12.oh.us/index.php/district/board-of-education/minutes/248-2025-2026/3861-september-2025-regular-meeting", "title": "Lexington September 2025 regular meeting", "kind": "Official minutes page", "note": "Policy 5223 appears in the record; final text and implementation details not established by this review." }, "lakeLead": { "url": "https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1764099258/westlakek12ohus/xsmaajxqdixaqnygfgss/Minutes10-27-2025RegularMeeting_1.pdf", "title": "Westlake minutes — October 27, 2025", "kind": "Official board minutes", "note": "Policy 5223 revision record located; current consolidated text and provider operation remain unverified." }, "athensLead": { "url": "https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1777053860/athenscityk12ohus/jhyyaisehtmnbyxpkhzh/09-March192026-MeetingMinutes-Signed.pdf", "title": "Athens signed minutes — March 19, 2026", "kind": "Official board minutes", "note": "First-reading evidence for Policy 5223. Not evidence of final adoption." }, "maryLead": { "url": "https://www.marysville.k12.oh.us/our-district/board-of-education", "title": "Marysville Board of Education", "kind": "Official board and policy index", "note": "Current released-time text and provider arrangements, including non-LifeWise activity reported previously, need direct-record verification." }, "colLead": { "url": "https://www.ccsoh.us/board-of-education/policies", "title": "Columbus City Schools policies", "kind": "Official district policy index", "note": "High-value research lead; current final released-time text and any later changes to materials rules were not verified." }, "albLead": { "url": "https://www.newalbanypresbyterian.org/missions/lifewise-academy/", "title": "New Albany Presbyterian — LifeWise Academy", "kind": "Primary host-organization statement", "note": "Local provider/host activity lead. Does not establish New Albany-Plain Local board policy or official school participation." }, "txEnrolled": { "url": "https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01049F.HTM", "title": "SB 1049 enrolled text: Education Code §25.0875 and implementation dates", "kind": "Enacted Texas legislation", "note": "Sections 1–4; effective September 1, 2025. Policy adoption due January 1, 2026. Reviewed October 7, 2026." }, "txTeaIndex": { "url": "https://tea.texas.gov/data-reports/financial-compliance/student-attendance-accounting-handbook", "title": "TEA Student Attendance Accounting Handbook editions", "kind": "Official agency publication index", "note": "At this review, TEA labels the 2026–27 handbook proposed. An edition label is not proof of final adoption." }, "txTea25": { "url": "https://tea.texas.gov/data-reports/financial-compliance/saah/saah-2526-adopted.pdf", "title": "TEA adopted 2025–26 attendance handbook, §3.6.3", "kind": "Adopted agency guidance — prior school year", "note": "Page 64 discusses released-time attendance accounting; adjacent guidance addresses documentation and missed work. Do not relabel this as the adopted 2026–27 edition." }, "txTea26": { "url": "https://tea.texas.gov/data-reports/financial-compliance/saah/saah-2627-proposed.pdf", "title": "TEA proposed 2026–27 attendance handbook, §3.6.3", "kind": "Proposed agency guidance", "note": "Page 66 includes the released-time category. Draft status is retained as shown on TEA’s publication index at the research baseline." }, "txCode": { "url": "https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.25.htm#25.0875", "title": "Texas Education Code, Chapter 25 — official code portal", "kind": "Official codification reference", "note": "Relevant provisions: §§25.087, 25.0875 and 25.092. The portal redirected during direct retrieval; the operative §25.0875 text was verified against enrolled SB 1049. See the enrolled-text link if the deep link does not resolve." }, "txkApril": { "url": "https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1745515723/txkisdnet/fwu1x1yip4rgsez5ynp3/20250423RegularBoardBriefs.pdf", "title": "Texarkana ISD Board Briefs — April 23, 2025", "kind": "Official board-action summary", "note": "Reports approval of the LifeWise Academy pilot for 2025–26. A summary is not the full provider agreement." }, "txkAug25": { "url": "https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1759340745/txkisdnet/sq8vn6zj11zvxhu5niyh/OfficialSignedTISDAugust272025RegularMeetingMinutes.pdf", "title": "Texarkana ISD signed minutes — August 27, 2025", "kind": "Approved meeting minutes", "note": "Pages 2–3: consent agenda includes a LifeWise pilot revision; the whole consent agenda passed 6–0. No separate LifeWise roll call is claimed." }, "txkAug26": { "url": "https://www.txkisd.net/fs/resource-manager/view/39b433e3-b6e6-495b-865f-fb6ac8e06ae8", "title": "Texarkana ISD signed minutes — August 25, 2026", "kind": "Approved meeting minutes", "note": "Page 3 was visually reviewed: the 2026–27 LifeWise MOU is item 7 in the consent agenda approved 7–0. This establishes agreement approval, not student attendance." }, "txkBrief26": { "url": "https://www.txkisd.net/fs/resource-manager/view/1f3f6bcd-2a9b-43f7-9fb9-fc4df2463de1", "title": "Texarkana ISD Board Briefs — August 25, 2026", "kind": "Official board-action summary", "note": "Independently identifies approval of an MOU with LifeWise Academy for 2026–27; agreement text and school roster are not included." }, "txkArchive": { "url": "https://www.txkisd.net/board-of-trustees/board-meeting-minutes", "title": "Texarkana ISD board minutes archive", "kind": "Official district record index", "note": "Use the signed minutes and dated summaries for action evidence. Full current policy text, MOU conditions and operating roster remain to be obtained; the December 2025 summary identifies the FEF(LOCAL) addition." }, "planoQA": { "url": "https://www.pisd.edu/about-our-district/board-of-trustees/public-comments/community-input-meetings/meeting-videos-questions", "title": "Plano ISD community input Q&A — February 23, 2026", "kind": "Official district implementation explanation", "note": "The SB 1049 answer identifies FEF(LEGAL), FEF(LOCAL), Update 126 and written principal guidance. It does not supply a final vote date or identify an operating provider." }, "planoPolicy": { "url": "https://www.pisd.edu/about-our-district/policies-regulations", "title": "Plano ISD policies and regulations directory", "kind": "Official policy directory", "note": "Starting point for the current policy manual. A dated final FEF(LOCAL) text and adoption roll call were not independently retrieved for this edition." }, "houstonFirst": { "url": "https://houstonisd.legistar.com/View.ashx?GUID=D178E535-9191-45F4-A3C8-A3222C1C9BC0&ID=1315007&M=A", "title": "Houston ISD agenda — May 14, 2026", "kind": "Official first-reading agenda", "note": "Item 23 schedules FEF(LOCAL) at first reading. An agenda establishes scheduled consideration, not the outcome." }, "houstonItem": { "url": "https://houstonisd.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=8062061&GUID=DFFC79AA-5530-4086-ACFC-FEC62345DEC2&Options=&Search=", "title": "Houston ISD file 26-175 — FEF(LOCAL) second reading", "kind": "Official board item and recommendation", "note": "June 11, 2026 item recommends approval with a June 12 effective date. The retrieved record had no final-action date or action history; the recommendation is not treated as an adopted policy." }, "houstonDraft": { "url": "https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1781270388/houstonisdorg/nehxdq9m4k6w2yhncoko/FEF_LOCAL.pdf", "title": "Houston ISD FEF(LOCAL): Attendance — Released Time", "kind": "Official proposed policy attachment", "note": "One-page text specifies 1–5 hours as requested by a parent or legal guardian. DATE ISSUED and Adopted fields are blank; final adoption was not established by this attachment." }, "houstonMeeting": { "url": "https://houstonisd.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?GUID=22041F77-0520-4045-950A-DE753BDED6EC&ID=1315008&Options=info%7C&Search=", "title": "Houston ISD June 11, 2026 meeting record", "kind": "Official meeting index", "note": "Lists the second-reading item. At review the meeting portal did not provide a usable action result establishing final FEF adoption." }, "roundRock": { "url": "https://roundrockisdtx.new.swagit.com/videos/361853", "title": "Round Rock ISD board meeting — November 20, 2025", "kind": "Official meeting recording and transcript", "note": "Update 126, including FEF, appears at first reading. A separate final adopted policy and program operation remain unverified." }, "roundRockBook": { "url": "https://go.boarddocs.com/tx/rrisd/Board.nsf/files/DKFPGE648ABA/%24file/D3.RRISD%20Student%20Handbook%20in%20English%202025-26%20FINAL%20V.1%208.5.25.pdf", "title": "Round Rock ISD 2025–26 student handbook", "kind": "Official prior-year handbook", "note": "Released-time passage discusses up to five hours, advance written parent notice, attendance records and make-up work. Current-year local policy needs a separate review." }, "carrollDraft": { "url": "https://southlakecarroll.community.diligentoneplatform.com/document/5231d102-d917-4522-9b82-3ea47eca857d/", "title": "Carroll ISD EMIA(LOCAL) released-time policy document", "kind": "Official board policy material", "note": "Study of Religion: Released Time Course uses the EMIA code. A dated final adoption and corresponding minutes were not established in this review." }, "friscoBook": { "url": "https://www.friscoisd.org/docs/default-source/resources-information/frisco-isd-student-handbook.pdf?sfvrsn=8", "title": "Frisco ISD student handbook", "kind": "Official district handbook", "note": "The retrieved 2025–26 edition includes religious released time among excused absences. This alone does not establish a differentiated local policy or a provider’s operation." }, "dentonLead": { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/texas-public-schools-bible-study/", "title": "CBS Texas reporting — August 27, 2026", "kind": "Independent reporting; research lead", "note": "Denton implementation warrants an official-record follow-up. This lead is not used to certify a participating-school roster or adopted policy." }, "boerneLead": { "url": "https://www.expressnews.com/news/education/article/religious-release-program-texas-schools-boerne-22224674.php", "title": "San Antonio Express-News — Boerne released-time reporting", "kind": "Independent reporting; launch-plan lead", "note": "A reported fall 2026 provider plan warrants follow-up. A plan is not a verified operating program; school-prayer policy records address a different law." }, "txkDec25": { "url": "https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1765989096/txkisdnet/nofxvugzkydpj8n1safc/20251215RegularBoardBriefs.pdf", "title": "Texarkana ISD Board Briefs — December 15, 2025", "kind": "Official board-action summary", "note": "Reports approval of Update 126, including addition of FEF(LOCAL), Attendance—Released Time, and a revised LifeWise MOU. The summary does not provide the full policy, agreement or roll-call tally." }, "nc": { "url": "https://library.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2026-41.html", "title": "North Carolina SL 2026-41, §7.54", "kind": "Enacted law", "note": "Creates G.S. 115C-407.45; effective July 7, 2026, applying in 2026–27." }, "ncAmend": { "url": "https://library.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2026-61.html", "title": "North Carolina SL 2026-61, §3.11", "kind": "Enacted amendment", "note": "Revises the weekly allowance to at least one and no more than four hours." }, "dpi": { "url": "https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/NCSBE/bulletins/4220051", "title": "NC DPI legislative update, July 31, 2026", "kind": "State education agency", "note": "Legislative implementation context and released-time correction." }, "dpiRules": { "url": "https://www.dpi.nc.gov/about-dpi/state-board-education/rulemaking-information", "title": "NC State Board rulemaking information", "kind": "Proposed rules", "note": "Attendance-rule proceedings are separate from enacted law. A proposal is not a final rule; this page contains an inconsistent anticipated-effective-date entry." }, "tx": { "url": "https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB01049F.pdf", "title": "Texas SB 1049, enrolled; Education Code §25.0875", "kind": "Enacted law", "note": "Effective September 1, 2025; local policy deadline January 1, 2026." }, "txHistory": { "url": "https://capitol.texas.gov/billlookup/BillSummary.aspx?Bill=SB1049&LegSess=89R", "title": "Texas SB 1049 official bill summary", "kind": "Legislature", "note": "Enactment and effective-date confirmation." }, "oh": { "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3313.6022", "title": "Ohio Revised Code §3313.6022", "kind": "Current official code", "note": "Version effective January 19, 2026." }, "in": { "url": "https://www.in.gov/sboa/files/2025_June_School_Bulletin_1THJW.pdf", "title": "Indiana State Board of Accounts, June 2025 School Bulletin", "kind": "State agency legal update", "note": "Historical July 1, 2025 enactment summary; reconciled against official 2026 §20-33-2-19 on October 8." }, "inCode": { "url": "https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/20#20-33-2-19", "title": "Indiana Code §20-33-2-19, official 2026 text", "kind": "Current official statute", "note": "Rendered official 2026 Code inspected October 8, 2026; latest listed amendment P.L.194-2025, SEC.4." }, "ia": { "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/299.1D.pdf", "title": "Iowa Code 2026 §299.1D", "kind": "Current official code", "note": "New section created and amended in the 2025 Acts." }, "tn": { "url": "https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0401.pdf", "title": "Tennessee Public Chapter 401 (2025)", "kind": "Enacted law", "note": "Provider screening and certification requirements; read with §49-2-130." }, "tnCode": { "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/title-49/chapter-2/part-1/section-49-2-130/", "title": "Tennessee Code §49-2-130, 2025 text", "kind": "Statute reproduced by Justia", "note": "Distinguishes board-policy release and the conditional parent-request right." }, "ca": { "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-edc/title-2/division-4/part-26/chapter-1/article-2/section-46014/", "title": "California Education Code §46014", "kind": "Statute reproduced by Justia", "note": "Local discretion, minimum school day and four-day monthly condition." }, "mi": { "url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mde/-/media/Project/Websites/mde/OFM/Grants/NonPublic--Home-Schools/mcl-380-1561.pdf?hash=39B6837EAA946CE9AB7D5D7A1DFE69FF&rev=857bb1c3609e45f08e3e7616ba6878df", "title": "Michigan MDE copy of MCL §380.1561", "kind": "State agency statutory excerpt", "note": "Religious-instruction attendance exception; excerpt rendered in 2022, not a complete 2026 amendment audit." }, "mn": { "url": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/120A.22", "title": "Minnesota Statutes §120A.22, subd. 12", "kind": "Official 2025 code", "note": "Religious and Tribal instruction exemption; board may approve." }, "or": { "url": "https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors339.html", "title": "Oregon Revised Statutes §339.420", "kind": "Official 2025 edition", "note": "Chapter flags 2026 session changes; cited subsection remains dated as shown." }, "wi": { "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/wisconsin/chapter-118/section-118-155/", "title": "Wisconsin Statutes §118.155, 2025 text", "kind": "Statute reproduced by Justia", "note": "Written permission, 60–180 minutes weekly, private transportation." }, "zorach": { "url": "https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep343/usrep343306/usrep343306.pdf", "title": "Zorach v. Clauson, 343 U.S. 306 (1952)", "kind": "Supreme Court opinion / Library of Congress", "note": "Upheld the off-campus arrangement presented in that case." }, "mccollum": { "url": "https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/333/203/", "title": "McCollum v. Board of Education, 333 U.S. 203 (1948)", "kind": "Supreme Court opinion / Justia", "note": "Invalidated the public-school religious-instruction arrangement presented in that case." }, "wakePolicy": { "url": "https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/Meetings/Attachment.aspx?AID=486260&MID=19077&S=920", "title": "Wake County Policy 3510 meeting attachment", "kind": "Official board policy attachment", "note": "Religious-Based Exemptions from School Programs. Revised-date field is blank; attachment alone does not prove final adoption." }, "wakeVote": { "url": "https://www.wral.com/news/education/wake-school-board-set-for-final-vote-religious-instruction-during-schoolday-september-2026/", "title": "WRAL: Wake policy final vote, September 15, 2026", "kind": "Independent board reporting", "note": "Reports 9–0 first reading September 1 and 6–1 final approval September 15." }, "wakeDistrict": { "url": "https://www.wcpss.net/about-us/policies", "title": "Wake County Public School System policy directory", "kind": "District", "note": "Entry point for the current adopted manual and policy questions." }, "ccsPolicy": { "url": "https://go.boarddocs.com/nc/ccsd/Board.nsf/pfiles/DXMM4S59769E/$file/Revised%20Policy%203510%2C%20Religious-Based%20Exemptions%20from%20School%20Programs%20(2026).pdf", "title": "Cumberland revised Policy 3510 attachment", "kind": "Official board document link", "note": "Linked in the September board report. Direct retrieval was unavailable during this review; local terms below remain attributed to reporting." }, "ccsReport": { "url": "https://www.cityviewnc.com/stories/cumberland-students-will-be-allowed-to-leave-school-for-religious-instruction/", "title": "CityView: Cumberland religious-instruction policy, September 11, 2026", "kind": "Independent board reporting", "note": "September 8 first-reading vote, not proof of final adoption." }, "ccsDistrict": { "url": "https://www.ccs.k12.nc.us/", "title": "Cumberland County Schools, North Carolina", "kind": "District", "note": "Official entry point for board records and current consent procedures." }, "ecAgenda": { "url": "https://edenton-chowan.schoolboard.net/node/3440", "title": "Edenton-Chowan board agenda, November 4, 2025", "kind": "Official board agenda", "note": "Lists Policy 4210 at first reading. An agenda is not approved minutes." }, "ecReport": { "url": "https://albemarleobserver.news/2026/09/20/lifewise-academy-prepares-for-oct-1-launch-at-white-oak-elementary/", "title": "Albemarle Observer: revised White Oak launch plan, September 20, 2026", "kind": "Independent board reporting", "note": "Revised October 1 target and reported policy amendment; does not establish actual attendance." }, "ecPrior": { "url": "https://albemarleobserver.news/2025/11/05/edenton-chowan-schools-board-recognizes-financial-office-staff/", "title": "Albemarle Observer: November 4, 2025 meeting report", "kind": "Independent board reporting", "note": "Describes Policy 4210 as a first reading; exact initial adoption date is withheld." }, "bladenSchool": { "url": "https://www.bladen.k12.nc.us/o/bbm/live-feed?page_no=1", "title": "Bladenboro Middle School official live feed", "kind": "Official school publication", "note": "September 2026 post, item 13111623, relays that released time began with 115 students. Relative timestamp; precise session date not assigned." }, "bladenProvider": { "url": "https://www.bladenrt.org/about-us", "title": "Bladen Released Time / School Ministries: About", "kind": "Provider statement", "note": "Describes its organization, history and transportation. Countywide totals are not independently verified here." }, "bladenDistrict": { "url": "https://www.bladen.k12.nc.us/", "title": "Bladen County Schools", "kind": "District", "note": "Official entry point for current release policy and board records." }, "nh": { "url": "https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_MeetingListing.aspx?S=36030934", "title": "New Hanover County Schools board meeting archive", "kind": "Official board archive", "note": "Agendas and published/unpublished minutes are distinguished in the archive." }, "nhReport": { "url": "https://www.wect.com/2026/07/30/new-hanover-school-board-drops-lifewise-hearing-citing-new-state-religious-instruction-law/?outputType=amp", "title": "WECT: New Hanover hearing canceled, July 30, 2026", "kind": "Independent board reporting", "note": "Hearing cancellation does not establish a provider launch." }, "wilson": { "url": "https://www.wilsonschoolsnc.net/about-us/board-of-education/overview/board-meeting-agendas", "title": "Wilson County Schools board agendas", "kind": "Official board archive", "note": "LifeWise appears as an information item in the January 2026 agenda material; this is not an approval." }, "durham": { "url": "https://9thstreetjournal.org/2026/09/14/durham-residents-push-back-against-time-off-school-for-religious-instruction/", "title": "9th Street Journal: Durham public discussion, September 14, 2026", "kind": "Independent local reporting", "note": "Public comment is not program approval." }, "buncombe": { "url": "https://www.buncombeschools.org/article/3165045", "title": "Buncombe County Schools board briefing, October 1, 2026", "kind": "Official district briefing", "note": "Lists Policy 3510; exact action and complete adopted text need a dedicated follow-up." }, "tn2020": { "url": "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2542&ga=111", "title": "Tennessee General Assembly: HB2542, Public Chapter 743 (2020)", "kind": "Official enacted bill history and summary", "note": "Parent-request hour and transport reimbursement; enacted June 22, 2020." }, "tn2023": { "url": "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0680&ga=113", "title": "Tennessee General Assembly: HB0680, Public Chapter 130 (2023)", "kind": "Official enacted bill history and summary", "note": "One elective unit per completed course; effective July 1, 2023." }, "tn2025": { "url": "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1332&ga=114", "title": "Tennessee General Assembly: SB1332 as amended, Public Chapter 401 (2025)", "kind": "Official enacted bill history and summary", "note": "Use adopted Senate amendment SA0291, not the original proposal. Effective July 1, 2025." }, "bedfordPolicy": { "url": "https://tsba.net/bedford-county-board-of-education-policy-manual/", "title": "Bedford County Board of Education policy manual", "kind": "District policy manual", "note": "6.208 is general release during school hours; it is not a verified religious-release policy." }, "bedfordMeetings": { "url": "https://meeting.boeconnect.net/Public/Organization/544", "title": "Bedford County board meeting archive", "kind": "Official board archive", "note": "Prior review covered January 2025–August 2026 minutes and September 15 agenda; not an exhaustive October 2026 action search." }, "bedfordProvider": { "url": "https://lifewise.org/program/4700180-bedford-county-school-district/", "title": "LifeWise Bedford County program page", "kind": "Provider statement", "note": "October 6, 2026 review: pre-enrollment and zero schools served on provider page; not an independent finding about all providers." } }, "methodology": "Primary source findings are separate from research leads, proposal terms, provider claims, and state-law rules. Unknown is never No. Last verified retains prior review dates; normalization on October 8 is not a new primary-document review." }