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West Lafayette Released-Time Religious Instruction Tracker
West Lafayette’s policy hub marks E200 Religious Release Time active and adopted December 8, 2025. Its final text differs from the first-reading draft: the final E200 contains no academic-credit authorization. Provider operation remains unverified.
Adopted — final E200 located; operation unverified
Policy, provider plans, facility permission and actual operation are tracked separately. Research baseline: October 8, 2026.
Current status and local rules
| Question | Finding | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Policy and adoption | E200 Religious Release Time; active policy lists December 8, 2025 adoption. | Document / record |
| Vote history | December 8 agenda supplies second-reading context. Final policy supplies adoption date; a vote tally was not located. | Document / record |
| Provider / schools | No named provider or participating-school list in the final E200; no current operation finding. | Document / record |
| Notice and timing | Annual written parental notice; collaborative least-disruptive scheduling under the statute. | Document / record |
| Local screening / insurance | Final E200 requires expanded criminal-history and child-protection-index checks for relevant employees/contractors and liability coverage for off-property services or transport. | Document / record |
| Academic credit | No credit-award section in final E200. Earlier draft includes one; a separate current authorizing policy was not located. | Document / record |
| Transport / facility | No local transporter or approved site specified in the reviewed final policy. | Document / record |
| Make-up work | No specific released-time make-up deadline in §19; a local implementation procedure was not located. | Document / record |
| Weekly legal ceiling | 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. | Document / record |
| Attendance | State law grants the same attendance credit as public-school attendance for the same duration; provider records must be available to attendance officers. | Document / record |
| Provider eligibility | State law covers instruction conducted by a church, association of churches, or an association organized for religious instruction and incorporated under Indiana law. | Document / record |
| Public funding | State law prohibits supporting the religious-instruction entity wholly or partly with public funds. | Document / record |
| State reporting / registration | Section 19 requires inspectable attendance records; it does not specify a dedicated statewide provider registry, periodic program return or insurance dollar minimum. | Document / record |
Why the first-reading draft is not the current rule
The November 10 first-reading file includes both release and optional credit language. It also contains drafting placeholders. The active December 8 policy is titled Religious Release Time and ends after attendance credit and legal references. It does not contain the earlier elective-credit section. Compare draft · Read final E200.
This supports a narrow conclusion: final E200 itself does not authorize academic credit. It does not prove the board rejected religious instruction, nor does it establish the absence of every possible separate credit policy.
What families can verify before scheduling
The provider must agree to the checks and insurance required by E200. Ask for the district's current documentation process, who confirms compliance, the departure/return plan and how the provider's attendance record reaches school staff. A policy requirement is not evidence that a particular organization has submitted satisfactory documents. Final provider requirements.
LifeWise searches need the correct district
Some searches for West Lafayette LifeWise return West Lafayette, Ohio. This tracker is for the Indiana school corporation. Neither similarly named programs nor a general Indiana provider list establishes participation in this district. Final provider agreements, school notices or dated activity records are the next evidence needed.
Board actions and implementation timeline
| Date | Record type | Finding |
|---|---|---|
| November 10, 2025 | First-reading material | Draft includes optional credit language; not final policy. Source |
| December 8, 2025 | Second-reading agenda | Agenda documents consideration, not a vote tally by itself. Source |
| December 8, 2025 | Adopted policy | Active E200 lists this adoption date and omits the draft credit section. Source |
| October 8, 2026 | Research check | Final policy reconciled with draft; provider operation unverified. Source |
How current Indiana law applies
Section 20-33-2-19 requires qualifying release after written parental notice, collaborative least-disruptive timing, provider attendance records and equivalent attendance credit. Elementary release is capped at 120 minutes weekly; secondary release is capped at one elective course time-equivalent weekly. No public funding may support the entity. Optional secondary academic credit has separate board-policy, screening and insurance conditions.
Official 2026 Code · Indiana law, credit, transportation and district comparison. Local requirements and unknowns above are labelled separately from state law.
Frequently asked questions
Did West Lafayette adopt E200?
Yes. Its active policy hub lists adoption on December 8, 2025. A recorded vote tally was not located. Source
Can students earn LifeWise credit under this E200?
Final E200 contains no academic-credit authorization. Do not rely on the first-reading draft to claim a credit entitlement. Source
Does the policy require provider checks?
Yes, final E200 requires expanded criminal-history and child-protection-index checks for relevant employees or contractors, plus liability coverage. Source
Is there an officially verified LifeWise program here?
No current district operating record was located. The policy alone does not establish one. Source
Source and document library
Page research baseline: October 8, 2026. Source type and document vintage are shown below. A provider statement, agenda and final adopted policy establish different facts.
- West Lafayette CSC — E200 Religious Release Time
Official active district policy. Policy hub marks Active, adopted December 8, 2025. Final text contains release and screening provisions but no academic-credit authorization.
- West Lafayette — November 10, 2025 E200 first-reading draft
Superseded draft. Includes optional credit language and placeholders. Do not use as final adopted policy; compare the December 8 active policy.
- West Lafayette — December 8, 2025 board agenda
Official agenda. Second-reading context. An agenda alone does not establish a vote tally; adoption date comes from the active policy.
- Indiana Code 2026 §20-33-2-19
Current official statute. 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.
- State Board of Accounts — June 2025 School Bulletin
State agency enactment summary. Page 22 identifies P.L.194-2025 / SEA255 and July 1, 2025 effective date. Historical implementation source, read against the 2026 Code.
Update log and next records
October 8, 2026 — Phase 12 Indiana publication. Compared current 2026 Code with dated local evidence. Published four district trackers and a 15-district research register; policy, provider and operation are recorded separately.
Next review: enacted law, final local policies, current forms, signed provider agreements, screening/insurance documentation and dated school activity. No automatic monitoring is active. Submit a documented correction.
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