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Read. Follow. Verify.Senate Resolution to Designate 'Religious Education Week' (Oct 6-12, 2024)
Record date · September 25, 2024
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What This Bill Would Do
This formally recognizes the week of October 6–12, 2024, as 'Religious Education Week' to celebrate the role of religious instruction in the intellectual and moral development of American youth. It encourages states and territories to support programs that allow students to be released from public school to attend religious classes.
The establishes a formal federal recognition of religious education, which serves as a symbolic endorsement of 'released time' programs that allow public school students to attend religious instruction during school hours.
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Who It Would Affect
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Public school students
The resolution encourages states to accommodate students who wish to be released from school to attend religious classes.
Sectarian schools
The resolution celebrates organizations engaged in religious instruction and advocates for policies that facilitate student attendance at these institutions.
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Emphasis on 'Released Time' Programs
The resolution explicitly cites 1950s-era Supreme Court precedent to advocate for the expansion of 'released time' programs in public schools.
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