Senate Bill 8 Provides Released time religious instruction:

• Requires school districts to adopt a policy authorizing students to be excused from school to attend a released time course in religious instruction.

• Requires school districts to collaborate with the sponsoring entity of a released time course in religious instruction to identify a time for the course to be offered during the school day.

• Permits a school district to require a sponsoring entity’s instructors and volunteers undergo criminal records checks in a manner determined by the district.

Read Analysis of Religious Expression and Release Days Here: