This Senate resolution designates the week of October 5, 2025, through October 11, 2025, as "Religious Education Week." It affirms the importance of religious education for the civic and moral development of people in the United States, celebrates schools and organizations that provide religious instruction, and calls on each State, each territory, and the District of Columbia to accommodate individuals who wish to be released from public school attendance to attend religious classes. The resolution cites the First Amendment, quotes from Founders, a 2019 study about adolescent mental health, Supreme Court decisions Pierce v. Society of Sisters and Zorach v. Clauson, and statistics about sectarian school enrollment and released time program participation. The resolution was introduced in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The resolution names October 5–11, 2025, as Religious Education Week and encourages governments at the state and territorial level to allow students to be released from public school to attend religious classes. It formally recognizes and celebrates groups and schools that teach religion.
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The text says religious education supports free exercise of religion and helps intellectual, ethical, moral, and civic development. It cites Founders who linked religion and civic virtue, a 2019 study that reported benefits for adolescent mental health, and Supreme Court decisions that protect parental choice and released time programs. The resolution highlights that millions attend sectarian schools and hundreds of thousands use released time programs.
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