Toolkit update in progress with the passage of new statewide legislation.
Released time for religious instruction, sometimes called “RTRI” or Release Time Education, allows public school districts to excuse students for religious education within the boundaries of local school district policy and Ohio law passed in 2014. In December of 2024, the Ohio Legislature passed House Bill 8. This bill included language that requires all school districts to collaborate with RTRI programs, thus requiring all districts to have an RTRI policy. The toolkit below has some outdated information and will be updated and made available to the public in early February.
Released time for religious instruction, sometimes called “RTRI” or Release Time Education, allows public school districts to excuse students for religious education within the boundaries of local school district policy and Ohio law passed in 2014. In December of 2024, the Ohio Legislature passed House Bill 8. This bill included language that requires all school districts to collaborate with RTRI programs, thus requiring all districts to have an RTRI policy. The toolkit below has some outdated information and will be updated and made available to the public in early February.
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Honesty for Ohio Education has created a toolkit in collaboration with other Ohio groups and community members. This toolkit serves to educate Ohioans about RTRI and the dangers of LifeWise while also equipping community members with the resources needed to fight state-wide legislation and their local district's policy.
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Honesty would like to give a huge thank you to everyone that made this possible and credit members of the Honesty Teams Network — RTRI Working Group, Kara Butlien-Cohen, Danielle Wirick, Sarah Myers, Kathy Yohn with Valley View Parents Concerned About LifeWise, amongst others, for their contributions to the toolkit.
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LifeWise Programs
Find all the locations LifeWise is operating classes and track the progress of LifeWise in your school district.
Map provided by Respect Public Schools