Montana HB343 requires school districts to offer a religious instruction released time program.
Montana HB343 mandates that school district trustees provide a religious instruction released time program, allowing students to be released from regular school attendance for religious instruction upon parental request. The program must allow students at least one hour of religious instruction weekly. Trustees must adopt a policy awarding academic credit for completing a religious instruction course, using secular criteria. Public school property and funds cannot be used for religious instruction.
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