Urge Boone County Schools to Approve LifeWise Academy

Last session, the General Assembly passed SB 19, which created a process for local school districts to allow off-campus moral instruction, including Bible classes. These classes would be completely optional for families and students to participate in, and the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the First Amendment allows these optional off-campus Bible classes (Zorach v. Clauson in 1952). Now local school boards can approve prospective programs that seek to offer those classes to families in the local school system.

The Family Foundation has partnered with LifeWise Academy to share information about this new law and to equip parents to bring these optional off-campus Bible classes to local school districts. LifeWise is a Christian non-profit that provides off-campus Bible classes to students during the school day. Over 1,000 schools across 34 states allow students to participate in a LifeWise program during school hours. LifeWise organizes a local team to provide the programming, transportation, and staff without receiving any taxpayer funding. You can learn more about LifeWise at their website.

Now Boone County has an opportunity to bring LifeWise to its local schools. Local residents have recently petitioned the school board for approval, and now the Boone County School Board needs to schedule a vote on the proposal. We are urging the Boone County School Board to schedule a vote and allow LifeWise in Boone County schools. Please send a message to the Boone County School Board urging them to approve LifeWise.

Urge BCPS Reverse Coarse and Allow Bible Instruction by Approving LifeWise Academy!

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