ARIZONA Republicans are trying to force public schools to make room for off-campus religious instruction during the school day. Let’s call this what it is: a state-backed religious access bill. 👈🏻 SB 1741 is not about “freedom.”It is not about “choice.”And it is definitely not about public education.👀 🚨It is about forcing schools to accommodate… Read More

This is the scam: starve public schools, subsidize religious alternatives, then blame public schools for the damage. Taxpayer dollars are not a church offering. They should not be used to fund religious schools, religious doctrine, or the slow-motion privatization of public education under the banner of “choice.” People should be furious. https://www.facebook.com/share/18X8aF1xNe/?mibextid=wwXIfr What people are… Read More

COME ON Department of Homeland SecurityTwo in one day! The government is not a church. When federal agencies promote one religion, it undermines the religious freedom of everyone else. This is the same normalization strategy we are watching play out in public schools: blur the line, repeat it often enough, and hope people stop objecting.… Read More

Hey Department of Homeland Security-This is not acceptable. It never has been. It will never be. A government agency should not be posting explicitly Christian messages in its official capacity. And let’s be clear: this is the same problem we are confronting in our children’s public schools. When public institutions begin centering one religion, privileging… Read More

SEA was featured in a recent news segment speaking out about a serious concern with school-day religious release programs: student safety. As Executive Director Molly Gaines said in the segment, public schools spend enormous time, effort, and money keeping campuses secure. Sending students off campus during the school day to an unsecured, unvetted location that… Read More

April Fools’ Day is supposed to be about bad ideas. Public schools shouldn’t have to deal with them the rest of the year. Across the country, policies dressed up as “freedom” are quietly reshaping the public school day. From released-time religious programs to so-called “moral instruction” mandates, communities are being asked to normalize changes that… Read More

Every child belongs in public school. That includes trans students. On Trans Day of Visibility, we want to say this clearly and without apology: Trans students deserve to feel safe, seen, respected, and included at school.They deserve classrooms where they can learn without fear.They deserve adults who protect their dignity.They deserve peers and communities that… Read More

🏆 NATIONAL GRANT WIN SEA Selected for the Empathy Project! We are thrilled to announce that the Secular Education Association has been officially selected as a recipient of a 2026 Empathy Project Grant! Out of more than 600 applicants nationwide, our “Public School Belonging Day” initiative was chosen as one of only 100 projects to… Read More

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“We need to have more of a coordinated effort… it’s something we need to work on as a community.” Great to hear from our SEA cofounder, Zach, at the Fort Wayne No Kings rally this weekend. He’s right—if we want to be effective, we have to move as a team. So proud of the work… Read More

When the stakes are this high, “Good Enough” is a liability. 📊 We’ve seen several “toolkits” and “summaries” circulate regarding the LifeWise Academy outcomes report. While we appreciate everyone standing up for our public schools, we’ve noticed a dangerous trend: a complete lack of verifiable math and cited research. In a school board meeting or… Read More

Before districts say yes to religious release time, communities deserve more than vague promises. These programs can affect the entire school day; including scheduling, staff roles, neutrality, and the students who do not participate. Whether it is LifeWise, Bible2School, School Ministries, or another religious release time program, these are questions every community should have answered… Read More

NORTH CAROLINA New Hanover County Schools does **not** have to approve LifeWise — and local families are fighting because they know exactly what this does: it pulls outside religious programming into the structure of the public school day. According to local reporting, this proposal would send students off campus once a week for about 45… Read More

Louisiana’s SB 112 is not just a “released time” bill.Read what it actually says. It opens the door to religious instruction being taught on campus.It says these programs can access “funds, benefits, or services.”It allows schools to award academic credit for it. That is not school neutrality. That is public schools being pushed deeper into… Read More

Alabama’s SB 248 is scheduled for March 31. And this bill is not fooling anyone. Current law says local school boards may implement released time religious instruction policies. SB 248 adds language saying boards shall allow it.But the revised text still leaves behind “may implement” language too. So which is it?Optional? Or mandatory? That ambiguity… Read More