📌 SB 171 update (West Virginia): A state senator confirmed today that SB 171 was removed from the Senate Education Committee agenda after concerns were raised. As the senator stated:“That bill was initially placed on the Senate Education Committee agenda but then removed after a number of you and fellow Senators raised concerns about it.… Read More

🗺️ NEW TOOL: LifeWise Progress Map — Now Live We’ve launched a new interactive map that shows where LifeWise Academy programs are in their own startup process — district by district. 👉 All of this information comes directly from LifeWise’s own website. No speculation. No estimates. Just their data, visualized. LifeWise uses an 11-step process… Read More

Today, the Secular Education Association testified in person before the Indiana House Education Committee in opposition to House Bill 1086. HB 1086 was changed after its author adopted an amendment removing the explicit requirement to post the Ten Commandments in schools. Instead, the bill now designates the Ten Commandments as a “protected writing” in Indiana… Read More

This clip is from the Oklahoma Senate Committee on Education on April 2, 2024, during debate on HB 1425 — what we’ve been calling LifeWise copy-paste legislation. HB 1425 didn’t just allow released-time religious instruction — it mandated it.Traditionally, RTRI laws were permissive: districts may allow released time if they choose.This bill shifts that framework… Read More

We were recently asked whether there is a documented record of concerning incidents related to Released Time Religious Instruction (RTRI), specifically LifeWise Academy, that can be shared with school officials or community advocates. Below is a non-exhaustive summary of documented issues SEA has tracked across multiple states, based on reporting, public records, litigation, and firsthand… Read More

📄 PUBLIC RECORD: LifeWise Inc.’s latest IRS Form 990 is now available LifeWise Inc.’s most recent federal tax filing (Form 990) for the fiscal year ending June 2025 has been published and is now accessible via ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer. This is the organization’s required public disclosure filing with the IRS. 🔗 View the full filing… Read More

🚨 NEW TRACKER FROM SEA 🚨Nationwide Education Legislation Tracker — Now Live We’re excited to launch a new resource on our website:👉 SEA’s nationwide legislation tracker This tool tracks state bills that could affect the secular, neutral school day, helping parents, educators, and community members stay informed as legislation moves — often very quickly. 🔎… Read More

🚨INDIANA 👀What is happening over there? What people are saying: Facebook User: https://www.disruptpac.org/getinvolved Facebook User: The lawsuits will be going down Facebook User: Facebook User Hopefully Facebook User: Facebook User: Hard pass Facebook User: Ick Facebook User: 🤮🤮🤮 Facebook User: We’re under rule of Trump Light and his side-kick, Pastor Christ-o-fash. – Gov Braun &… Read More

🚨 ARIZONA ACTION ALERT 🚨HB 2266 — Copy-Paste LifeWise Legislation HB 2266 turns religious release from a local, optional policy into a mandatory, legally protected absence written directly into Arizona’s attendance law. That shift matters. Under current law, school districts may allow religious release.HB 2266 changes that to must. If passed, this bill would require… Read More

🚨 OHIO ACTION ALERT 🚨 Help end child marriage in Ohio — for good. The Secular Education Association (SEA) is proud to be part of a statewide coalition led by Unchained At Last, urging lawmakers to pass SB 341, a critical bill that would end marriage before age 18 with NO exceptions. Right now, Ohio… Read More

🚨INDIANA update on HB 1086 🚨 We’re hearing that lawmakers may try to “fix” HB 1086 by amending it to include the U.S. Constitution and other so-called “historical documents,” instead of only the Ten Commandments. Let’s be clear about what this is: a rebrand, not a solution. Tacking the Constitution onto a bill that was… Read More

🚨 Indiana Call to Action — HB 1086 🚨 Indiana lawmakers have introduced HB 1086, a bill that would force every public school classroom and school library to display the Ten Commandments. This is not a gray area. The U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled that posting the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms is… Read More

When proximity is this close, accountability matters. Recent reporting by Black Indy LIVE has raised serious public-interest concerns 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 during a period when the church was dealing with a deeply disturbing criminal case involving the lead pastor’s adult son. According to the reporting, Beckwith was not… Read More

This work doesn’t happen all at once — but the bills often do. The Secular Education Association is a parent-led, volunteer-powered organization built by people who have learned how to carefully track education legislation, understand its real-world impact on public schools, and respond effectively when issues involving religion and education arise. This legislative session, bills… Read More

Secular Education Association (SEA) submitted a formal letter of opposition to Iowa Senate File 510, legislation that would authorize Bible-specific courses in public schools and embed religious scripture directly into Iowa’s social studies framework. In our letter, we raised serious concerns that SF 510:• Gives preferential treatment to Christian scripture by naming and elevating the… Read More