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🚨 NEW REPORTING: LifeWise Academy’s rapid expansion — by the numbers 🚨
🚨 NEW REPORTING: LifeWise Academy’s rapid expansion — by the numbers 🚨 According to LifeWise Academy’s latest IRS filings, the controversial Hilliard-based religious instruction program: • Raised $39.2 million in FY 2024–25• Took in $34.4 million from contributions and grants alone• Reported $11.1 million in net profit (down ~$6M from the prior year)• Increased expenses… Read More
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🚨 SOUTH CAROLINA PARENTS & EDUCATORS — TAKE ACTION NOW 🚨
🚨 SOUTH CAROLINA PARENTS & EDUCATORS — TAKE ACTION NOW 🚨 South Carolina Senate Bill S.0752 is LifeWise copy-and-paste legislation. It takes existing optional law and turns it into a “may → shall” mandate, forcing every public school district to adopt a religious release time policy — whether local communities want it or not. This… Read More
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🚨 Missouri Release Time Religious Instruction Bills — Full Breakdown & Analysis
🚨 Missouri Release Time Religious Instruction Bills — Full Breakdown & Analysis Missouri legislators have introduced two different Release Time Religious Instruction bills for the 2026 session — even though similar legislation failed in 2025. At first glance, these may look like ordinary “sister bills.”They are not. 👉 Please read the full side-by-side breakdowns below:… Read More
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🚨 ALABAMA PARENTS & EDUCATORS: PAY ATTENTION 🚨
🚨 ALABAMA PARENTS & EDUCATORS: PAY ATTENTION 🚨 Alabama Senate Bill 4 (SB 4) — the national LifeWise playbook — is now in Alabama and pending in the Senate Education Policy Committee. 🔎 Read the bill text yourself:👉 https://legiscan.com/AL/text/SB4/id/3257820/Alabama-2026-SB4-Introduced.pdf This is not new policy.SB 4 is boilerplate “may → shall” legislation mirroring the same national… Read More
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📍 This is not isolated. It’s national.
📍 This is not isolated. It’s national. The Secular Education Association has launched a nationwide LifeWise Academy tracking map — and the most important thing to understand is this: Every dot represents a real public school district where LifeWise is operating, recruiting, or actively advancing toward access to the school day. CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM IN ACTION.… Read More
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THIS is what public education looks like. 🌍❤️
THIS is what public education looks like. 🌍❤️Students celebrating their heritage.Families sharing their cultures. Public schools doing what they do best – bringing kids together, not dividing them. Every child belongs in our country’s public schools. Every culture matters. Every student deserves a learning environment grounded in inclusion, dignity, and respect – NOT religious or… Read More
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📌 SB 171 update (West Virginia):
📌 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
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🗺️ NEW TOOL: LifeWise Progress Map — Now Live
🗺️ 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
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Today, the Secular Education Association testified in person before the Indiana …
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
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This clip is from the Oklahoma Senate Committee on Education on April 2, 2024, d…
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
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We were recently asked whether there is a documented record of concerning incide…
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
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📄 PUBLIC RECORD: LifeWise Inc.’s latest IRS Form 990 is now available
📄 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
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🚨 NEW TRACKER FROM SEA 🚨
🚨 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
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🚨INDIANA
🚨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
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🚨 ARIZONA ACTION ALERT 🚨
🚨 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












