TO CREATE THE RELEASED TIME EDUCATION ACT.

HB 1139, known as the "Released Time Education Act," would require public schools and open-enrollment public charter schools in Arkansas to excuse students from school to attend religious moral instruction. Upon request from a parent or guardian, students could be released for these "released time courses," which are taught by an independent entity off school grounds. Students would be excused for a minimum of one hour and a maximum of five hours per week to attend these courses.