I just came across this 1926 opinion, which I hadn't heard, and which I thought
might be of interest.
Eugene
31 W. Va. Op. Atty. Gen. 344
Office of the Attorney General
State of West Virginia
March 15, 1926
SCHOOLS-Pupils Cannot be Excused During School Periods to attend Religious
What I find interesting is that the AG did absolutely no parsing of the
constitutional language, in which I couldn't find anything that spoke to
what released time is. He jumped immediately to the extra-statutory concept
of separation of State and Church without so much as a case citation to
