Especially under the state regulations supporting the No Child Left Behind Act, any program that leaves kids twiddling thumbs instead of taking AP biology is probably suspect, and perhaps illegal.
When I attended schools in Utah, which had probably the most extensive released time programs, the
Dahlia Lithwick in Slate on current released-time
programs in Virginia and elsewhere: http://slate.msn.com/id/2113611/.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
recently upheld a New York released time program, on the authority of
Zorach, even though the children remaining in the
Message from UK- are you guys aware of the decision in this case- very long
from a Tribunal (not court) in Victoria, Australia on vilification of
religion.
It is attached below and at
http://www.vcat.vic.gov.au/CA256902000FE154/Lookup/decisions/
$file/islamic_council_of_victoria_v_catch_the_fir
