Columbus School Board: Christian Groups Can No Longer Lure Children Off Campus With Candy, Gifts

March 20, 2025 Christianists, Education

The Columbus Dispatch reports:

Columbus City school board amended its religious release policy, preventing religious organizations like LifeWise Academy from distributing candy and other items to students and requiring them to complete background checks on religious instructors. Religious release time allows students to leave during the day for religious instruction, typically during an elective or lunch. LifeWise is one of the largest users of religious release time in the state and country.

The amendment states that organizations seeking to participate in religious release “must agree that it will not provide participating students with any materials, snacks, clothing, candies, trinkets, or other items for their return to school.” A common criticism about organizations like LifeWise is that they give candy or other incentives to children to encourage them to attend religious education and to tell other students about the incentives so they will attend as well.

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