COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – LifeWise Academy’s attorneys are challenging religious release time policy recommendations, warning they could lead to lawsuits for school districts like Columbus City Schools.

A controversial, Bible-based educational group called LifeWise has been rapidly expanding its footprint across southwest Ohio in recent years.

An attorney representing LifeWise is warning Ohio school districts they could be sued if they use a model policy preventing religious release groups from providing materials, candy or trinkets to ...

The Ohio Senate wants to amend the state's religious release bill to prevent public school districts from prohibiting religious groups like LifeWise from providing students with candy, trinkets, or ...

Students disembark from a LifeWise Academy bus. This story was updated on Sept. 30, 2024 at 1:35 p.m. The Westerville City School Board will meet Tuesday night to vote on whether to remove its ...

WHITEHALL, Ohio — After a morning lesson on multiplying fractions, about half of the students in a fifth-grade class at Etna Road Elementary School packed up their work and headed to the campus ...

Students disembark from a LifeWise Academy bus. LifeWise Academy, which holds off-site school day Bible study for public school students, released a report last month saying they are now in more than ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published by the Ohio Capital Journal and was republished under a Creative Commons License. You can see the original story here. LifeWise Academy, a ...

An Ohio nonprofit that provides Christian religious instruction to public school students has sued an Indiana parent for copyright infringement, claiming he improperly shared proprietary instructional ...

As the school year begins this fall, students at more than 300 public schools nationwide will learn the Bible during school hours. The faith-based instruction at government schools, which people may ...

Rob Bluey is president and executive editor of The Daily Signal. Send an email to Rob. Bethany Sanidad, a mom from Ohio, credits LifeWise Academy with changing her son Christian’s life—and by ...

An attorney representing LifeWise is warning Ohio school districts they could be sued if they use a model policy preventing religious release groups from providing materials, candy or trinkets to ...