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Title 16 : Education
Chapter 024 : Periodic Released Time
(Cite as: 16 V.S.A. § 1055)-
§ 1055. Conditions
(a) No student may take a periodic released time religious education course without first having obtained:
(1) written permission from the student’s parent or guardian containing a release of the school from all legal responsibility for the student while engaged in the periodic released time program; and
(2) written permission from the sponsoring religious group to attend such course.
(b) All costs of periodic released time religious education courses shall be borne by the sponsoring religious group. (Added 1969, No. 260 (Adj. Sess.), eff. Sept. 1, 1970; amended 2021, No. 20, § 59.)