US SR426

Designates October 5-11, 2025 as "Religious Education Week" to celebrate religious education in the United States

Affirms the importance of religious education in civic and moral development, citing First Amendment protections for free exercise of religion

Celebrates schools and organizations providing religious instruction, noting 4,350,000 children attended sectarian elementary and secondary schools in 2015

Calls on all 50 states, U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia to accommodate students who wish to be released from public school to attend religious classes

References Supreme Court precedents Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925) and Zorach v. Clauson (1952) supporting parental rights and released time programs, with an estimated 540,000 public school students participating in released time programs annually