; those who nurture him and direct his destiny have the right, coupled with the high duty, to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations. ; Whereas religious instruction can come from a variety of sources, including sectarian schools and released time programs; Whereas, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2015, 4,350,000 children in the United States attended sectarian elementary and secondary schools where those children received religious education; and Whereas the Supreme Court of the United States held in Zorach v. Clauson, 343 U.S. 306 (1952), that State statutes providing for the release of public school students from school to attend religious classes are constitutional, and, as a result, an estimated 540,000 public school students in the United States take advantage of released time programs each year: Now, therefore, be it