Ohio students are now eligible to receive lessons from a Satanic Temple as part of the state’s “religious release” program, in which students may be excused from school to attend an off-campus course on religion.

A new religious release program for students is entering public schools in Marysville, Ohio, and this one emphasizes Satanic studies.

Ohio schoolchildren can now spend part of their school day learning the teachings of the Satanic Temple through the state’s religious release program. The temple’s Hellion Academy of Independent Learning,

The Hellion Academy of Independent Learning, or HAIL, program has been introduced in Marysville, Ohio, after parents expressed interest in having an alternative to the Christian release program that’s already on offer.

The Satanic Temple is now offering a new religious program to Ohio elementary students as an alternative to a Christian release program.

A new religious release program is coming to the Marysville School District in Ohio this month. Hellions Academy of Independent Learning (HAIL) will be offered to students at Edgewood Elementary School.