ZORACH V. CLAUSON (p. 1769)

Released time programs.  Upon written request by parents, school allows students to be released early from school to “go to religious centers for religious instruction or devotional exercises.”  The program involved only 1 hour per week.  343 U.S. at 308. Students were only released upon written request of parents. 

Does this violate the Establishment Clause?

Notice in McCollum the Court struck down a released time program which allowed religious teachers to come into the public schools to provide religious instruction to students whose parents requested such instruction. P. 1770

    What do you think about that kind of program? Is it different in a significant way from the program in Zorach?