PROPOSAL PROCESS

OUTLINE OF A PROPOSAL PACKET FOR YOUR SCHOOL BOARD
(Packet should be professionally presented in a presentation folder, with your own letterhead and business card, if possible)

1. Letter of Intent

2. Letters of Recommendation for Released Time from Community Leaders
(State Representative/ Senator, Police Chief, City Council Members, Mayor)

3. Letters of Recommendation for Released Time from Church Associations or
various churches in the area

4. The Released Time Proposal specific to the School and Church involved

5. Letter from the Pastor and Elders of that Church

6. Information sheet on specific details of the program and the church's qualifications to meet the challenge (Class rooms, number of bathrooms, handicapped access, staffing, curriculum materials, access to school, insurance, etc.)

7. Legality of Released Time Information Page

8. Definition and History of Released Time

9. Value of Released Time

10. Guidelines for School Board and Faculty

11. Sample of RT Parent Permission Form

12. Testimonials from other School Systems that have successful RT programs

13. References of School Districts with RT programs

14. Resource list of RT Organizations

15. Statistics on teen risk behaviors

16. News articles

17. Video clips of RT programs if possible

18.  Example Presentation -- Four Parts. 
Click on the Title to view the Presentation.  Use Right and Left Arrows on your KeyBoard to Nagivate through the various slides in the Presentation.  At the end of each Presentation Segment, use your browser "Back" button to return to this page. 

If you would like to have a copy of these "PowerPoint" Presentations, then send your request via e-mail: 

For further information or to sign up
please call: (423)378-4863
Tennessee Released Time Christian Education
P. O. Drawer 6
Kingsport, TN 37662

BETTER KIDS MAKE BETTER SCHOOLS!