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Bring Your Bible to School Day

Focus on the Family’s current campaign page gives 1 October 2026, and its student materials describe the event as the first Thursday in October.

Date / rule1 October 2026; first Thursday in October
ScopeUnited States / Focus on the Family student campaign
VerificationFirst Party Current Rule Verified
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-08
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next date this engine can safely resolveThursday, October 1, 2026See everything on October 1 →
Authority summary

What is Bring Your Bible to School Day?

Focus on the Family’s current campaign page gives 1 October 2026, and its student materials describe the event as the first Thursday in October.

Date and recurrence

1 October 2026; first Thursday in October

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is United States / Focus on the Family student campaign. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Classification

Topic and context

Faith, Tradition & Spirituality →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Faith Context Respect.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Focus on the Family — Bring Your Bible to School Day 2026First Party Current Campaign
  2. Focus on the Family — Live It StudentsFirst Party Recurrence
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Bring Your Bible to School Day?

1 October 2026; first Thursday in October The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: 1 October 2026; first Thursday in October.

Does Bring Your Bible to School Day fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is Bring Your Bible to School Day an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: United States / Focus on the Family student campaign. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Bring Your Bible to School Day?

The stored designation basis is: Focus on the Family’s current campaign page gives 1 October 2026, and its student materials describe the event as the first Thursday in October.. Supporting provenance includes Focus on the Family — Bring Your Bible to School Day 2026. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Bring Your Bible to School Day international or country-specific?

This authority record is country-scoped to United States. Its fuller verified scope is: United States / Focus on the Family student campaign.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-08.

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