The Fannin Christian Learning Center (FCLC) is a "released time" program. Students are released from Fannin County High School during the school day to go to the FCLC for Biblical instruction (free of charge). Once the class period is finished, the students return to the public school.

The FCLC courses are electives in the students’ course schedules, and they attend the same period every day for an entire semester. Students may take as many FCLC courses as their academic schedules allow. After the course is satisfactorily completed, the credit is transferred to the high school.

In 1952, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that programs like this are legal, as long as no government funds are used to support the program, as long as the course is taken voluntarily, and as long as classes are held off campus.

In February of 2002 the Georgia General Assembly passed a resolution commending the six Released Time Bible Education programs in the Christian Learning Centers in Georgia (there are now seven) and encouraging other school boards to consider these independent Bible courses. These programs meet the current legal requirements for separation of church and state. Students’ and parents’ desire for Bible education can be satisfied without state involvement