US EditionTexas passes bill to let chaplains serve as counselors in schools
- Texas lawmakers have passed a bill allowing public schools to use campus safety funds to hire chaplains to counsel students.
- The bill has been criticized for violating student religious freedom and potentially exposing students to biased counseling methods.
- Local school districts will be allowed to decide whether or not to allow chaplains, who could be employees or volunteers.
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Texas lawmakers pass bill allowing public schools to employ chaplains who have no state certification
By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Lawmakers in Texas’ Republican-controlled House passed a bill Wednesday that would allow public schools to employ or accept volunteer chaplains who are not state certified. Senate Bill 763, which passed 84-60, reads, “A school district or open-enrollment charter school may employ or accept as a volunteer a chaplain to provide support, services, and programs for students as assigned by the board of trustees of the distr…
Texas lawmakers pass bill allowing public schools to employ chaplains who have no state certification
By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Lawmakers in Texas’ Republican-controlled House passed a bill Wednesday that would allow public schools to employ or accept volunteer chaplains who are not state certified. Senate Bill 763, which passed 84-60, reads, “A school district or open-enrollment charter school may employ or accept as a volunteer a chaplain to
Texas lawmakers pass bill allowing public schools to employ chaplains who have no state certification
Lawmakers in Texas’ Republican-controlled House passed a bill Wednesday that would allow public schools to employ or accept volunteer chaplains who are not state certified.
Texas lawmakers approve allowing public schools to hire chaplains to counsel students
Texas would allow public schools to use campus safety money to hire chaplains to counsel students under a bill approved this week by state lawmakers and sent to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
Texas lawmakers approve bill allowing public schools to hire chaplains to counsel students
Lawmakers in Texas approved a bill that will allow public schools to hire chaplains to counsel students using campus safety money. The Legislature approved the bill on Wednesday.
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