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Texas 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…

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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

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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.

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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.

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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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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. The measure approved on Wednesday, the one-year anniversary of the school shooting in Uvalde that killed 19 students and two teachers, comes amid […]

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