Texas lawmakers expand role of chaplains in public schools while Ten Commandments bill fails.
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Lawmakers in Texas have passed a bill allowing public schools to employ or accept volunteer chaplains who are not state certified. The bill also allows funds allocated to improve security and safety to be used for chaplains, social workers, licensed counselors, and behavioral health services. The ACLU of Texas criticized the bill, stating that it is part of a coordinated campaign by conservative Christian-based organizations to force state-sponsored religion into public schools without parental consent. The bill will now head to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.
- Texas lawmakers pass bill allowing public schools to employ chaplains who have no state certification CNN
- Texas lawmakers approve allowing public schools to hire chaplains to counsel students KSAT San Antonio
- Texas lawmakers approve bill to allow school districts to replace counselors with chaplains The Washington Post
- Bill to restrict youth access to ‘sexually explicit’ public library books advances in Louisiana WDSU New Orleans
- Republican bill requiring display of Ten Commandments in Texas schools fails The Guardian US
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