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Texas lawmakers approve allowing public schools to hire chaplains to counsel students

AUSTIN -- 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 have approved a bill that would allow public schools to use campus safety money to hire chaplains to counsel students. The measure was approved on Wednesday, the one-year anniversary of the school shooting in Uvalde that killed 19 students and two teachers. Supporters of the bill say they can provide critical counseling to help prevent school shootings by addressing student mental health, and address other problems such as drug use.

Texas lawmakers approve allowing public schools to hire chaplains to counsel students

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AUSTIN -- 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 a push by the Republican-majority Legislature to open the door for more religion in public schools.

Supporters of the bill say the chaplains can provide critical counseling to help prevent school shootings by addressing student mental health, and address other problems such as drug use.


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