Controversial bill allowing chaplains in Oklahoma's public schools advances
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Controversial bill allowing chaplains in Oklahoma's public schools advances

May 1, 2024

The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, Interfaith Alliance and Texas Impact, an interfaith grassroots network, sent school districts across Texas a letter signed by more than 100 Texas chaplains urging school leaders to reject the chaplain law. But Texas lawmakers who voted to approve the bill said the measure was a way to support school districts facing a shortage of school counselors.

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