Texas lawmakers approve bills on chaplain counseling and school library material.
TL;DR Summary
Unlicensed religious chaplains will be allowed to work in Texas public schools under a bill passed by the Texas Legislature. The bill allows Texas schools to use safety funds to pay for unlicensed chaplains to work in mental health roles. Volunteer chaplains will also be allowed in schools. The bill could deepen the state’s youth mental health crisis by providing students with unproven, lightly supervised and nonscientific counseling that treats common childhood problems, such as anxiety, as “sins” or issues that can merely be prayed away.
- Texas lawmakers pass bill to let chaplains counsel kids in public schools The Texas Tribune
- Texas lawmakers OK bill that aims to keep sexually explicit material out of school libraries KHOU 11
- A bill that would have required Texas public schools to display the Ten Commandments has failed CNN
- Bill to restrict youth access to ‘sexually explicit’ public library books advances in Louisiana WDSU New Orleans
- Texas passes bill to let chaplains serve as counselors in schools The Hill
Reading Insights
Total Reads
0
Unique Readers
9
Time Saved
4 min
vs 5 min read
Condensed
90%
886 → 86 words
Want the full story? Read the original article
Read on The Texas Tribune