Large Texas school districts wary of new law authorizing chaplains
Similar legislation up for consideration in Florida and Iowa
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Most of the largest school districts in Texas aren’t buying into a new law that would allow them to use untrained chaplains to fulfill some roles traditionally held by trained counselors.
The legislation providing for school chaplains, Senate Bill 763, set a March 1 deadline for local school boards t…