Come July 1, school districts in Florida could authorize volunteer chaplains — those who are religious or not and with no training — to provide support and services for students in public schools, ...
FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions from the media, March 7, 2023, at the state Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. Florida school districts can opt to allow volunteer chaplains under a bill ...
Bible on a school desk in a classroom. (Getty Images) Quality Journalism for Critical Times Come July 1, school districts in Florida could authorize volunteer chaplains — those who are religious ...
Come July 1, school districts in Florida could authorize volunteer chaplains — those who are religious or not and with no training — to provide support and services for students in public ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school districts will soon have the option of allowing volunteer chaplains to counsel students under a bill signed Thursday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who ...
MIAMI (WSVN) - The Miami-Dade County School Board showed overwhelming support to implement volunteer chaplains in schools after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed it into law in Florida, despite criticism ...
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The Florida Legislature’s passage of House Bill 931 presents an opportunity for Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) to consider the feasibility of establishing a volunteer school chaplain ...
Students across the country are facing increasing problems with their mental health. Some lawmakers think they’ve found a ...
Republican-led state legislatures in Texas and Florida have allowed school boards to invite chaplains into public schools to serve as counselors to students and teachers. Now Republican state Rep.
Sen. Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, speaks to a colleague on the floor of the Alabama Senate on February 15, 2024 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector ...
Chaplains operate in an ever-greater field of contexts and communities from schools and hospitals, to shopping centres and festivals. With the proper training, planning, and imagination chaplaincy can ...