{"id":5139,"date":"2023-05-25T17:09:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T22:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/2023\/05\/25\/texas-legislature-approves-bill-to-let-unlicensed-chaplains-counsel-kids-in-public-schools\/"},"modified":"2023-05-25T17:09:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T22:09:35","slug":"texas-legislature-approves-bill-to-let-unlicensed-chaplains-counsel-kids-in-public-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/2023\/05\/25\/texas-legislature-approves-bill-to-let-unlicensed-chaplains-counsel-kids-in-public-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Legislature approves bill to let unlicensed chaplains counsel kids in public schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>         Unlicensed chaplains could soon allowed to work in Texas public schools after the GOP-controlled state legislature signed off on a bill Wednesday that critics charge is an attempt to let Christian groups\u00a0evangelize on campus. Under Senate Bill 763, school districts could use public funds to hire\u00a0unlicensed chaplains to work alongside\u00a0counselors, psychologists and other professional mental health workers, the Texas Tribune reports.\u00a0What&#8217;s more, volunteer chaplains would also be allowed in schools. Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican who&#8217;s repeatedly sided with evangelical Christians, is widely expected to sign the measure into law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlicensed chaplains could soon allowed to work in Texas public schools after the GOP-controlled state legislature signed off on a bill Wednesday that critics charge is an attempt to let Christian groups\u00a0evangelize on campus. Under Senate Bill 763, school districts could use public funds to hire\u00a0unlicensed chaplains to work alongside\u00a0counselors, psychologists and other professional mental [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5139"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}