Florida Takes a Step Toward Opening Public Schools to Chaplains

Published on February 21, 2024

Spiritual guidance could soon become an option for more of Florida’s students as state legislation to approve chaplains in public schools moves one step closer to a vote. And with the favorable passing on Feb. 20 of Senate Bill 1044 in the Appropriations Committee on Education, the Sunshine State takes a step toward opening its public schools to chaplains, following other conservative states such as Texas. The two-page legislation does not include a job description for applicants beyond passing a background check. Neither does it propose a way to fund a chaplain’s school-specific training and time. Rather, it seeks to authorize a decentralized, voluntary system in which individual school districts can set their own parameters. Chaplains get to take the role voluntarily, and parents get to decide if they want their children to interact with the chaplains....

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