The Texas Legislature passed a history-making bill allowing chaplains to be employed or volunteer at public schools “to provide support, services, and programs for students.”
Senate Bill 763 passed in the Texas House along party lines on May 9. Now, it’s poised to become law.
The bill is the first of its kind in the nation, according to Rep. Steve Toth, a Republican and member of the conservative Texas Freedom Caucus.
“I’m thankful that Texas schools are free to allow the life-sustaining resource of faith to our children,” Toth told The Epoch Times in a text.
Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court pose for the court’s official portrait in Washington on Oct. 7, 2022. (Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)
Conservatives have longed to put religion back into public school after it was banned 50 years ago through a series of rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court. But recently, the Court has ruled in ways that open the door for religion in schools again, a legal expert told The Epoch Times….