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Senate Bill 763 |
Senate Author: Middleton et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-23 |
House Sponsor: Hefner et al. |
Senate Bill 763 amends the Education Code to provide for a public school district or open‑enrollment charter school to employ or accept as a volunteer a chaplain to provide support, services, and programs for students as assigned by the board of trustees of the district or the governing body of the charter school. Such a chaplain is not required to be certified by the State Board for Educator Certification. The bill sets out conditions for employing or accepting as a volunteer a chaplain and requires each board of trustees and each governing body to take a record vote on whether to adopt a policy authorizing such employment or acceptance as a volunteer not later than six months after the bill's effective date. The bill authorizes the use of funds from the school safety allotment for costs associated with certain support, services, and programs provided by chaplains.