Florida Considers Allowing Volunteer Chaplains in Public Schools
The only requirements for a chaplain participating in a school program would be a background check and having their name and religious affiliation listed on the school website.
Conservative Nebraska Lawmakers Push Bills That Would Intertwine Religion With Public Education
These bills are part of a broader Republican push nationwide to target a variety of culture issues in education, including diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and the type of books allowed in school libraries.
Judge Dismisses Muslim Couple’s Lawsuit Against School Where Daughter Converted to Christianity
The judge’s decision is the latest twist in a long-running dispute over religion at a public high school outside Chicago.
In Texas, Debate Over School Chaplains Escalates School Board Culture Wars
Conservative Christian activists are hoping to turn Texas public schools into a ‘mission field.’
‘Jesus, How I Love Thee’: Kansas Public School District Warned About Bible Lessons, Worship Songs
The Freedom from Religion Foundation says that the Goddard school district ended unconstitutional practices after receiving their letter.
Oklahoma Christian Leaders Seek To Join Suit Opposing State-Funded Catholic School
St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School could become the country’s first publicly funded religious charter school.
Truth & Liberty Coalition Expands Culture War to 30 Colorado School Boards
Health and wealth preacher Andrew Wommack teaches that Christians should ‘reform nations’ and rule over the godless. His Truth & Liberty Coalition has started by pushing its candidates in some 30 school districts across Colorado.
Oklahoma AG Sues to Stop US’s First Public Religious School
Oklahoma's Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond on Friday sued to stop a state board from establishing and funding what would be the nation’s first religious public charter school after the board ignored Drummond’s warning that it would violate both the state and U.S. constitutions.
Florida Faith Leader: Black History Toolkit Gains Interest Outside the State
What the Rev. Rhonda Thomas started as a state-focused response has attracted interest in a far wider stretch of the country than she ever imagined.
An Arizona School Board Member Was Told to Stop Quoting the Bible. Now She’s Suing.
Heather Rooks, a conservative Christian who attends a large nondenominational church, says her First Amendment rights to free speech and free exercise of religion have been violated.