House Bill 547
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A bill that would allow public school staff to share their religious beliefs.
A bill that would give public school teachers and faculty members the right to share their religious beliefs.
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House Bill 547
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A bill that would give public school teachers and faculty members the right to share their religious beliefs.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipA bill that would give public school teachers and faculty members the right to share their religious beliefs while at school has received final passage.
Some lawmakers say it's vital.
Some say it's not necessary at all.
The reason I oppose this legislation is because we don't really need it.
You can do so now.
Your private time, your private space.
You can wear what you want to identify, whatever religious calls you want.
House Bill 547 is a bill that protects teachers, coaches, faculty and staff religious freedoms in the public schools and ensures the religious freedoms to express their faith.
The bill's sponsors, as House Bill 547, was brought after the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of a former Kentucky football coach, Joseph Kennedy, who prayed on the school field after games last summer.
HB 547 passed the Senate 32 to 4 and is now headed to the governor's desk.
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