Supplement: MO SB49 | 2025 | Regular Session | Summary: Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed
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Bill Title: Authorizes school districts and charter schools to employ or accept chaplains as volunteers
Status: 2025-07-09 - Signed by Governor [SB49 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2025-SB49-Summary_Truly_Agreed_to_and_Finally_Passed.html
Bill Title: Authorizes school districts and charter schools to employ or accept chaplains as volunteers
Status: 2025-07-09 - Signed by Governor [SB49 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2025-SB49-Summary_Truly_Agreed_to_and_Finally_Passed.html
SS/SCS/SBs 49 & 118 - This act authorizes a school district or charter school to employ a chaplain or accept a chaplain as a volunteer.
A school chaplain shall not be employed in any position that requires a teaching certificate unless such chaplain is a certified teacher. Additionally, a school chaplain shall be a member of a Department of Defense listed religious-endorsing organization recognized by the Armed Forces Chaplains Board. A background check shall be conducted on any school chaplain prior to such chaplain's commencement of employment or volunteer service. A school district or charter school shall not employ or accept as a volunteer any chaplain who is required to be registered as a sex offender under current law.
This act is similar to SB 1376 (2024).
OLIVIA SHANNON
