>> TONIGHT CAUSE OF CONCERN OVER A RECENTLY SIGNED FLORIDA BILL TO PUT CHAPLAINS IN SCHOOLS THIS MONTH. GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS SIGNED HOUSE BILL 9.31, ALLOWS PUBLIC SCHOOL
DISTRICTS TO LET VOLUNTEER RELIGIOUS CHAPLAINS ON CAMPUS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS. NOW GROUPS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE IN OUR AREA WORRY ABOUT
ITS IMPACT. WPTV IS KATE HUSSEY IS PRESSING FOR ANSWERS. NHL DEBATE. STATE NOW SOME IN OUR AREA HERE IN NEW FLORIDA BILL THREATENS THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
>> THAT SEPARATES THE GOING TO BE PROSELYTIZING IN THE IN OUR SCHOOLS. STATE SENATOR LORI BERMAN, A PALM BEACH COUNTY ISN'T THE ONLY ONE SOUNDING THE ALARM OVER TREASURE COAST
SEN ERIN GRALL CHAPLAINS IN SCHOOLS. SIGNED BY GOVERNOR DESANTIS. THIS BOND THAT ALLOWS VOLUNTEER CHAPLAINS ON PUBLIC SCHOOL CAMPUSES. IT'S VOLUNTARY FOR BOTH DISTRICTS
AND PARENTS. BUT BERMAN MAIN CONCERN. THE BILL DOESN'T REQUIRE CHAPLAINS TO HAVE CERTIFICATION TRAINING OR A TRUE RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION.
AND THE BILL ACTUALLY.
>> SAYS ALL YOU HAVE TO HAVE IS A FINGERPRINT CHECK. I WORRY THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ADVERSELY AFFECTING OUR CHILDREN PSYCHOLOGICALLY, BECAUSE WHO KNOWS WHAT KIND OF
INFORMATION THEY'RE GOING TO BE TELLING THE CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS AREN'T THAT THEIR THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF FLORIDA ALSO CONDEMNING IT AS A QUOTE,
UNCONSTITUTIONAL EFFORT TO IMPOSE RELIGION ON PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. WELL, BERMAN ALSO BREEZY OPENS THE DOOR FOR AND ADDED PREDATORS. SOMEBODY WAS A PREDATOR, COULD COULD
HOLD THEMSELVES OUT AND SAY I'M A MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH AND I WANT TO COME IN UNFORTUNATELY GET ACCESS TO CHILDREN. SOME CONSERVATIVE GROUPS LIKE MOMS FOR LIBERTY
OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY HAVE SUPPORTED THE BILL SO LONG AS PARENTS GET THINK IT WILL BE A POSITIVE THING TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO, YOU KNOW, HELP BUT NOW THE STAE 10 OF
TEMPLE SAYS THEY WANT MINISTERS ON CAMPUS TOO.
>> SOME FOLKS ORIGINALLY AND SUPPORT ARE SWITCHING SIDES AND MAKES ME WANT TO THANK.
MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST KEEP.
>> MAYBE ALL OF IT OUT IN JUST I KNOW. I JUST LIKE COMPLETELY LIKE FLIP FLOPPED IN REVERSE DESANTIS IN RESPONSE SAID IN THIS PRESS CONFERENCE THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE
THE TEMPLE QUOTE IS NOT AN ACTUAL RELIGION. WE LOOKED IT UP ON THE IRS WEBSITE WHICH SHOWS THE TEMPLE IS A TAX EXEMPT RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION.
REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE TEMPLE TELLS ME IN AN EMAIL THEY PLAN TO IS NOT ALLOWED ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. AND BERMAN SAYS THEY DO HAVE THAT RIGHT. WE ABSOLUTELY ASK THOSE QUESTIONS
OF THE BILL'S SPONSOR AND SHE SAID THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE TO LIMIT ANY RELIGION. I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT PALM BEACH WON'T IMPLEMENT IT BECAUSE IT IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM. WE DID
REACH OUT TO ALL 5 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA TO SEE IF THEY'LL BE IMPLEMENTING THE CHAPLAIN PROGRAM ONLY MARTIN COUNTY SO FAR HAVE GOTTEN BACK TO ME TELLING ME THEY HAVEN'T
YET MADE A DECISION AS THE BILL WAS JUST SIGNED AND DOESN'T TAKE EFFECT UNTIL JULY. WE ALSO REACHED OUT MULTIPLE WAYS AND MULTIPLE TIMES TO SENATOR GRALL TO
ADDRESS CONCERNS. SHE HASN'T YET GOTTEN BAC