Rep. Mark Gidley, R-Hokes Bluff, listens to a presentation in the Alabama House of Representatives on April 3, 2025 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. Gidley has revived a bill filed last year to allow chaplains in public schools. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector)
An Alabama representative is pushing for chaplains to be allowed in public school.
Rep. Mark Gidley, R-Hokes Bluff, prefiled HB 8 for the 2026 legislative session, which starts in January. It would allow school boards to decide whether to allow campus chaplains and teachers in public school…