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Delegate pitches voluntary school chaplains as mentors after intervening to help student
Ways and Means Committee · January 20, 2026
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Delegate Rick Metzger told the committee HB 24 would authorize voluntary school chaplains as mentors who undergo background checks; he described personally talking a student down from a railroad crossing and said local superintendents have shown support.
Delegate Rick Metzger urged the Ways and Means Committee to support House Bill 24, which would allow voluntary chaplains to serve as mentors in high schools.
Metzger recounted an incident in which he intervened to talk a young man down from a…
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