Fed: Hundreds of schools can't find chaplains

AAP General News (Australia)
02-20-2008
Fed: Hundreds of schools can't find chaplains

By David Crawshaw

CANBERRA, Feb 20 AAP - Hundreds of schools that lined up subsidies to employ chaplains
have been unable to find a suitable person for the job, a Senate committee has heard.

Education Department official Chris Sheedy today said 2,630 schools had been approved
for funding under the Howard government-initiated program, in which schools can receive
$20,000 grants to employ a religious chaplain of their choice.

The grants were awarded in two rounds announced last year.

Mr Sheedy told the Senate's education, employment and …