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Ohio
Ohio's House Bill 597, introduced in the House of Representatives on July 28, 2014, would, if enacted, require the state's science standards to "prohibit political or religious interpretation of scientific facts in favor of another" — and a sponsor of the bill told a newspaper that it would allow…
Wyoming
The Climate Science Students Bill of Rights, which articulates the principle that all students deserve the best climate science education available as part of a 21st-century science education, was widely discussed in Wyoming. Launched on July 10, 2014, the bill of rights is a joint project of…
Wyoming
The Wyoming state board of education voted on July 1, 2014, to recommend a halt to the development of a new set of science standards for the state, according to Wyoming Public Media (July 1, 2014).
As NCSE previously reported, a footnote in Wyoming's budget for 2014-2016 precludes the use…
Oklahoma
On June 19, 2014, Oklahoma's governor Mary Fallin approved the state's adoption of a new set of science standards, according to US News & World Report (June 20, 2014), despite the objections of state legislators to their inclusion of climate science.
As NCSE previously reported, the…
Wyoming
The Wyoming Association of Churches endorsed the adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards, according to the Casper Star-Tribune (June 16, 2014). In a June 4, 2014, press release, the organization wrote that it "strongly supports the advancement of an education system founded upon 21st[-]…