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Iowa
Iowa's House File 428 would, if enacted, revert the state's science standards to "the science standards utilized by school districts in this state during the 2014-2015 school year" — just before the state adopted the Next Generation Science Standards. The bill was introduced on February 19,…
Indiana
A provision in Indiana's Senate Bill 373 that would have allowed public school districts to "require the teaching of various theories concerning the origin of life, including creation science" was removed from the bill by the Senate Committee on Education and Career Development before it voted, 8…
South Dakota
South Dakota's House Bill 1270 passed the House Education Committee on a 8-6 vote on February 20, 2019, despite the opposition of the state's leading educational organizations.
If enacted, HB 1270 would ostensibly allow public school teachers to help students "understand, analyze, critique…
Florida
Florida's House Bill 855, filed on February 15, 2019, would, if enacted, revise the state's laws concerning public school instructional materials — and possibly affect science education.
The bill would revise a statute that presently requires instructional materials to be "accurate, objective,…
Oklahoma
Oklahoma's Senate Bill 14, which would have empowered science denial in the classroom, failed on a 6-9 vote to win the recommendation of the Senate Committee on Education on February 12, 2019.
Styled "the Oklahoma Science Education Act," the bill would ostensibly have provide Oklahoma's teachers…