In a statement (PDF) issued on October 16, 2024, the National Association of Biology Teachers expressed alarm at "recent efforts to ban 'controversial' science concepts from textbooks and curricula," explaining that "Topics on climate change, reproduction, vaccines, and other evidence-based concepts that have been deemed “controversial” by local school boards and state officials are being excised from state-approved resources with a precision that suggests political interests, and not science education, are motivating factors."
NCSE Executive Director Amanda L. Townley, who signed the statement in her capacity as NABT President for 2024, explained that the statement was prompted by incidents including the Florida Department of Education's demanding the removal of references to climate change from a number of science textbooks used in the state (as NCSE previously reported). "NABT and NCSE stand together in deploring policies and practices that impede science teachers from teaching accurate and up-to-date science free of ideological interference," she commented.
