Summary of the Introduced Bill
HB 911 -- Standard Science Instruction
Sponsor: Cooper (155)
This bill prescribes definitions for the teaching of standard
science in public elementary and secondary schools by
distinguishing the differences between scientific law, scientific
theory, and hypothesis and by requiring the equal treatment of
viewpoints in written and orally presented material. The bill
prescribes seven major criteria for the presentation of
information in course materials and instruction. Textbook
publishers must certify that their books meet the requirements of
the bill, and the commissioner must post a list of suitable
textbooks by January 1, 2006. Textbooks purchased after January
1, 2006, must meet the requirements of the bill, and all
textbooks in use after January 1, 2016, must meet the
requirements. The Commissioner of Education is required to
appoint a committee of no fewer than five supporters of
intelligent design who are knowledgeable about science to develop
supplemental materials for interim use by September 1, 2005.
Willful neglect of the requirements of the bill is cause for
termination of a teaching contract. State-controlled testing
must conform with the bill, and a copy of the bill must be posted
in each eighth through twelfth grade public school classroom in
which only science is taught.
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