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Tennessee
On April 3, the Blount County Board of Education voted not to adopt three high school biology textbooks because they do not present creationism alongside evolution, according to The Daily Times. The vote to reject the textbooks was 6-1 (contrary to the The Daily Times's previous report that the…
Louisiana
The Louisiana House of Representatives is considering a bill, HB 1782, that "prohibits any branch, department, agency, official, employee, or other entity of state government or of any political subdivision from knowingly printing or distributing material that contains information that is false or…
Tennessee
The Blount County Board of Education rejected the adoption of three new biology textbooks because they present evolution but do not present creationism, The Daily Times, Maryville, Tennessee, reported on April 5.
The vote to reject the textbooks passed 2 to 1, with four board members declining to…
Louisiana
On April 1, Louisiana Representative Ben Nevers introduced House Concurrent Resolution 50, which “[e]ncourages city, parish, and other local public school systems to refrain from purchasing certain textbooks.”
The resolution states that “in the effort to encourage the development of students’…
Kansas
An anti-evolution bill introduced into the Kansas Senate by the Senate Education Committee is unlikely to proceed further, according to newspaper reports.
SB 168, introduced at the behest of Senator Larry Salmans (R-Hanston), does not mention “evolution” or “creation science," but instead would…