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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…
South Dakota
South Dakota's House Bill 1113 (PDF), which would require local school boards to adopt a code of ethics to prevent "political or ideological indoctrination," was defeated in the House Education Committee on February 11, 2019, when the committee voted 11-3 to defer further consideration…
Montana
Montana's House Bill 418 would, if enacted, dignify a litany of inaccurate and misleading claims about climate change as legislative findings, and call for those findings to be offered "when providing education and informational materials on climate change."
The bill would also ask the…
Virginia
Virginia's House Joint Resolution 684, which would urge local school boards to adopt a code of ethics to prevent "political or ideological indoctrination," died in the House Rules Committee on February 5, 2019, after a subcommittee voted 7-0 to recommend "passing [it] by indefinitely."
As Ars…