In early August, 2001 a committee of eight teachers and a high school principal in Chetek, Wisconsin decided that "biology lessons would be limited to the theory of evolution". The committee met this summer "to discuss teaching creationism and review the curriculum in the science class." The district superintendent formed the committee in response to a petition filed by parents in May asking that creationism and evolution both be taught in science courses. A representative of the state's Department of Public Instruction has been quoted as saying that districts can teach "anything additional", as long as the state's curriculum requirements are fulfilled.
