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More conservative [FL] Legislature considers evolution bill
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Mar 16, 2011 06:35pm |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| Author | ELAINE SILVESTRINI |
| News Date | Tuesday, March 15, 2011 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | As lawmakers wrestle with financial and policy challenges that could affect the quality of education in the state, one influential legislator is also hoping to change the way evolution is taught in Florida public schools.
Science education advocates are alarmed by a bill before the Legislature that they say could force teachers to challenge evolution at the expense of settled science.
Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Valrico, led another battle over evolution in 2008, but the Legislature failed to pass her bill that would have given protection to teachers who criticized evolution.
Wise, R-Jacksonville, thinks his evolution bill may have a better chance this year because there are more conservatives in the Legislature and because he chairs a substantive committee. |
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