House
File
480
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
480
BY
WHEELER
,
SHEETS
,
WATTS
,
R.
TAYLOR
,
SALMON
,
GASSMAN
,
and
BAXTER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
science
education
in
school
districts.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
279.54
Science
education.
1
1.
The
board
of
directors
of
each
school
district
shall
2
authorize
and
assist
teachers,
principals,
and
other
school
3
administrators
to
create
and
foster
an
environment
within
4
the
school
district’s
elementary
and
secondary
schools
that
5
promotes
critical
thinking
skills,
logical
analysis,
and
open
6
and
objective
discussion
of
scientific
theories.
If
a
teacher
7
provides
instruction
relating
to
evolution,
the
origins
of
8
life,
global
warming,
or
human
cloning,
the
teacher
shall
9
include
opposing
points
of
view
or
beliefs
relating
to
the
10
instruction.
11
2.
A
teacher
employed
by
the
school
district
shall
use
12
textbooks
adopted
by
the
school
district,
but
may
supplement
13
the
information
in
those
textbooks
with
other
instructional
14
materials,
including
other
textbooks,
as
permitted
by
the
15
board
of
directors
of
the
school
district,
to
help
students
16
understand,
analyze,
critique,
and
review
scientific
theories
17
in
an
objective
manner.
18
3.
This
section
shall
not
be
construed
to
promote
any
19
religious
doctrine,
promote
discrimination
for
or
against
a
20
particular
set
of
religious
beliefs,
or
promote
discrimination
21
for
or
against
religion
or
nonreligion.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
This
bill
creates
new
Code
section
279.54
directing
the
26
board
of
directors
of
each
school
district
to
authorize
and
27
assist
the
district’s
teachers
and
administrators
to
create
28
and
foster
an
environment
within
the
district’s
elementary
29
and
secondary
schools
that
promotes
critical
thinking
30
skills,
logical
analysis,
and
open
and
objective
discussion
31
of
scientific
theories.
If
a
teacher
provides
instruction
32
relating
to
evolution,
the
origins
of
life,
global
warming,
or
33
human
cloning,
the
teacher
must
include
opposing
points
of
view
34
or
beliefs
relating
to
the
instruction.
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A
teacher
shall
use
textbooks
adopted
by
the
school
1
district,
but
may
supplement
the
information
in
those
textbooks
2
with
other
instructional
materials,
as
permitted
by
the
board
3
of
directors
of
the
school
district.
4
The
bill
provides
that
new
Code
section
279.54
shall
not
5
be
construed
to
promote
any
religious
doctrine,
promote
6
discrimination
for
or
against
a
particular
set
of
religious
7
beliefs,
or
promote
discrimination
for
or
against
religion
or
8
nonreligion.
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