{"id":2653,"date":"2017-04-02T19:26:37","date_gmt":"2017-04-02T23:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=2653"},"modified":"2017-04-02T19:46:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T23:46:43","slug":"no-lack-of-bad-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2653","title":{"rendered":"No lack of bad ideas …"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Just a reminder, folks. We could use your help burying a bad legislative idea.<\/p>\n

The House version of the Instructional Materials bills that are very likely to be used and abused by anti-evolutionists and climate change deniers if they become law is scheduled for its second of three committee stops. HB 989<\/a> is on the calendar for tomorrow (Monday, April 3) at 11:30 in the\u00c2\u00a0PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Daytona Beach News-Journal columnist Mark Lane agrees that this bill isn’t a good idea:\u00c2\u00a0At halfway point, no lack of bad ideas before Legislature<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bad idea: Why not encourage litigation against school boards and county-by-county fights over school textbooks that teach evolution?<\/em><\/p>\n

Collier County is having a school textbook and censorship fight. Some legislators want to bring that statewide by handing conservative activists new legal tools for challenging state-approved textbooks and assigned readings on the local level. Just what you want to see your school district spending time and money on.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Send emails to the committee members. Make phone calls. Show up at the meeting if you can. Keep your correspondence short and to the point. Make it clear you oppose the bill due to its potential negative impact on science education. Implore the lawmakers to do their homework by actually reading the supporting documents our opponents are giving them. Point out that those documents make it clear they are ready and eager to fight their local school boards over evolution and climate change. Explain that we want experienced experts determining what materials are used in the classroom, not amateurs on an ideological crusade. If you need ideas, read through the posts in the\u00c2\u00a0‘Instructional Materials bills \u00e2\u20ac\u212217’<\/a> blog category.<\/p>\n

The last committee vote was unanimous in favor on the bill. We need to put the brakes on this bill and we need some of these lawmakers to speak up for science during the meeting.<\/p>\n

And note that the bill’s House sponsor is Byron Donalds, who is also on this committee.<\/p>\n

Committee members:<\/p>\n

Diaz, Jr., Manny [R] Manny.Diaz@myfloridahouse.gov (850) 717-5103
\nRaburn, Jake [R] Jake.Raburn@myfloridahouse.gov (850) 717-5057
\nLee, Jr., Larry [D] Larry.Lee@myfloridahouse.gov (850) 717-5084
\nAntone, Bruce [D] bruce.antone@myfloridahouse.gov (850) 717-5046
\nBrown, Kamia L. [D] Kamia.Brown@myfloridahouse.gov (850) 717-5045
\nDonalds, Byron [R] Byron.Donalds@myfloridahouse.gov (850) 717-5080
\nFine, Randy [R] Randy.Fine@myfloridahouse.gov (850) 717-5053
\nFischer, Jason [R] Jason.Fischer@myfloridahouse.gov (850) 717-5016
\nHardemon, Roy [D] Roy.Hardemon@myfloridahouse.gov (850) 717-5108
\nLatvala, Chris [R] Chris.Latvala@myfloridahouse.gov (850) 717-5067
\nMassullo, MD, Ralph E. [R] Ralph.Massullo@myfloridahouse.gov (850) 717-5034
\nMcClain, Stan [R] Stan.McClain@myfloridahouse.gov (850) 717-5023
\nNewton, Sr., Wengay M. “Newt” [D] Newt.Newton@myfloridahouse.gov (850) 717-5070
\nRenner, Paul [R] Paul.Renner@myfloridahouse.gov (850) 717-5024
\nSullivan, Jennifer Mae [R] Jennifer.Sullivan@myfloridahouse.gov (850) 717-5031<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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