{"id":2788,"date":"2017-06-15T13:07:59","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T17:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=2788"},"modified":"2017-06-15T14:35:03","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T18:35:03","slug":"you-last-chance-to-stop-bill-loved-by-creationists-is-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2788","title":{"rendered":"Your last chance to stop bill loved by creationists is now!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Governor\"<\/a>This is it, ladies and gentlemen. You’ve been hearing about it from us for months now. The bill that would empower creationists, climate change deniers, anti-vaccine proponents, and other factual science education foes to challenge the textbooks and other instructional materials in school districts across the state is on the governor’s desk. This is your last chance to influence its fate. Contact Gov. Rick Scott and voice your opposition to HB 989 Instructional Materials<\/a> now. Call\u00c2\u00a0(850) 717-9337. Use the email form<\/a>. Don’t wait.<\/p>\n

For all the gory details about this bill and our opposition, see our Instructional Materials bills ’17<\/a> blog category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is it, ladies and gentlemen. You’ve been hearing about it from us for months now. The bill that would empower creationists, climate change deniers, anti-vaccine proponents, and other factual science education foes to challenge the textbooks and other instructional … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-IY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3147,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3147","url_meta":{"origin":2788,"position":0},"title":"The Florida House’s bad textbook bill now has a Senate companion","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"January 6, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Florida House Bill 827 (Instructional Materials), filed in November by Rep. Byron Donalds in preparation for the 2018 state legislative session proposes changes to several of our laws that govern the review and selection of instructional materials used in our public schools. It didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a Senate companion bill for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Textbooks"","block_context":{"text":"Textbooks","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=26"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2421,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2421","url_meta":{"origin":2788,"position":1},"title":"They’re not dead yet & Getting the word out there","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"February 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"In my previous post I said that the \"instructional materials\" bills in the state legislature don't look like they're going anywhere. But I also said that they can't be considered dead yet. I was right:\u00c2\u00a0'No bill is dead' in Florida Senate Education, chairman says. Chairman John Legg told the Gradebook\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Instructional Materials bills '16"","block_context":{"text":"Instructional Materials bills '16","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=31"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2656,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2656","url_meta":{"origin":2788,"position":2},"title":"Bad Instructional Materials bill keeps on moving","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"April 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Today the House\u00c2\u00a0PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee considered the Instructional Materials bill that we know will open the door to creationists and climate change deniers wanting to challenge how science is taught in Florida schools. The bill was approved on a 12 to 2 vote. It has one more committee stop to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Instructional Materials bills '17"","block_context":{"text":"Instructional Materials bills '17","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=32"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3202,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3202","url_meta":{"origin":2788,"position":3},"title":"The creationists and climate change deniers are winning in Florida","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"February 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Have you ever read the children's book \"If you Give a Mouse a Cookie\"? Asking for one thing leads to asking for another and another and another ... Florida creationists and climate change deniers asked for more citizen input into instructional materials selection for our public schools last year. 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Meanwhile, the final Senate committee to hear it said yes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Instructional Materials bills '17"","block_context":{"text":"Instructional Materials bills '17","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=32"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2793,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2793","url_meta":{"origin":2788,"position":5},"title":"The fight will now be won or lost where you live.","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"June 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Unfortunately, the devious Instructional Materials bill, which creationists and climate change deniers absolutely love, is now signed into law by Governor Rick Scott. This means our fight is only just now beginning. Each and every one of us has to be on alert. 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