{"id":3151,"date":"2018-01-08T17:57:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T22:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3151"},"modified":"2018-01-08T17:57:04","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T22:57:04","slug":"and-the-sausage-making-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3151","title":{"rendered":"And the sausage-making begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We’re tracking several bills in the Florida legislature that have a high potential to be bad news for science education (see our issues page<\/a> for the whole list of projects we’re tracking). The legislative session officially kicks off tomorrow (Tuesday, Jan. 9) but already one of the bills we’re concerned about is jumping out of the gate. HB 827 — Instructional Materials is scheduled for its first hearing in the\u00c2\u00a0PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee this Wednesday, Jan. 10 at 1 p.m. If you’ve been sitting back waiting for something to do (Why in the world are you waiting?! Sheesh!), now is the time for action. Contact every member of that committee<\/a> and educate them on why this bill is a bad idea. Refer to our issues page specific to this bill<\/a> for talking points.<\/p>\n

Also, the National Center for Science Education has noted<\/a> that the House Bill now has a Senate companion. Our many thanks for their constant support!<\/p>\n

Writing about HB 827, a columnist for the Orlando Sentinel (December 5, 2017) connected the dots: “Last session they passed a law to empower activists who want certain books out of classrooms. And now, a new bill would allow activists to suggest new books students read instead \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and require school boards to solicit bids for the book, no matter how nutty it is.” The result, he argued, would be a waste of time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’re tracking several bills in the Florida legislature that have a high potential to be bad news for science education (see our issues page for the whole list of projects we’re tracking). The legislative session officially kicks off tomorrow (Tuesday, … 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":[26],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-OP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3240,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3240","url_meta":{"origin":3151,"position":0},"title":"Final 2018 legislative update","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"March 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"We were deeply worried when the 2018 Florida legislative session kicked off because several bills had been filed that would have directly and negatively impacted science education. A pair of Controversial Theories bills (otherwise known as Academic Freedom bills) would have required in district-adopted science standards that: \"Controversial theories and\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 1 comment","block_context":{"text":"With 1 comment","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3240#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Old_and_New_Florida_State_Capitol_Tallahassee_East_view_20160711_1-212x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2440,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2440","url_meta":{"origin":3151,"position":1},"title":"Session over; Instructional Materials bills dead","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"March 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Florida legislative session is mercifully over and the instructional materials bills we've been tracking are history. These ill-conceived bills would have changed the way textbooks and other educational tools are reviewed and selected, handing entirely too much power to well meaning but non-expert parents and not so well meaning,\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":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Textbooks-300x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2639,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2639","url_meta":{"origin":3151,"position":2},"title":"Quick Bills Updates","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"March 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a quick update on the Religious Liberties and Instructional Materials bills we're watching in the Florida legislature. Religious Liberties: The bill successfully passed through all Senate committees and the full Senate approved it on a 23-13 vote. The House version successfully passed through all committees and is awaiting\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":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Old_and_New_Florida_State_Capitol_Tallahassee_East_view_20160711_1-212x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2393,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2393","url_meta":{"origin":3151,"position":3},"title":"Yet more examples of what we’re up against","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"January 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"We here at Florida Citizens for Science are tracking two instructional materials bills filed in the Florida legislature that could have wide-ranging negative impacts on textbooks in our state's classrooms, especially\u00c2\u00a0science classes. Please see our previous post for the details about the bills (Time to talk about textbooks). One of\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":561,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=561","url_meta":{"origin":3151,"position":4},"title":"Yet more amendment action","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"April 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"UPDATE III: I think they are on the final amendment to 7135 here at 12:03 p.m. So, hopefully, the anti-evolution bill will be up in a few minutes. UPDATE II: Bill 7135 has a ton of amendments, making it take more than an hour to work through. 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