{"id":498,"date":"2008-03-09T14:11:33","date_gmt":"2008-03-09T19:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=498"},"modified":"2008-08-06T12:04:37","modified_gmt":"2008-08-06T16:04:37","slug":"creationism-bills-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=498","title":{"rendered":"Creationism bills update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The creationism bill (&#8220;academic freedom&#8221;) introduced in the State House, HB 1483, was referred to the Schools &#038; Learning Council, Friday, March 07, 2008 8:25 PM.<\/p>\n<p>Our blog post tracking both the House and Senate bills <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=496\">is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please write, call, e-mail, and fax your state senator and representative, as well as the members of the committees responsible for initial consideration of these bills. House Schools &#038; Learning Council <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfloridahouse.gov\/Sections\/Committees\/committeesdetail.aspx?SessionId=57&#038;CommitteeId=2366\">page here<\/a>. The council director is Lynn Cobb: e-mail Lynn.Cobb@LASPBS.STATE.FL.US.<\/p>\n<p>Two documents produced by Florida Citizens for Science can be helpful as you do this. Here is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/afbills_summary.pdf\">background PDF<\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/afbills_response.pdf\">response PDF<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The creationism bill (&#8220;academic freedom&#8221;) introduced in the State House, HB 1483, was referred to the Schools &#038; Learning Council, Friday, March 07, 2008 8:25 PM. Our blog post tracking both the House and Senate bills is here. Please write, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=498\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[11,7],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-82","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":507,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=507","url_meta":{"origin":498,"position":0},"title":"House Bill gets another co-sponsor","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"March 19, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"House Bill 1483 recently picked up a third co-sponsor: Rep. Clay Ford. What's significant here is that Ford is on the Schools & Learning Council. You are shipping out letters and making phone calls, right?","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Creationism Bills&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Creationism Bills","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=11"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3395,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3395","url_meta":{"origin":498,"position":1},"title":"&#8220;Controversial Theories&#8221; bill returns to Florida senate","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"January 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A bill was pre-filed for the 2019 legislative session in the Florida senate that would impact the standards for all academic subjects, especially science. 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These instructional materials bills have more than one focus, but the one most concerning to us at Florida Citizens for Science is the back door it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Instructional Materials bills '16&quot;","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":535,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=535","url_meta":{"origin":498,"position":3},"title":"Media Alert","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"April 10, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The following two media alerts are being sent out to news outlets statewide: First one is notice of a press conference and the second is a notice of a Public Roundtable Discussion. Reporters are encouraged to visit the Florida Citizens for Science Media Page. ** NEWS CONFERENCE \u00e2\u20ac\u201c MONDAY 4\/14\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;\"Academic Freedom\" bills '08&quot;","block_context":{"text":"\"Academic Freedom\" bills '08","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=23"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3506,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3506","url_meta":{"origin":498,"position":4},"title":"Florida Evolution vs. Creationism Timeline","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"January 29, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The need to defend science education in Florida is truly never ending. I chronicled the many skirmishes, battles and wars fought over the teaching of evolution in my book Going Ape: Florida's Battles over Evolution in the Classroom. 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