{"id":521,"date":"2008-04-01T09:20:42","date_gmt":"2008-04-01T14:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=521"},"modified":"2008-08-31T16:34:57","modified_gmt":"2008-08-31T20:34:57","slug":"yes-no-maybe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=521","title":{"rendered":"Yes, no, maybe?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The so-called academic freedom bill on the Senate side got a committee hearing, but what about the House side? The St. Petersburg Times asked around<\/a>:<\/p>\n

When the House Schools and Learning Council meets this morning, it won’t be taking up Rep. Alan Hays’ “academic freedom” bill relating to the origin of species. The legislation, which already has been heavily amended as it moves through the Senate, has yet to receive one hearing on the House side, and the Legislature wraps at the end of the month.<\/p>\n

Don’t read much into this lack of action.<\/p>\n

The council has one more meeting planned, and chairman Joe Pickens tells the Gradebook that the bill isn’t dead yet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The so-called academic freedom bill on the Senate side got a committee hearing, but what about the House side? The St. Petersburg Times asked around: When the House Schools and Learning Council meets this morning, it won’t be taking up … Continue reading →<\/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":[23],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-8p","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":496,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=496","url_meta":{"origin":521,"position":0},"title":"Tracking the bills","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"May 2, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a summary\/tracking post that was updated throughout the Florida legislative session concerning two anti-evolution bills that were introduced in the Senate and House. Fortunately, the bills never made it into law in 2008. STATE SENATE SB 2692 Teaching Chemical and Biological Evolution; Cites act as the \"Academic Freedom\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "\"Academic Freedom\" bills '08"","block_context":{"text":"\"Academic Freedom\" bills '08","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=23"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":794,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=794","url_meta":{"origin":521,"position":1},"title":"The new legislative session","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"November 19, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The shape of the next Florida legislative session is developing. As we watch and prepare for any bills that might affect science education, or education overall, here is a snapshot of the past and the future of the state Senate. I will try to do a similar analysis for the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "\"ID Creationism\" bills '09"","block_context":{"text":"\"ID Creationism\" bills '09","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=27"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":574,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=574","url_meta":{"origin":521,"position":2},"title":"Dead","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"May 2, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Let us take a moment of silence for House Bill 1483 and Senate Bill 2692, the deceptively named \"academic freedom\" bills. Time of death: 6 p.m. I doubt they will rest in peace, though.","rel":"","context":"In "\"Academic Freedom\" bills '08"","block_context":{"text":"\"Academic Freedom\" bills '08","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=23"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":568,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=568","url_meta":{"origin":521,"position":3},"title":"Fate of the bills","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"April 29, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"What will happen with the differing versions of the deceptively named \"academic freedom\" bills now? (The two pages we need to keep an eye on are this one (House) and this one (Senate).)\u00c2\u00a0 The Senate and House approved very different versions of the bill, and each bill sponsor seems convinced\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "\"Academic Freedom\" bills '08"","block_context":{"text":"\"Academic Freedom\" bills '08","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=23"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":528,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=528","url_meta":{"origin":521,"position":4},"title":"Senate Judiciary committee meeting scheduled","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"April 7, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The Judiciary Committee's staff review is here. Our post tracking both the Senate and House bills is here. The Florida Senate Judiciary committee will consider SB2692, the creationism bill (so-called \"academic freedom\"): On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04\/08\/08, 10:45 am, 110-S I've been calling the committee members. Have you?","rel":"","context":"In "\"Academic Freedom\" bills '08"","block_context":{"text":"\"Academic Freedom\" bills '08","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=23"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":572,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=572","url_meta":{"origin":521,"position":5},"title":"Ball in the House’s court now","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"May 1, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Recap: The House and Senate have different versions of the deceptively named \"academic freedom\" bills. The Senate approved their version and shipped it to the House. The House gutted the Senate version and replaced it with their own entirely different version. They then shipped it back to the Senate. 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