This revised summary replaces the summary dated 3-14-01.
REVISE SCIENCE CURRICULUM TO INCLUDE INTELLIGENT DESIGN OF A CREATOR
House Bill 4382
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Gosselin
Committee: Education
Complete to 5-3-01
A REVISED SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 4382 AS INTRODUCED 2-28-01
House Bill 4382 would amend the Revised School Code to require that the State Board of Education revise its model core academic curriculum content standards as follows:
-In the science standards, all references to "evolution" and "how species change through time" would be modified to indicate that this is an unproven theory, by adding the phrase "all students will explain the competing theories of evolution and natural selection based on random mutation and the theory that life is the result of the purposeful, intelligent design of a creator."
-In the science standards for middle and high school, all references to "evolution" and "natural selection" would be modified to indicate that these are unproven theories, by adding the phrase "describe how life may be the result of the purposeful, intelligent design of a creator."
In the science standards for middle and high school, all references to "evolution" and "natural selection" would be modified to indicate that these are unproven theories, by adding the phrase "explain the competing theories of evolution and natural selection based on random mutation and the theory that life is the result of the purposeful, intelligent design of a creator."
The bill also would require that the recommended model core academic curriculum content standards that are developed and periodically updated by the state board comply with these provisions. Finally, under the bill the State Board would be required to make these revisions as soon as practicable after the effective date of the bill, if it is enacted.
MCL 380.1278
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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.