Amendment
Bill No. CS/SB 2692
Amendment No. 307351
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative Hays offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with title amendment)
4     Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:
5     Section 1.  Paragraph (u) is added to subsection (2) of
6section 1003.42, Florida Statutes, to read:
7     1003.42  Required instruction.--
8     (2)  Members of the instructional staff of the public
9schools, subject to the rules of the State Board of Education
10and the district school board, shall teach efficiently and
11faithfully, using the books and materials required that meet the
12highest standards for professionalism and historic accuracy,
13following the prescribed courses of study, and employing
14approved methods of instruction, the following:
15     (u)  A thorough presentation and critical analysis of the
16scientific theory of evolution.
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18The State Board of Education is encouraged to adopt standards
19and pursue assessment of the requirements of this subsection.
20     Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2008.
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T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T
25     Remove the entire title and insert:
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A bill to be entitled
27An act relating to evolutionary theory; amending s. 1003.42,
28F.S.; requiring public school instruction in, and the critical
29analysis of, the scientific theory of evolution; providing an
30effective date.


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