Anti-science education legislation in 2020 Oklahoma legislature

The Oklahoma legislature adjourned sine die on Friday, May 29 at 5:00 p.m.  No anti-science education bills were passed in Oklahoma in 2020.  For the second time in three years, no anti-science education bills were introduced.  New science standards that included improved evolution and climate change standards were approved by the Oklahoma Department of Education and not challenged by the legislature. The trend across the country is for more pro-science education legislation to be introduced, rather than anti-science bills. A bill bringing the procedures for the State Textbook Committee up to best practices was passed by the legislature.  More on the state science standards at NCSE and at Diane Ravitch’s blog.

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