By Jessica Goad | Climate Progress
Earlier this week, a key legislative committee in Colorado voted down a bill that would give teachers at the state’s schools and colleges legal cover to teach the questioning of climate change and other subjects that “cause controversy” in the classroom. The bill directed teachers to:
… create an environment that encourages students to intelligently and respectfully explore scientific questions and learn about scientific evidence related to biological and chemical evolution, global warming, and human cloning.
H.B. 13-1089 was sponsored by Rep. Stephen Humphrey (R) who explained:
This bill is not a curriculum change that would force educators to teach intelligent design or creationism. It simply provides legal protections to those teachers who would like to provide their students with a complete education on both the strengths and weaknesses of these hotly debated scientific subjects.
The Colorado House Education Committee, of which Democrats are the majority, voted down the bill on a party line vote.
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