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CO HB1089
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/16/2013
Primary Sponsor
Stephen Humphrey
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AI Summary
- Creates two "Academic Freedom Acts" - one for K-12 public schools (Article 15, Title 22) and one for higher education institutions (Article 5.5, Title 23) in Colorado
- Requires state boards, local boards of education, school administrators, and teachers to create an environment encouraging students to explore scientific questions and analyze scientific strengths and weaknesses of theories covering biological evolution, chemical origins of life, global warming, and human cloning
- Prohibits state boards, local boards, administrators, and teachers from preventing educators from helping students understand, analyze, critique, and review in an objective manner the scientific strengths and scientific weaknesses of existing scientific theories in their courses
- Specifies the acts only protect teaching of scientific information and must not be construed to promote any religious or nonreligious doctrine or discrimination based on religious beliefs or lack thereof
- Requires the Department of Education and Colorado Commission on Higher Education to notify all school districts and institutions of higher education of the acts' provisions by the beginning of the 2013-2014 school year and annually thereafter, with each institution disseminating the information to employees by September 30
Legislative Description
Academic Freedom Acts
Last Action
House Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely
2/4/2013
Committee Referrals
Education1/16/2013
Full Bill Text
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