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text of new Tenn anti-evol. bill
John Cole. (jrc@TEI.UMASS.EDU)
Sat, 2 Mar 1996 21:19:25 -0500
Filed for intro on 01/31/96
SENATE BILL 3229
By Burks
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section
49-5-501 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10, relative to the
teaching of the theory of evolution.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF
TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter
6, Part 10, is amended by adding the foIlowing new section
thereto:
>>>> Section 49-6-1012. No teacher or administrator in a
local education agency shall teach the theory of evolution
except as a scientific theory. Any teacher or administrator
teaching such theory as fact commits insubordination, as
defined in Section 49-5-501(a)(6), and
shall be dismissed or suspended as provided in Section 49-5-511.
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SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section
49-5-501(a)(6), is amended by redesignating subdivisions (C)
and (D) to be subdivisions (D) and (E) and by adding a new
subdivision (C), as follows:
(C) Violation of the provisions of Section 49-6-1012,
relative to the teaching of evolution;
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
law, the public welfare requiring it.
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Expected to pass nearly unanimouasly by mid-March
--Cheers,
John R. Cole
(more info from NCSE@crl.com or its pubs......) Sign up--the fight did not
end in 1925 or 1987 court rooms!
--Boundary (ID McKcFujw+X6K8eE6gOdmgQ)--
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