House Judiciary sends altered Senate Intelligent Design Bill to full floor
26/08/2024
Story by David Beard, The Dominion Post
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Senate’s Intelligent Design bill took another step in its evolution on Tuesday, as the House Judiciary Committee took up and approved the fourth version, and sent it to the House floor.
The discussion has also evolved since the origins of SB 280 in the Senate: from teaching ID in the classroom on the Senate side, to Judiciary’s exploration of teachers’ legal protections, diversity of thought and whether or not ID falls within the realm of science.
The bill began in the Senate as one sentence: “Teachers in public schools,…