NABT Opposes Florida House Bill 1483 and Senate Bill 2692

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NABT Opposes Florida House Bill 1483 and Senate Bill 2692
RESTON, VA April 14, 2008
The National Association of Biology Teachers is proud to sponsor the April 14th press conference and evening discussion opposing Florida House Bill 1483 and Senate Bill 2692. Both of these events are free and open to the public.

The following organizations will also be joining NABT as sponsors: the American Society for Human Genetics (ASHG), American Association of Anatomists (AAA), American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), Genetics Society of America (GSA), and the Society for Developmental Biology (SDB).

The Press Conference, to be held at noon outside of the Florida State Capital in Tallahassee, will feature a statement read by NABT Past President Dr. Ann Lumsden.

Dr. Lumsden will also be moderating the roundtable discussion at 7:00pm at the Challenger Center. A panel consisting of scientists, teachers, and lawyers will discuss the proposed legislation and take questions from the audience.

For more information, please visit www.nabt.org and see below for the NABT Statement.

The National Association of Biology Teachers affirms that teaching biology must be in a standards-based instructional framework, upholding scientific integrity and the right to teach accurate and current science without penalty of political or religious influences on content. Experimentation, logical analysis, and evidence-based revision, based on detectable and measurable data, are procedures that clearly differentiate and separate science from other ways of knowing. Explanations or ways of knowing that invoke metaphysical, non-naturalistic or supernatural events are outside the scope of science and not part of a valid science curriculum.

Approved by the NABT Board of Directors April 8, 2008.