Alabama legislature lets SB336 die without a voteby Nick Matzke On May 17, the final day of the 2004 legislative session, the Alabama state House adjourned without voting on SB336, a bill that would have allowed Alabama's teachers to present "alternative theories" of "biological or physical origins." Although SB336 was on the agenda for the final day, negotiations on the annual budget lasted into the evening, and the legislature adjourned at 10 p.m. without considering several controversial bills. Pro-science candidates triumph in MontanaAfter the May 4, 2004, school board election in Darby, Montana, the proposed "objective origins" policy is likely to be dead in the water. Oklahoma textbook bill passes -- without disclaimer
On April 28, 2004, the Oklahoma House of Representatives passed House Bill 2194 -- a bill governing textbook purchase contracts -- by a vote of 96–0. Conspicuously absent from the bill as passed was the disclaimer provision added to the bill on February 23. Decision to remove evolution from Italian schools reversedby Nick Matzke Pages
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