Florida: Highlands County Backs Off Antievolution Resolution

I just got word that the Highlands County school board has declined to pass a resolution against the proposed science standards. Several other Florida county school boards have passed resolutions asking the state Department of Education to reject the proposed standards because of their inclusion of evolutionary science. In many of those other counties, there was no general advance notice. In Highlands County, though, the word was out ahead of time, and apparently many professors and instructors from institutes of higher education turned out and expressed their opposition to the antievolution resolution. One person spoke in favor of the resolution.

The big issue is still whether the state Department of Education will accept the proposed new standards. Please keep sending your feedback to the Florida Department of Education. They will take up the issue on February 19th, so time is limited.