North Dakota Republicans Push Bill To Force "Intelligent Design" In Science Classrooms

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Republicans in North Dakota want to force public schools across the state to teach “Intelligent Design” in public school science classes. (Yes, somehow, we’re still doing this.)

Republicans in the state, fresh off of introducing a resolution that would “acknowledge the Kingship of Jesus Christ over all the world,” have proposed Senate Bill 2355, a straightforward bill that would require the state’s superintendent of public instruction to “include intelligent design in the state science content standards”—in other words, make teachers tell kids some unnamed Higher Power may have poofed them into existence—by the start of the 2027-2028 school year.

The superintendent of public instruction shall include intelligent design in the state science content standards for elementary, middle, and high school students by August 1, 2027. The superintendent shall provide teachers with instructional materials demonstrating intelligent design is a viable scientific theory for the creation of all life forms and provide in-service training necessary to include intelligent design as part of the science content standards.

Last year, West Virginia attempted to do something like this, but even they said Intelligent Design should be optional.

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