GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	3 

HOUSE BILL 511
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/29/97
Third Edition Engrossed 5/1/97

Short Title:  Evolution Not Taught as Fact.	(Public)

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March 13, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL LAWS TO ENSURE THAT EVOLUTION IS NOT TAUGHT AS FACT IN NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOLS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The State Board of Education shall revise the Standard Course of Study in the science curriculum to reflect that evolution is taught as a scientific theory, not as a proven fact.  The Board shall make the necessary changes to the Standard Course of Study by July 15, 1997.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1997, and shall apply beginning with the 1997-98 school year.