Post by Logan on Mar 7, 2016 23:38:15 GMT -6
West Virginia’s Senate Education Committee voted Monday to pass to the full Senate a version of the education standards and testing bill that would no longer block upcoming science standards and would ban the current end-of-year statewide standardized test.
Committee Chairman Dave Sypolt, R-Preston, said the Senate Education version of House Bill 4014 would no longer stop the science K-12 standards, which are based off the Next Generation Science Standards national blueprint, from being taught starting next school year.
Educators have been preparing to teach the new science standards. The state Board of Education has approved a list of possible textbooks for the standards and, as part of a pilot project, Kanawha County already has some teachers instructing according to the standards.
The House of Delegates voted 73-20 late last month to approve a version of the bill that would block the science standards for at least a year. That vote came after some lawmakers expressed concern over the standards’ teaching of the evidence for human-influenced global warming.
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Committee Chairman Dave Sypolt, R-Preston, said the Senate Education version of House Bill 4014 would no longer stop the science K-12 standards, which are based off the Next Generation Science Standards national blueprint, from being taught starting next school year.
Educators have been preparing to teach the new science standards. The state Board of Education has approved a list of possible textbooks for the standards and, as part of a pilot project, Kanawha County already has some teachers instructing according to the standards.
The House of Delegates voted 73-20 late last month to approve a version of the bill that would block the science standards for at least a year. That vote came after some lawmakers expressed concern over the standards’ teaching of the evidence for human-influenced global warming.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160307/senate-education-passes-bill-with-no-science-standards-block