HOUSE BILL No. 4705


     May 3, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Gosselin, Bradstreet, Vander Veen, Voorhees, Vear, Hart, DeWeese, Julian, Kooiman and Drolet and referred to
the Committee on Education.


        A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

   "The revised school code,"

   (MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1164.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           SEC. 1164.  (1) THE TEACHING IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL SCIENCE

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      CLASS OF THE METHODOLOGICAL NATURALISM HYPOTHESIS AS AN EXPLANA-

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      TION FOR THE ORIGIN AND DIVERSITY OF LIFE SHALL NOT PRECLUDE ALSO

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      TEACHING THE DESIGN HYPOTHESIS AS AN EXPLANATION FOR THE ORIGIN

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      AND DIVERSITY OF LIFE.  A PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICIAL SHALL NOT CENSOR

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      OR PROHIBIT THE TEACHING OF THE DESIGN HYPOTHESIS.

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           (2) AS USED IN THIS SECTION:

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           (A) "DESIGN HYPOTHESIS" MEANS THE THEORY THAT LIFE AND ITS

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      DIVERSITY RESULT FROM A COMBINATION OF CHANCE, NECESSITY, AND

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      DESIGN.




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           (B) "METHODOLOGICAL NATURALISM HYPOTHESIS" MEANS THE THEORY

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      THAT NATURE IS ALL THERE IS AND THAT ALL PHENOMENA, INCLUDING

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      LIVING SYSTEMS, RESULT ONLY FROM CHANCE AND NECESSITY.


















































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