A bill introduced by Assemblymember Ash Karla would prohibit students from performing a dissection in public or private schools in grades 1 through 12.
According to the AB 1586, which would alter the California Education Code:
Would prohibit a pupil in any California private or public school in kindergarten and grades 1 through 12, from performing dissection. The bill would define dissection as the viewing of the, or act of, dismembering or otherwise destructive use of an invertebrate or vertebrate animal, as specified, in the study of biological sciences, excluding fixed histological samples of any species. The bill would also add items that may be included as an alternative education project for the purpose of demonstrating knowledge if a pupil has a moral objection to participating in an education project involving the harmful or destructive use of animals.
Under current law, students with moral objection to dissecting can refrain from participation. It also allows students who choose to refrain with the teacher approval, to complete an alternative education project to obtain the knowledge, information or experience required by the course of study in question.
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Seriously? Wth is going on in this world. Too much sensitivity
Right!? Like these politicians don’t have better things to do. Unbelievable!!
I dissected frogs in the seventh grade science class. No big deal.
Next, eating meat will be prohibited because it is an “act of, dismembering or otherwise destructive use of an invertebrate or vertebrate animal”. But aborting a baby after birth is not an “act of, dismembering or otherwise destructive use of an invertebrate or vertebrate animal”. These democrats are the biggest Hippokrates ever.
As a public school science teacher, this is another example of misguided legislators and an overreach of government oversight. Responding to problems no one had…as you can already opt out as a student anyway. A waste of time of a bill proposal – ensuring our students fall further behind in STEM. More importantly, dissections are one tool to help the next generation learn to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills while fostering curiosity. Assemblymember Karla – how about spending time working on actual issues, such as homelessness, mental health, and wage gaps – which already affect public school students and families. Their lives are depending on it.
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