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No Extra Vacation For Kentucky Schoolchildren

Monday, April 18, 2016 14:29
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 A bill that would have extended summer vacation for Kentucky school children has died.  NCSE writes:

Kentucky's Senate Bill 50 (PDF) died in the House Education Committee when the legislature adjourned on April 15, 2016. The bill would have extended the duration of summer vacation in the state's public schools in order to boost tourism — including to a creationist attraction.

[Damon] Thayer was referring to Ark Encounter, a Noah's-ark-themed attraction — now scheduled to open on July 7, 2016 — operated by the young-earth creationist ministry Answers in Genesis, which also operates a “museum” in Kentucky.

Just think, four extra days a year to go to the hall of misinformation. They would have to spend the next school year unlearning everything they found in the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter. Fortunately, saner heads prevailed, although I am quite convinced that it was the practicality of implementing the law that swayed them rather than any understanding that the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter do not actually teach any real science.



Source: http://scienceandcreation.blogspot.com/2016/04/no-extra-vacation-for-kentucky.html

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