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Pennsylvania school district to pay $1M in intelligent design lawsuit fees
February 22, 2006
'[JURIST] Pennsylvania''s Dover Area School District has agreed to pay$1 million in plaintiff''s attorneys'' fees after a federal district court found that the school district''s inclusion of intelligent design theory in its high school biology....... [more] 
US scientists group slams intelligent design legislation
February 20, 2006
'[JURIST] The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world''s largest general scientific society, has denounced legislation and policies that"undermine evolution" and"deprive students of the education they need to be informed....... [more]
California school discontinues 'intelligent design' course in settlement
January 17, 2006
'[JURIST] A California school district has agreed to stop teaching a philosophy class discussing intelligent design theory as part of a settlement agreement filed Tuesday, according to the legal director for the Americans United for Separation of Church....... [more]
California high school sued over 'intelligent design' elective
January 11, 2006
'[JURIST] A group of parents filed a lawsuit against Frazier Mountain High School on Tuesday, arguing that a religion-based class teaching an alternative to evolution should be removed from the curriculum because it violates the US Constitution. The....... [more]
'Intelligent design' policy rescinded in Pennsylvania school district
January 4, 2006
'[JURIST] The newly elected Dover Area School District school board on Tuesday evening unanimously voted to rescind the district''s policy of teaching intelligent design theory as an alternative to evolution in high school science classes. The vote....... [more]
BREAKING NEWS ~ Federal judge rules against 'intelligent design' in public schools
December 20, 2005
'[JURIST] AP is reporting that a federal judge has ruled that"intelligent design" cannot be taught in biology classes in a Pennsylvania public school district. US District Judge John E. Jones III ruled Tuesday that the Dover Area School District....... [more]
Robertson says PA town ousting intelligent design school board spurned God
November 11, 2005
'[JURIST] Televangelist Pat Robertson told residents of Dover, Pennsylvania that they had"voted God out of your city" in local elections earlier this week by ousting eight school board members who had supported teaching intelligent design in science....... [more]
Kansas school board approves intelligent design approach to evolution
November 9, 2005
'[JURIST] In a victory for intelligent design advocates, the Kansas Board of Education on Tuesday approved by a vote of 6-4 revised science standards that require students to understand not only evolution, but also recent challenges to the theory, such....... [more]
Pennsylvania intelligent design trial ends
November 5, 2005
'[JURIST] The landmark Pennsylvania federal trial debating the legality of a school district''s decision to teach ninth-grade biology students the theory of anti-evolutionary intelligent design drew to a close Friday. The plaintiffs, eight families in....... [more]
Federal trial begins in challenge to 'intelligent design' theory
September 26, 2005
'[JURIST] A Pennsylvania federal court Monday was set to consider whether school districts may teach a concept known as"intelligent design" prior to teaching biology lessons on evolution. Eight families in Dover, Pennsylvania, claim that teaching the....... [more]
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