"Last time I checked most state boards merely set the guidelines , whether or not they are followed is something entirely different . Still the fact that you have a board of education spouting such ridiculousness is pretty damn amusing ."
"The way it works in Kansas , the state board of education sets the guidelines and sends them out to all the school districts where they sit in a box in a closet somewhere . During much of the time when all this idiocy was going on , I was ON the local school board and had never once opened one of those books . We all knew they existed , and nearly half of us knew where ours were , it was just not something that anybody generally cares to look at . I would be shocked if you could find me 10 kids in the entire state who have ever read the state school boards definition of `` science `` or their guidelines . It is just not something that comes up . IMO , that is why this issue came up in kansas . Our state school board here has VERY little power or control , so nobody really pays attention to them . When the first set of changes occured , there was a lag of about 6 months before anybody even realized it and then it was somebody from the media ."
"Last time I checked state boards merely set the guidelines"
"Kansas board of education sets the guidelines"