Kansas Citizens for Science
www.kcfs.org"Bringing the Enlightenment back to Kansas"
State Board of Education Candidates
and Their Position on the Science Standards
The state Board of Education adopted state science standards last summer that removed almost all references to the evolution of life, the geological history of the earth, and the history of the universe. The Board also changed the definition of science so that supernatural causes could be considered in scientific explanations, and weakened the definition of theory so as confuse it with the popular meaning of hypothesis or even speculative guess. And last, the Board deleted several references to environmental issues such as global warming and the effects of over-population.
Position of the candidates on these weakened science standards:
District 2 Position on the Board standards
(I) Linda Holloway (R) Supports the standards, voted for them
Sue Gamble (R) Opposes the standards
Ron Patton (D) Opposes the standards
District 4
(I) Bill Wagnon Opposes the standards, voted against them
Patrick Hill (R) Supports the standards
District 6
Bruce Wyatt (R) Opposes the standards
Brad Angell (R) Supports the standards
Eloise Lynch (D) Opposes the standards
District 8
(I) Mary Douglass Brown Supports the standards, voted for them
Carol Rupe (R) Opposes the standards
Dick Williams (D) Opposes the standards
District 10
(I) Steve Abrams (R) Supports the standards, voted for them
Roger Rankin (R) Opposes the standards
Wayne Holt Opposes the standards