NOTE: This provision of law was included in the Unconstitutional Statutes Biennial Report to the Legislature, dated March 14, 2016.

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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:286.1

  • Balanced treatment: means providing whatever information and instruction in both creation and evolution models the classroom teacher determines is necessary and appropriate to provide insight into both theories in view of the textbooks and other instructional materials available for use in his classroom. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:286.3

SUBPART D-2. BALANCED TREATMENT FOR

CREATION-SCIENCE AND EVOLUTION-SCIENCE

IN PUBLIC SCHOOL INSTRUCTION

            This Subpart shall be known as the “Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act.”

            Added by Acts 1981, No. 685, §1.

NOTE: The Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act, La. Rev. Stat. 17:286.1 to 286.7, was held unconstitutional in Edwards v. Aguillard, La. 1987, 107 S.Ct. 2573, 96 L.Ed.2d 510.

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