41.   The science standards have yet to reach school districts.

42.   Today, the board will hear public comment on the science standards.

43.   Waugh said she was relieved the science standards were behind them.

44.   While the new state science standards affect only what goes on state assessment tests, each district has a curriculum guide that directs what is taught in the classroom.

45.   Willis, president of the Creation Science Association for Mid-America, said he and about two dozen other people evaluated the proposed state science standards and found them lacking.

46.   A State Board of Education member started his new job Tuesday with a promise to work to replace science testing standards that de-emphasize evolution.

47.   Gould also urged the audience to keep in perspective the decision last year by the Kansas Board of Education to approve science standards that de-emphasize evolution in public schools.

48.   In Kansas, the science standards that de-emphasize evolution also make no mention of the big-bang theory of the origin of the universe.

49.   Kansas Board of Education candidates who supported science standards that de-emphasize evolution were defeated in three GOP primaries Tuesday.

50.   The Kansas State Board of Education sparked a national debate two months ago by approving science standards that de-emphasize evolution.