AR-News: VA Becomes 10th U.S. State to Give Students a Choice in Dissection

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VA Becomes 10th U.S. State to Give Students a Choice in Dissection

 

In April, 2004, Virginia enacted a law that gives public school students through high school the option of using dissection alternatives in their biology classes.  The new law mandates that students and parents be informed of the option to use alternatives.  The law also mandates that the state school board issue guidelines on the use of alternatives such as computer simulations, anatomical models, videos, slides and charts.  H.B. 1018 was sponsored by Delegate James H. Dillard, II (R, 41) and supported by The Humane Society of the United States.  Virginia joins nine other states that have similar laws.  For information comparing dissection and  alternate procedures on a variety of issues, including student performance and overall lab costs, visit http://www.hsus.org/ace/11368.

 

“Student choice policies provide all students, especially those opposed to the killing of animals for classroom use, an equal opportunity to excel in biology classes,” said Martin Stephens, HSUS Vice President of Animal Research Issues.  “Achievement in school should not be based on a students’ willingness to cut up a dead animal.”

 

Sources:  HSUS press release, April 16, 2004 (http://www.hsus.org/ace/20925)

 

 
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