TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A requirement for public schools to teach "critical analysis" of evolution has passed in the Florida House.

The term "critical analysis" is one used by intelligent design advocates. The bill's sponsor, though, Monday denied it would require or allow teaching intelligent design.

That concept holds some features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an "intelligent cause." Some advocates say it's a scientific theory, but a federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled it is religious.

The bill now goes to the Senate, which has passed a different version that does not include the "critical analysis" language.


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