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Grady proposed a bill last year that would have specifically allowed intelligent design to be taught in public school settings.

It was reworked early in the legislative session to remove any direct mention of intelligent design before even being put in front of lawmakers.

After the bill was altered, two high school students speaking in support of the bill in front of Grady’s committee said they wanted it passed so educators could have the option of offering teaching on intelligent design in addition to evolutionary theory — not as a requirement or a replacement for it.

Teaching about intelligent design in public schools has been controversial for decades.

Proponents of intelligent design contend that many features life of life and the universe are too complex to have evolved from natural selection and must have been created by an intelligent designer.