AN ACT RELATIVE TO DISSECTION CHOICE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Chapter 69 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2000 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding after section 1M the following new section:—

Section 1N. The board shall establish guidelines relative to dissection in science classes in public schools. Such guidelines shall require all public schools that offer dissection as a learning activity to permit those students who choose not to participate in dissection to be allowed to demonstrate competency through an alternative method. Alternative methods shall not include a pupil being required to watch another pupil perform dissection. A teacher shall not discriminate against a student for not participating in dissection.