OREGON ENV. COUNCIL v. OR. ST. BD. OF ED.

CA A39946.

739 P.2d 581 (1987)

86 Or.App. 249

OREGON ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL, an Oregon Nonprofit Corporation, and Portland Audubon Society, Petitioners, v. OREGON STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, and the Oregon State Textbook Commission, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided July 8, 1987.

Reconsideration Denied August 28, 1987.

Review Allowed September 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen L. Johnson, Eugene, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Eveleen Henry and Johnson & Kloos, Eugene.

David Schuman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Before WARDEN, P.J., and RICHARDSON and VAN HOOMISSEN, JJ.


RICHARDSON, Judge.

Petitioners seek the invalidation of the Board of Education's amended rule, OAR 581-11-072, placing the textbook Get Oregonized on the list of approved texts for the state's public elementary schools. The essence of petitioners' objections to the book is that, in their view, it teaches that nature and the environment exist to be exploited by human beings. They contend that the Board and the State Textbook Commission erred by approving the...

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