This makes about as much sense as the apocryphal action by various state legislatures to decree that Pi = 3.
http://www.snopes.com/religion/pi.htm
Decreeing what is "scientific" by legislation is "science" by assertion of authority, which makes about as much sense as enslaving in the name of freedom. It's consistent with how science is taught in many classrooms, however. Self-refuting instructional method is common, and one of the key problems of the "school" model of learning facilitation.
The snopes link was really funny, and apt.