Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has “effectively banned” a high school Advanced Placement psychology course from being taught in the state because it includes lessons on sexual orientation and identity that violate state law, the College Board said on Thursday.
The decision not only deepens a raging dispute between the struggling Republican presidential candidate and massive education nonprofit, but it also threatens the course loads of thousands of Florida students just before a new school year.
“We are sad to have learned that today the Florida Department of Education has effectively banned AP Psychology in the state by instructing Florida superintendents that teaching foundational content on sexual orientation and gender identity is illegal under state law,” the College Board said in a statement. “The state has said districts are free to teach AP Psychology only if it excludes any mention of these essential topics.”
Florida’s education department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Earlier this summer, the College Board, which administers AP exams, rejected changing AP Psychology lessons on gender and sexual orientation in a direct challenge to DeSantis after his administration expanded restrictions and regulations on classroom instruction in April
That decision came after Florida and the nonprofit previously clashed over an African American history AP course that state officials rebuked for being “filled with Critical Race Theory and other obvious violations of Florida law,” pointing to the “anti-woke” policies under DeSantis.
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