The College Board, the organization that produces Advanced Placement courses and SAT tests, announced that Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis’s anti-LGBTQ policies have effectively negated the ability to certify AP Psychology classes in the state.
“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 state has said districts are free to teach AP Psychology only if it excludes any mention of these essential topics,” the College Board said in a statement.
The organization went on to say that because of the DeSantis-demanded requirements banning discussion of LGBTQ issues in classrooms mean that the course cannot be taught to the level required for college credits, the Board recommends removing the course from the available curriculum until the state revoke the DeSantis dictum.