ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida will not allow its public high school students to enroll in a new Advanced Placement African American studies course because the state claims its content is “contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value.”
The Florida Department of Education informed the College Board, which runs the AP program, of its decision in a Jan. 12 letter.
The letter did not detail how the course material violated state law. But in April Gov. Ron DeSantis signed what he dubbed his “stop woke” act, which banned “critical race theory” in public schools and what he called the theory’s “indoctrinating principles,” such as the idea that “a person, by virtue of his or her race, color, national origin, or sex is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive.”
