AP Psychology effectively banned in Florida because of gender, sexuality chapter

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AP Psychology effectively banned in Florida because of gender, sexuality chapter
usatoday.com

Florida superintendents have been advised by the state's education agency to nix their Advanced Placement Psychology classes unless they exclude any topics related to gender or sexuality, according to a press release from The College Board.

Such a shift would mean the courses couldn't be called Advanced Placement, however, or used by students to earn college credit, the College Board said.

"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 statement reads. "The state has said districts are free to teach AP Psychology only if it excludes any mention of these essential topics."

In June, the College Board said they would not alter its popular AP Psychology class after the state asked the organization to review all AP courses to see if they "need modification to ensure compliance" with a Florida law and state Board of Education rule targeting instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity.

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That's what they're hoping for. States like Florida and Texas have slowly become more purple. They want to turn that back to solid red.

I suppose you're right. Ugh.

I stumbled across some woman from Florida on Instagram hashtags who is a Florida Trumper and is astonishingly pregnant with her seventeenth child. I fell down a rabbit hole of her friends and it's absolutely no wonder Florida is what it is.

Be careful not to fall down her rabbit hole. There's probably a bunch of unsuspecting guys down there

Ruining their economy and livelihoods to own the Libs.

Federal taxes from the liberal states will continue to prop them up.