Ron DeSantis tried to get the AP test to drop LGBTQ+ questions. The College Board was not having it.

Governor Ron DeSantis speaking with attendees at a “Unite & Win Rally” at Arizona Financial Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona.
Photo: Gage Skidmore – Wikimedia Commons

The administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) tried to get the College Board, which runs the Advanced Placement (AP) curricula and tests, to remove topics about LGBTQ+ people in its AP Psychology exam, citing the state’s Don’t Say Gay law.

But the College Board called DeSantis’s bluff and refused to remove those topics.

“The learning objective within AP Psychology that covers gender and sexual orientation has specifically been raised by some Florida districts relative to these recent regulations,” the College Board wrote in a letter on Thursday. “That learning objective must remain a required topic, just as it has been in Florida since the launch of AP Psychology more than 30 years ago.”

“Please know that we will not modify our courses to accommodate restrictions on teaching essential, college-level topics,” the letter continued. “Doing so would…

Read full story, and more, from Source: Ron DeSantis tried to get the AP test to drop LGBTQ+ questions. The College Board was not having it.