Large school districts across Florida are dropping plans to offer Advanced Placement psychology, heeding a warning from state officials that the course’s discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity violates state law.
that Hillsborough County English teachers are being told to teach excerpts from some William Shakespeare plays instead of the full texts. A district spokeswoman said the decision was made to prepare students for state testing “while also taking new state laws into consideration.”Last spring, nearly 28,000 Florida students took the AP Psychology exam, an opportunity given to students who have taken the course to earn college credit.
Just one of the 11 districts — St. Johns County Public Schools — said it would stick with its plan to offer AP Psychology. A spokeswoman said the district had received calls from parents expressing “concern and disappointment” about the prospect of canceling the class.
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