South Carolina is the third state to do so.
South Carolina's Department of Education has decided to eliminate Advanced Placement African American Studies in its high schools, saying districts can choose to offer it instead as a locally approved honors course without college credit.
The move has been criticized by free speech and civil rights groups including the NAACP and ACLU South Carolina. "All students deserve access to a high-quality, inclusive, and accurate education with curricula and school instruction that reflects the experiences and perspectives of allcommunities," readto the state superintendent from several organizations including the NAACP, the Legal Defense Fund, the Charleston Jewish Federation and others.. The move was announced in a June 4 memo to superintendents and school leaders.
According to the College Board, which creates AP classes, the African American Studies class is an interdisciplinary course that "examines the diversity of African American experiences through direct encounters with rich and varied sources."South Carolina officials said that recent classroom content restrictions being pursued by the state lawmakers have caused "significant controversy" over the course.
The spokesperson said it will authorize African American Studies classes as an AP course in South Carolina "if those courses meet college-level standards as verified by the AP program’s standard process," which could then be marked as Advanced Placement on student transcripts to colleges and universities.
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