The Arkansas Department of Education abruptly removed course credit for an Advanced Placement African American Studies course, just months after Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a swath of bills limiting what educators can teach in public schools.
The AP African American Studies course won’t be eligible for early college credit this school year, Kimberly Mundell, director of communications for the department, confirmed to NBC News. Teachers may offer the curriculum, but the class will not be weighted the same on students’ grade point averages as other AP courses offered in the state, the Arkansas Times reported.
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