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Florida state officials and the College Board say students in Florida may be able to take the Advanced Placement course in psychology after all.

The College Board says schools in Florida should not offer its Advanced Placement course in psychology to students, citing guidance from state officials to exclude content on sexual orientation and

College Board officials wrote that the state will still allow districts to teach AP Psychology, but teachers won’t be allowed to discuss gender identity or sexual orientation as part of the coursework.

The department told Florida superintendents that teaching content related to sexual orientation and gender identity is illegal.

The College Board announced it was refusing to change the content of its psychology course for the state’s Department of Education.

The College Board said censoring those topics would mean the class couldnt be called Advanced Placement or used to earn college credit.

The Florida Department of Education has banned AP Psychology courses throughout the state due to sexual orientation and gender identity curriculum concerns, the College Board said in a statement Thursday.

The College Board said censoring those topics would mean the class couldnt be called Advanced Placement or used to earn college credit.

The College Board said censoring those topics would mean the class couldnt be called Advanced Placement or used to earn college credit.

The Florida Department of Education has banned AP Psychology courses throughout the state due to sexual orientation and gender identity curriculum concerns, the College Board said in a statement Thursday.