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The College Board announced Thursday that Florida school districts should no longer offer Advanced Placement psychology, one of the most popular AP courses, the latest skirmish in its battle with the state’s Department of Education over how to teach race, gender, and sexual orientation.

DeSantis has accused the organization that administers AP testing of

Florida "effectively banned" Advanced Placement Psychology classes in the state due to the course's content on sexual orientation and gender identity, the College Board said Thursday.

The College Board said in a statement that it was "sad" to have taken this step but that its hands had been tied by the DeSantis administration, which "has effectively banned AP Psychology in the state by instructing Florida superintendents that teaching foundational content on sexual orientation and gender identity is illegal under state law."

As of this week, the AP Psychological course nearly 30,000 Florida students signed up for is effectively banned in the state. What is the course?

The latest war between the state and the College Board may mean AP Psychology cant be taught in Florida.

Florida’s restrictions on instruction about sexual orientation & gender identity have “effectively banned” an AP psychology course.

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

Thousands of state high school students enrolled in the course could be ‘effectively banned’ from taking it