Classroom controversy is not dying down.
The fight to teach an Advanced Placement African American studies
class takes a new twist.
The state school Superintendent now says the class may break
the law.
That's after he decided to pull the plug on state
funding for the class just as classes resume.
Fox House. Kevin Stewart is live in Carrollton with more
Kevin.
Thomas been a little bit more than a week since
this story first broke,
and all the while there's been a lack of clarity
on why the state decided to make this move.
Now today, after much pressure,
we know why.
Governor Brian Kemp jumped into the AP African American Studies
controversy when he was out of the country.
He sent this letter to the state school Superintendent with
a list of questions at a school district event in
Carrollton Wednesday morning,
the governor said his questions were clear.
Very clear. Because I feel like when you going to
make,
you know, if you're going to make changes to something
like that,
especially right before the school year starts,
there needs to be transparency,
continuing to kind of monitor the situation without saying if
he was satisfied with all the answers,
stand adjourned, the chairman. Been involved too and so I'm,
you know, I feel good about the conversations that they're
having.
I don't want to say too much till we get
the rest of the information.
A few hours later, Woods released a new statement apologizing
for the confusion.
The Superintendent now says the course violates the states divisive
concepts law.
Quote. It was clear that parts of the coursework did
violate the law.
As with most states with laws like Georgia on this
issue that have raised concerns,
the most glaring violation is on the topic of intersectionality.
And we're talking about College Board.
We're not talking about some.
Michelle Brown is an AP African American studies consultant with
the College Board.
He maintains the AP class is sound.
As Fox 5 News has reported,
Superintendent Woods has created a path to teach the AP
content in a non AP course with state funding.
Brown calls the state's new path to teach the course
sloppy and not a solution.
It doesn't address the problem.
The problem is we need a course code that reflects
AP African American studies.
Whether students can have that visible on their transcripts.
1-2 receive the appropriate. Increase for the GPA and three
be able to receive college credit.
All right now, Joe Griggs with the state N double
ACP says there is still a need for clarity.
He wants to know, for instance,
what is the issue with intersectionality?
What is the problem with that?
He says, bottom line, the state school board or the
governor needs to make sure that class is available to
students who want to take it.
Reporting live in Carrollton, Kevin Stewart,
FOX 5. Sounds like this is far from being worked
out.
Kevin will stay on top of it,
Thanks.