for course credit by the state for the upcoming school year. all other a.p. classes including european studies are parentally a-okay. teachers were also informed the state will no longer pay the there 90 cost for arkansas students to take the end of year african american studies a.p. test, which allows them to earn college credit. the news came just two days before school was set to begin. and the decision left scores of kids blindsided. a spokesperson for the department said, quote, the a.p. african american studies pilot course is not a history course and is a pilot that is still undergoing major revisions. arkansas law without clarity, we cannot approve a pilot that may unintentionally put a teacher at risk of violating arkansas law. months ago, governor sarah huckabee sanders signed an executive order banning teaching implicit bias. she also signed something called the learns act. among others thikt, the act bans the teaching of critical race theory, which is not what the