- DeSantis made in argument following criticism from the White House.
- “The issue is, we have guidelines and standards in Florida. We want education, not indoctrination,” said DeSantis, according to a video from a press conference.
- The governor also argued the state already requires a non-Advanced Placement course on black history.
- DeSantis focused his argument about the AP curriculum on its inclusion of black queer studies.
- “Who would say that an important part of black history is queer theory? That is somebody pushing an agenda on our kids. … When you try to use black history to shoehorn in queer theory, you are clearly trying to use that for political purposes,” the governor says in the video.
- The Florida Department of Education rejected the course on Jan. 12.
