DeSantis threatens removal of all AP high school classes in war with College Board

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is amping up his battle with the College Board , now threatening to withhold state funding for all Advanced Placement programs and instead seek out other methods of college credit for students.

DeSantis suggested on Tuesday during a news conference in Jacksonville that the state could end the presence of all AP courses in Florida classrooms, not just AP African American studies, the course that thrust the College Board into the national spotlight.

“AP is kind of with the College Board,” DeSantis said . “Who elected them? Are there other people that provide services? Turns out there are.”