Plaintiffs are claiming that the discontinuation of state recognition for African-American Studies as an Advanced Placement course with college-level credits is discriminatory.
As Arkansas public schools gear up for the 2024-2025 academic year, a legal dispute regarding the teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT) may still be ongoing, despite a state law that prohibits political indoctrination in classrooms.
Ruthie Walls, a teacher at Little Rock Central High School, along with three students and two parents, filed a lawsuit against Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Department of Education Secretary Jacob Oliva earlier this spring.
The lawsuit alleges that the state officials violated their freedom of speech and engaged in racial discrimination by no longer acknowledging the African-American Studies curriculum as a state Advanced Placement (AP) course with college-level credits.
According to the complaint filed on March 25 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, students who completed the course prior to the implementation of the Arkansas Learns Act executive order last year received AP college credits.
In August, Ms. Walls was informed that African-American Studies was no longer recognized as a college-level course by the state because it was considered a pilot program. The state has also not determined which colleges would accept the credits.
The lawsuit asserts, “The class could run afoul of the governor’s executive order on teaching implicit bias,” as per court documents.
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