Georgia State Senate votes to block AP exam

The Georgia Senate voted Wednesday to suggest the state should all but ban Advanced Placement U.S. history courses statewide, saying state officials needed to protect students from a “radically revisionist view” of American history conservatives have deemed left-leaning and biased.

The non-binding Senate Resolution 80 follows complaints in Georgia and elsewhere that the College Board has too dramatically overhauled the course, which is part of a curriculum developed and administered by the educational nonprofit.

Critics complain it now glosses over or inaccurately reflects people and ideas including the nation’s Founding Fathers, the Judeo-Christian influences on the country’s development and U.S. foreign policy as outlined in the Monroe Doctrine.