If you are a parent of a student in public schools who takes an AP class, then you might need to see this:
According to the WRAL report, 760,000 students in our NC public schools fit the definition of “economically disadvantaged” and many of them take AP courses as a way to go ahead and receive college credit.
“According to NCDPI, 84,372 North Carolina public school students took AP exams in 2024.”
“The proposal would also end a decade-long partnership between the state Department of Public Instruction and the College Board aimed at increasing access to advanced coursework.”
Yes, in 2014 the NC General Assembly (then at the time under control of people like Phil Berger) started to fund the fees for AP tests because…
Literally speaking, the same person who helped expand hundreds of millions of dollars to unregulated vouchers is trying to remove the ability for students in public schools that educate over a quarter-of-a-million economically disadvantaged students to take a test for free that may give them college credit.
Sounds totally on par with Sen. Phil Berger.
