Senator Geraldine Thompson, addresses the State Board of Education about Florida's State Academic Standards and teaching African American studies to public schools students in Orlando, Fla., Wednesday, July 19, 2023. The State Board of Education was meeting in Orlando to adopt a number of rules required by new state laws. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel via AP)
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