Documents related to the drafting of a letter to the College Board rejecting AP African American Studies courses

Ben Welsh filed this request with the Florida Department of Education of Florida.

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From: Ben Welsh

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:

All memos, reports, transcripts and correspondence related to the drafting of a January 2023 letter to the College Board rejecting AP African American Studies courses.

The letter is described in this news
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/education/2023/01/19/florida-ap-african-american-studies-class-rejected-education-officials-desantis/69823224007/

A copy can be found here
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A7ooiX-5pyiCxxLbmrvyPKcD9rpo1u3H/view?usp=sharing

The response should include any unsent draft versions of the letter.

The response should include all related correspondence between members of the board, including:

Chair, Tom Grady
Vice Chair, Ben Gibson
Monesia Brown
Esther Byrd
Grazie P. Christie
Ryan Petty
Joe York

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days.

Sincerely,

Ben Welsh

From: Muckrock Staff

Hi,

Please see the following request for records. Thank you for your help with this request.

Sincerely,
MuckRock

From: Florida Department of Education

Ben,

We are working on this request for you. Please note, we process public records requests in the order in which they are received.
Best,

Cassie Palelis
Press Secretary
Florida Department of Education
325 West Gaines Street, Room 1524
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
O: 850-245-9648
PL: 850-245-0413

From: Florida Department of Education

Good morning,

The responsive records for this request are attached.

Cassie Palelis
Deputy Director of Communications
Florida Department of Education
325 West Gaines Street, Room 1524
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
850-245-0413

From: Ben Welsh

This is the only responsive record? There was in internal memos, reports or correspondence prior to this letter being sent?

From: Ben Welsh

This is the only responsive record? There was no other internal memos, reports or correspondence prior to this letter being sent?

From: Florida Department of Education

This is the only responsive record for your request.
Best,

Cassie Palelis
Deputy Director of Communications
Florida Department of Education
325 West Gaines Street, Room 1524
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
850-245-0413

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