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Can an arcanist with the School Understanding exploit take Focused Arcane School from the APG?
"The arcanist can select one arcane school from any of the schools available to a character with the arcane school wizard class feature..."
I would say they could.
For comparison, the bloodline version has much tighter language. "The arcanist must select an ordinary bloodline with this ability"