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• FY 2013 AP Exam Fee and IB Payment Changes

  
  

  The Department expects to award approximately $28,727,000 in new grants under this program. Based on the anticipated number of applications and other available information, the Department expects this amount to be sufficient to pay all but $10 of the cost of each advanced placement exam taken by low-income students.

  Accordingly, SEAs may use AP Test Fee program funds to cover a portion of the cost of each approved advanced placement exam taken by low-income students as follows:

  (a) up to $45 for each Advanced Placement test administered by the College Board;
  (b) up to $94 for each Diploma Programme test administered by the International Baccalaureate Organization.

  For FY 2013, AP Test Fee program funds may not be used to pay advanced placement test candidate registration fees on behalf of low-income students. Therefore, the candidate registration fees charged by the International Baccalaureate Organization are not allowable costs under this program for FY 2013.