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2023-2024 Accelerated College Opportunity Exam Fee Program Application

2023-2024 Accelerated College Opportunity Exam Fee Grant Program


 

Accelerated College Opportunity Exam Fee Grant Program

The Accelerated College Opportunity Exam Fee Grant Program is intended to increase the number of eligible students* who take Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams and receive scores for which college academic credit is awarded by providing funds to high schools, to pay all or a portion of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exam fees on behalf of eligible students. 

Eligible Applicants

Applicants are eligible to apply for this opportunity on behalf of high schools serving eligible students.  An applicant is:

“Applicant” means a public high school, either on its own behalf or through its authorizer or fiscal agent, which serves grades nine through twelve and has one or more students who plan to take an Advanced Placement and/or International Baccalaureate exam. A school district, authorizer, or high school (as defined in section 2.06 of these rules) may act as an applicant.

“High school” means any public school that serves grades nine through twelve and has one or more students who plan to take an Advanced Placement and/or International Baccalaureate exam.        

“Eligible student” means a student enrolled in a high school who is a low-income individual, as defined in 20 U.S.C. sec. 9832(3) and who is planning to take one or more Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams.
  The amount allocated per exam will be set by the department on an annual basis based on available appropriations, reduced fee prices as set by the exam vendor, amount of federal funding received by applicants for payment of exam fees, and total number of exams to be funded for eligible students.

Approximately $550,000 [KM1] is available for the 2023-24 school year. Each eligible exam fee will be funded at a rate of up to 53 dollars (96 dollars AP exam fee minus reduced fee waiver of 34 dollars, minus the administrator fee of 9 dollars).

If funds are sufficient to fund all grant applications, each applicant will receive full funding. If the total request of funds exceeds the amount available, CDE will distribute funds proportionately on a pro rata basis. The condition of pro rata will be applied to the total amount requested by the applicant.

Subject to available appropriations, the department may award a grant for an exam fee in an amount greater than the amount of a grant awarded for another exam up to the amount necessary to cover the entire fee of an exam. In order to award a grant in a greater amount pursuant to this subsection, any grant awarded for a lesser amount must cover the entire cost of the exam fee for which the lesser grant is awarded.

Duration of Grant

Grants will be awarded for the 2023-24 school year. Additional grant funding for subsequent years will be contingent upon annual appropriations by the State legislature. Funded applicants are not guaranteed any additional funding beyond the 2023-24 school year. Applicants may request and receive funding for multiple exams per eligible student.  Grantees may not use grant awards to supplant federal funds already available to pay for Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exam fees for eligible students. CDE takes seriously its obligation to protect the privacy of student Personally Identifiable Information (PII) collected, used, shared, and stored. PII will not be collected through the Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Exam Fee Grant. All program evaluation data will be collected in the aggregate and will be used, shared, and stored in compliance with CDE’s privacy and security policies and procedures.

Please note: Documents submitted must not contain any personally identifiable student information including names, identification numbers, or anything that could identify an individual.
 
  • Please read the application carefully and submit all information required.  If you have questions, email Marina Kokotovic. Incomplete application will not be considered.  If you do not verify the amount by the deadline of June 1, you may not be eligible for funding. 
  • Applications are due by January 12, 2023 at 11:59PM. Due to the competitive nature of this grant,  Incomplete or late applications will be disqualified.
  • You will need to verify amounts by June 1, 2024. More information to come in Spring 2024.
 [KM1]This amount may change depending on appropriation.
1.

Part IB: Program Assurances Form                        

The appropriate Authorized Representatives must sign below to indicate their approval of the contents of the Accelerated College Opportunity Exam Fee Grant Program application, and the receipt of program funds.

I hereby agree to the following assurances:
  • Funds from this program will not supplant federal funding pledged or received for the payment of Advanced Placement and/or International Baccalaureate exam fees. 
  • Funds will be used only for Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exam fees of eligible students as verified through the process outlined in Student Eligibility (below).
  • If the applicant is a high school that applies on its own, an assurance that its fiscal agent or authorizer has not applied for funding on its behalf for the same eligible students for which the high school is requesting funds.
  • By June 1st, applicants must verify in writing to the department the number of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams administered to eligible students.


An applicant must verify and provide an assurance to the department that students for whom the applicant seeks a grant award for exam fees are eligible students. In verifying and providing the assurance, applicants must confirm that eligible students are between the ages of 5 through 19, and from a low-income family, based on the following eligibility criteria;
 
  • The student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunches under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751); or
  • The student or his or her family is eligible for assistance under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601); or
  • The student is eligible to receive medical assistance under the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396); or
  • The student qualifies as low-income based on data used by the federal Department of Education to determine basic grants to states under 20 U.S.C. 6333
*This question is required.
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2. If needed, upload signatures here. 
14. Please specify subject matter or exam name of Advanced Placement exams for which you are requesting funding for eligible students only.
*Eligible student” means a student enrolled in a high school who is a low-income individual, as defined in 20 U.S.C. sec. 9832(3) and who is planning to take one or more advanced placement exams.
Space Cell Number of Exams You Are Requesting Funding For
AP Capstone
AP Research
AP Seminar
AP Art History
AP Music Theory
AP Art and Design Program
AP 2-D Art and Design
AP 3-D Art and Design
AP Drawing
AP English Language and Composition
AP English Literature and Composition
AP Comparative Government and Politics
AP European History
AP Human Geography
AP Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics
AP Psychology
AP United States Government and Politics
AP United States History
AP World History: Modern
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Computer Sciences Courses
AP Computer Science A
AP Computer Science Principles
AP Precalculus
AP Statistics
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
AP Environmental Science
AP Physics 1: Algebra-based
AP Physics 2: Algebra-based
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
AP Physics C: Mechanics
AP Chinese Language and Culture
AP French Language and Culture
AP Latin
AP German Language and Culture
AP Italian Language and Culture
AP Japanese Language and Culture
AP Spanish Language and Culture
AP Spanish Literature and Culture
15.
Please specify subject matter or exam name of International Baccalaureate exams for which you are requesting funding
*Eligible student” means a student enrolled in a high school who is a low-income individual, as defined in 20 U.S.C. sec. 9832(3) and who is planning to take one or more IB exam.
Space Cell Number of Exams You Are Requesting Funding For
Theory of Knowledge
Language A: literature
Language A: language and literature
Literature and performance
Classical languages
Language B
Language ab initio
Business management
Digital societies
Economics
Geography
Global Politics
History
Information technology in a global society
Philosophy
Psychology
Social and cultural anthropology
World religions
Biology
Chemistry
Computer Science
Design Technology
Environmental systems and societies
Nature of science
Physics
Sports, exercise and health science
Mathematics: analysis and approaches
Mathematics: applications and interpretation
Dance
Film
Music
Theatre
Visual Arts
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