Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): AP Test Fee Program for Low-Income Students

The OESE AP Test Fee Program provides grants to State educational agencies to cover advanced placement test fees for eligible low-income students enrolled in AP courses. The goal is to increase participation and performance of low-income students in AP exams for college credit. Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov by the specified deadline.

Opportunity ID: 228853

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General Information

Document Type::	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number::	ED-GRANTS-040213-001
Funding Opportunity Title::	Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Advanced Placement (AP) Test Fee Program CFDA Number 84.330B
Opportunity Category::	Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation::	CategoryExplanation
Funding Instrument Type::
Category of Funding Activity::	Education
Category Explanation::
Expected Number of Awards::	44
Assistance Listings Number(s)::	84.330 — Advanced Placement Program (Advanced Placement Test Fee; Advanced Placement Incentive Program Grants)
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement::	No
Version::	Synopsis 1
Posted Date::	Apr 02, 2013
Last Updated Date::
Original Closing Date for Applications::	Jun 03, 2013
Current Closing Date for Applications::	Jun 03, 2013
Archive Date::	Jul 03, 2013
Estimated Total Program Funding::	$ 28,727,000
Award Ceiling::	$
Award Floor::	$

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants::

Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)

Additional Information on Eligibility::

Eligible Applicants: SEAs in any State, including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the freely associated states of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau (subject to continued eligibility).

Note: For the purposes of this program, the Bureau of Indian Education in the U.S. Department of the Interior is treated as an SEA.

Additional Information

Agency Name::	Department of Education
Description::	Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. Purpose of Program: The AP Test Fee program awards grants to eligible State educational agencies (SEAs) to enable them to pay all or a portion of advanced placement test fees on behalf of eligible low-income students who (1) are enrolled in an advanced placement course and (2) plan to take an advanced placement exam. The program is designed to increase the number of low-income students who take advanced placement tests and receive scores for which college academic credit is awarded. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.330B. Applications for grants under the AP Test Fee program, CFDA number 84.330B, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for the AP Test Fee program at www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.330, not 84.330B).
Link to Additional Information::
Grantor Contact Information::	If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Version History

Version	Modification Description	Updated Date
Synopsis 1

Package Status

Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:

Package No: 1

Assistance Listings:	84.330
Competition ID:	84-330B2013-1
Competition Title:	FY 2013 Application for New Grants Under the Advanced Placement Test Fee Program (CFDA 84.330B)
Opportunity Package ID:	PKG00172071
Opening Date:	Apr 02, 2013
Closing Date:	Jun 03, 2013
Agency Contact Information::	Francisco Ramirez
Who Can Apply::	Organization Applicants
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