Advanced Placement


2010 AP® Test Fee Reimbursement Grant - Deadline: December 15, 2010

The Louisiana Department of Education’s Louisiana Virtual School recently received a U.S. Department of Education 2010 Advanced Placement (AP®) Test Fee Program Grant Award. This grant provides a great opportunity for students to have their AP® exam fee reimbursed. Therefore, we request that all principals encourage teachers and guidance counselors to make a special effort to promote this program with low-income students.

With funding from the Advanced Placement® Test Fee Program, the Louisiana Department of Education (LDE) will reimburse $56 for each Advanced Placement® Exam taken by students enrolled in both public and BESE-approved nonpublic* schools who meet the following criteria:

  1. Meets the definition of low-income,
  2. Was enrolled in the AP® course that the exam taken or was enrolled in a rigorous course preparing them for the AP® Exam taken,
  3. Are between the ages of 5 and 19 on exam day.

*Nonpublic schools must give The College Board written permission to release student AP® test data to the Louisiana Department of Education in order to qualify for reimbursement funding

The 2010 AP® Test Fee Reimbursement Grant Application will be available in June.

Please note that funds are limited and will be available until they are completely allocated.

If you have questions or need further information, contact Rima Duhon at (225) 219-0440 or rima.duhon@la.gov.

2010 AP® Test Fee Reimbursement Program Memorandum

2010 AP® Test Fee Reimbursement Program Application

2008 and 2009 AP®Test Fee Reimbursement Allocations

The Louisiana Department of Education’s Louisiana Virtual School is requesting all Districts with a high school or schools that applied for 2008 or 2009 AP Test Fee Reimbursement to submit the Certificate for Louisiana Advanced Placement Reimbursement and the Fiscal Assurances forms to receive this funding before the May 15, 2010 deadline.

If you have any questions concerning the above please contact Rima Duhon at (225) 219-0440.

Forms to submit for Reimbursement:

College Board AP® Course Audit Information

AP® Course Audit Calendar for 2009-10 Courses

Does your school offer face-to-face Advanced Placement® (AP®) courses? Does your school enroll students in LVS AP® Academy AP® courses? If you answered “yes” to either question, does your school have an AP® Course Audit account? If your AP® course IS NOT authorized through the AP® Course Audit your school CANNOT apply the AP® label on report cards, high school transcripts, in a high school course catalog or printed course/school information, or on a high school web site.

Steps to complete if your school offers AP® courses:

  1. The school administrator or designee must create an AP® Course Audit account. They are responsible for finalizing AP® Course Audit forms, renewing authorizations from year-to-year, and assuring that the annual AP® Course Ledger entry accurately reflects AP® Course Offerings at the school each academic year. For more information go to the AP® Course Audit account at http://www.collegeboard.com/html/apcourseaudit/administrator.html.
  2. To apply the label AP® a teacher must create an AP® Course Audit account then submit his/her AP® syllabus for authorization. He/She must also submit an electronic Course Audit Form. If you do not have an AP® Course Audit Account go to http://www.collegeboard.com/html/apcourseaudit/teacher.html for information on how to create an account plus find out what materials must be submitted.

If your school enrolls student in the LVS AP® Academy courses you must indicate this via the school’s administrator AP® Course Audit account. Follow the steps below to add LVS AP® courses to your schools AP® Course Audit account:

  1. Login to the administrators AP® Course Audit account,
  2. Navigate to the “Add Online or Distance Learning Course” page,
  3. Select the authorized courses your school offers from the Online or Distance Learning Course Provider – look up “Louisiana Virtual School”

These online AP® courses will then be included with your school's other authorized courses in the AP® Course Ledger sent to colleges and universities.

Do you have questions about the AP® Course Audit process? Contact the AP® Course Audit Helpline at 877-274-3570.

Does your school only administer AP® Exams?

If your school only offers the AP® Exam as an opportunity for your students to earn college credit, and does not offer “AP®” courses, does not label courses as "AP®" on students’ report cards or students' transcripts, then you do not need to participate in the AP® Course Audit.