[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21215-21216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08537]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Applications for New Awards; Advanced Placement (AP) Test Fee 
Program; Correction

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of 
Education.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.330B.

SUMMARY: On March 24, 2014, the Office of Elementary and Secondary 
Education of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) published in the 
Federal Register (79 FR 15975) a notice inviting applications for new 
awards for fiscal year (FY) 2014 for the AP Test Fee program that 
included a summary of exam costs with an incorrect amount for the exams 
administered by the International Baccalaureate Organization. This 
notice corrects the maximum amount the Department would pay an SEA 
towards the costs of the exams administered by the International 
Baccalaureate Organization.

DATES: Effective April 15, 2014.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction

    Section V. Application Review Information, Part 1, Review and 
Selection Process, second paragraph, of the NIA contained inaccurate 
information regarding the maximum amount of grant funds that may be 
used

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to pay the cost of exams administered by the International 
Baccalaureate Organization. The correct maximum amount of program funds 
that an SEA may use to cover a portion of the cost of each approved 
advanced placement exam taken by low-income students in school years 
2013-14 and 2014-15 follows: (a) Up to $37 for each Advanced Placement 
test administered by the College Board; (b) up to $90 for each Diploma 
Programme test administered by the International Baccalaureate 
Organization; and (c) up to $39 for each Advanced Subsidiary test and 
up to $68 for each Advanced test administered by Cambridge 
International Examinations.

    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6534.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Francisco Ramirez, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 3E224, Washington, DC 20202-
6200. Telephone: (202) 260-1541 or by email: [email protected].
    If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-
8339.
    Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this 
document and a copy of the application package in an accessible format 
(e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc) on request to 
the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
of this notice.
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    Dated: April 10, 2014.
Deborah Delisle,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2014-08537 Filed 4-14-14; 8:45 am]
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