Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Advanced Placement (AP) Test Fee Program CFDA Number 84.330B

Post Date

April 2nd 2013

Application Due Date

June 3rd 2013

Applications Available: April 2, 2013. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 3, 2013.

Funding Opportunity Number

ED-GRANTS-040213-001

CFDA Number(s)

84.330

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Education

Number of Awards

44

Eligibility Categories

Other

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.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $28727000

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant 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).

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Education

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Julius Cotton
  ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin.
  Phone 202-245-6140
  julius.cotton@ed.gov
  Program Manager:
  Francisco Ramirez
  U.S. Department of Education
  400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 3E224
  Washington, DC 20202-6200.
  Telephone: (202) 260-1541 or by email: f

• Agency Mailing Address:

  e-Mail: Program Manager

• Agency Email Address:

  francisco.ramirez@ed.gov

• More Information:

  Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Advanced Placement (AP) Test Fee Program CFDA Number 84.330B; Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2013