[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24480-24481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9855]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Application for New Awards; Advanced Placement (AP) Test Fee
Program--Reopening the AP Test Fee Fiscal Year 2012 Competition
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), Department
of Education.
ACTION: Notice reopening the AP Test Fee fiscal year 2012 competition.
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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.330B.
SUMMARY: On February 15, 2012, we published in the Federal Register (77
FR 8848) a notice inviting applications for the AP Test Fee fiscal year
(FY) 2012 competition (February 15 notice). That notice established an
April 6, 2012, deadline for eligible applicants to apply for funding
under this program.
We are reopening the competition to eligible applicants because
additional funds have become available. The February 15 notice stated
that for FY 2012, the Department expected to award $19,962,200 in new
grants under this program. Based on the anticipated number of
applicants and other information available to the Department, we
expected this amount to be sufficient to pay up to $38 per advanced
placement exam for up to three exams per low-income student.
An additional $4,750,000 in FY 2012 funds have become available.
Based on the anticipated number of applicants and other information
available to the Department, we expect the new total amount of funds
available for awards, $24,712,200, to be sufficient to pay the full
cost of each advanced placement exam, with no limitation on the number
of exams per low-income student.
We are reopening the FY 2012 competition to give eligible
applicants an opportunity to submit revised applications that reflect
the new total amount of funds available for new awards.
All information in the February 15, notice for this competition
remains the same, except for the changes in funding described above and
the following changes to DATES.
DATES: Applications Available: April 24, 2012.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 4, 2012.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 3, 2012.
Note: 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. For information about how to submit your
application electronically, please refer to Electronic Submission of
Applications in the February 15 notice.
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 telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-
800-877-8339.
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) by contacting the program
person listed in this section.
Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this
document is
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by the Department.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6534.
Dated: April 19, 2012.
Michael Yudin,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2012-9855 Filed 4-23-12; 8:45 am]
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