The Sacramento City Unified School District has made all AP tests in 2019 free for its students.
The District will be paying for all AP tests using the money from the College Readiness Grant. According to The Sacramento City Unified School District’s official website, “Using funds from the College Readiness Block Grant set to expire this year, this opportunity will come at no cost to any Sacramento City Unified family.”
Normally, all students who are registered to take AP tests in May have to pay $94 for each test, with the exception of reductions for those of low income.
The emergence of this grant coincides with Collegeboard’s decision to create online communities for AP classes. Students “enroll” in their AP classes through the website and are automatically registered for the corresponding AP tests.
Students in AP classes who do not wish to take part in AP testing are required to fill out a form in the front office in order to opt out of the test.
The Sacramento City Unified School District wants to further increase the number of opportunities available to their students in order to prepare them well enough for college.
Students who participate in AP classes and take the AP exams are more likely to graduate from college, qualify for scholarships, and help with college applications as well according to SCUSD’s official website.