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Dear Parent/Guardian,
As part of the Fairfax
County Public Schools (FCPS) FY 2018 Approved Budget, FCPS adopted new fees for
high school students that take more than 6 Advanced Placement
(AP)/International Baccalaureate (IB) tests. AP/IB test fees will remain in
effect for the 2018-2019 school year. Students who qualify for the free
and reduced-price meals program and have submitted the consent to share
their free and reduced-price status will not be charged for
these fees. These forms can be found on the Food and Nutrition Services, Free and Reduced-Price Meals web page. The payment of student fees is the responsibility
of parents and guardians.
To determine which
tests your student is taking, please have your student go to the IB office
(located in the main office) and ask for the Opt-Out form. This form will list all tests registered for. This form only needs to be returned if a
student wishes to opt-out/not take a test.
Students that choose to opt-out will not be able to potentially earn
college credit. Students are highly
encouraged to sit for all exams which are excellent preparation for university
level work.
Out-out Forms are due by November 2th to Student
Services.
Please direct all
questions to Linda Bradshaw, IB Coordinator, at Linda.Bradshaw@fcps.edu.
Here is additional
information found from the fcps website.
Advanced Placement
(AP)/International Baccalaureate (IB) Test Fees
- The fees for the first
six AP/IB tests taken by each student for courses in which they are also
enrolled for high school credit will be paid by FCPS.
- To determine if a
student has used his/her six paid tests, the cumulative number of AP/IB tests
over a student’s time in FCPS is counted, including all exams taken prior to
the current school year.
- Students who choose to
take one or more AP/IB tests beyond the six FCPS-funded tests will be charged a
fee of:
- $93 per AP test which will be billed in
December 2018
- $119 per IB test which will be billed in April
2019
Students taking one or
more AP tests without enrolling in the corresponding course will be responsible
for the test fee(s):
- These test(s) will not count towards their six
FCPS-funded tests.
- The billing for these test(s) will be a
separate billing process from students enrolled in AP/IB courses.
While FCPS encourages
all students to take AP/IB tests for courses in which they are enrolled,
students will have the opportunity to opt out of the test(s) by filling out an
opt-out form to be provided by the school. To assist in the decision-making
process, students will be provided a report with cumulative AP/IB test history
and current AP/IB course enrollment.
Fee Payment
The online payment
service, MySchoolBucks,
is the same portal that many parents and guardians currently use to pay for school
meals, providing them a convenient, efficient, flexible and secure way to pay
for school-related purchases and fees.
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Parents and guardians
currently enrolled in MySchoolBucks will
receive an email notification information them of a bill for the AP/IB test
fees for their respective child(ren). Note that each test fee is sent as
a separate invoice with a unique invoice number.
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Parents and guardians
not enrolled in MySchoolBucks will
receive an email with instructions on enrolling in MySchoolsBucks.
- Parents and guardians
with students attending schools offering both IB and AP courses will be billed
in December 2018.
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Students who qualify
for the free and reduced-price meals program and have submitted the
consent to share their free and reduced-priced status will not be
charged for these fees in accordance with their waiver selections on the fee
consent form. These forms can be found on the Food and Nutrition
Services, Free and
Reduced-Price Meals web
page.
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