Advanced Placement®

The West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) provides test fee waivers for AP exams taken by qualifying low-income students in West Virginia. Schools must apply for students to receive waivers, and waivers are granted based on an individual student’s financial need. Students qualifying for a test fee waiver will pay $0 for AP exams.

2023 regular AP exams are $97 per exam and AP Research exams are $145 per exam. College Board provides a fee reduction of $35 per AP exam, including AP Seminar and AP Research exams, for qualifying low-income students in West Virginia. For eligibility criteria, visit AP Exam Fee Reductions. 

Schools must pay College Board directly the following amounts per exam for fee-reduced students: 

• $53per AP exam per fee-reduced student (except AP Seminar and AP Research exams)
• $101 per AP Seminar and AP Research exam per fee-reduced student 

The state of West Virginia has appropriated funding that is expected to contribute the following amounts per exam for public and non-public school low-income students:

• $53 per AP exam, except AP Seminar and AP Research exams 
• $101 per AP Seminar and AP Research exam 

Grants from the WVDE will be sent to each county, and the fee waiver funding will then be sent to each school so that schools may send payments directly to College Board. After the state funding is distributed to schools, the expectation is that the cost per AP exam for qualifying low-income students (including AP Seminar and AP Research exams) will be $0. 

What Schools Must Do 
Your school’s AP coordinator must take the following steps. 

Before the exams: 

• For your invoice to accurately reflect any fee reductions, the AP coordinator must indicate the fee reduction status for each eligible student in AP Registration and Ordering.
  • For each student who is eligiblefor the College Board fee reduction, check the box for Reduced Fee next to their name in the student roster.  
  • For students who aren’t eligiblefor the fee reduction, no action is needed. 
• Fee reduction status is indicated only once per student, not for each exam. 
• A best practice is to indicate fee reduction status for each student by the time you submit your exam order. However, if you need more time to verify this information, you can update students’ fee reduction status through AP Registration and Ordering after submitting your exam order, but no later than April 30, 2023 (11:59 p.m. ET). 
• Indicate to the West Virginia Department of Education the number of AP exam waivers needed by using the following link: 2023 West Virginia AP Exam Fee Waiver. 
• West Virginia fee waiver deadlines: 
  • Deadline for submission: April 30, 2023. 
  • Please note that fee waivers will not cover late order fees or unused/canceled exam fees. 

After the exams: 

• Your invoice is automatically generated in AP Registration and Ordering and emailed to you after the late-testing administration ends. At that point, you can also access and print your invoice through AP Registration and Ordering. 
• Send $53 to College Board for each AP exam ($101 per AP Seminar exam and AP Research exam) per fee-reduced student. 
• June 15, 2023, is the postmark deadline for payment due to College Board. 

For more information, contact Karen Linville, Coordinator for Advanced Placement, Student Enrichment Programs, West Virginia Department of Education, phone: 304-558-5325.