In response to student testimony, the Prince George’s County Board of Education voted unanimously to increase funding for Advanced Placement (AP) exams to $500,000.
The funds will cover all students on the Free and Reduced-price Meals (FARM) program “and everyone else we can fit in,” Chair Segun Eubanks said. “Everyone else” could potentially be any student earning an A or B in an AP course, according to the debate.
Kevin Maxwell, CEO of Prince George’s County Public Schools, came under fire in January for leaving AP tests out of the 2018 budget. In response to the outrage, he and the board added $400,000 for AP tests – an amount $300,000 short of what the county provided in years past.
Read the story in the March 2 News Review