ADVANCED PLACEMENT FEE PAYMENT PROGRAM.

SEC. 1545. ADVANCED PLACEMENT FEE PAYMENT PROGRAM. (a) Program Established.— The Secretary of Education is authorized to make grants to States to enable the States to reimburse individuals to cover part or all of the cost of advance placement test fees, to low-income individuals who— (1) are enrolled in an advanced placement class; and (2) plan to take an advanced placement test. (b) Information Dissemination.— The State educational agency shall disseminate information on the availability of test fee pay-106 STAT. 838ments under this section to eligible individuals through secondary school teachers and guidance counselors. (c) Requirements for Approval of Applications.— In approving applications for grants the Secretary of Education shall— (1) require that each such application contain a description of the advance placement test fees the State will pay on behalf of individual students; (2) require an assurance that any funds received under this section shall only be used to pay advanced placement test fees; and (3) contain such information as the Secretary may require to demonstrate that the State will ensure that the student is eligible for payments under this section, including the documentation required by chapter 1 of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. (d) Supplementation of Funding.— Funds provided under this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local or private funds available to assist low-income individuals in paying for advanced placement testing. (e) Regulations.— The Secretary of Education shall prescribe such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section. (f) Authorization of Appropriations.— There are authorized to be appropriated $3,600,000 for fiscal year 1993 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years to carry out the provisions of this section. (g) Definition.— As used in this section: (1) Advanced placement test.— The term “advanced placement test” includes only an advanced placement test approved by the Secretary of Education for the purposes of this section. (2) Low-income individual.— The term “low-income individual” has the meaning given the term in section 402A(g)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965.