Official Summary

6/9/2011--Introduced.Advanced Programs Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Education to allot grants to states, based on their share of low-income elementary and secondary school students, to cover part or all of the Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) examinatio

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Official Summary

6/9/2011--Introduced.Advanced Programs Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Education to allot grants to states, based on their share of low-income elementary and secondary school students, to cover part or all of the Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) examination fee low-income students incur. Directs the Secretary to award competitive matching grants to states, local educational agencies (LEAs), or partnerships between a nonprofit organization and a state or LEA for activities that increase:
(1) the number of qualified teachers at high-need schools who are teaching AP or IB courses; and
(2) the number of students at high-need schools who enroll in, and pass the examination for, such courses.Gives priority, in awarding the competitive grants, to applicants that:
(1) have a statewide or districtwide strategy for increasing the availability of AP or IB courses, and pre-AP or pre-IB courses, in high-need schools;
(2) focus on increasing AP or IB courses in English, mathematics, and science; and
(3) target schools with high concentrations of low-income students.

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