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CCEIP Incentive Bonus Requirements

A student who receives a passing score on a qualifying examination and who is enrolled in a school where 50% or more of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches shall generate for the school district or charter school a bonus of $450 per passing score on a qualifying examination (subject to availability of funds). A student who receives a passing score on a qualifying examination and who is enrolled in a school where less than 50% of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches shall generate for the school district or charter school a bonus of $300 per passing score on a qualifying examination (subject to availability of funds).

If the statewide sum of per student bonuses awarded exceeds the amount of available monies appropriated by the legislature for incentive bonuses, the bonus monies shall be reduced proportionally to cover all eligible bonus awards. A school district or charter school that receives an incentive shall distribute at least 50% of the bonus monies to the associated classroom teacher for each student who passes a qualifying examination, and to other teachers of relevant subjects who instructed that student, including but not limited to teachers in the same department or subject matter that contributed to the student passing the examination, as identified by the school district governing board, the charter school governing body or the school principal.

Bonus monies awarded to a teacher pursuant to this subsection shall be in addition to any regular wage, compensation or other bonus the teacher receives or is scheduled to receive and shall be provided to the teacher by the end of the school year or not later than thirty days after the end of the school year. The remainder of any bonus monies received by a school district or charter school shall be used for teacher professional development or student instructional support, reimbursement of examination fees or instructional materials. Any bonus monies received by a school district or charter school shall be separately accounted for in the school district's or charter school's Annual Financial Report. Additionally, Incentive bonuses distributed to and any bonus monies received by a school district or charter school through this program are not subject to collective bargaining.

CCEIP Qualifying Examinations and Passing Scores

The Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) maintains a list of qualifying examinations that a high school student may take in order to receive college credit in mathematics, English language arts, social studies or science from any university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona Board of Regents and the passing scores required on those examinations in order to receive college credit.

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FY25 ABOR Approved Exams and Cut Scores (for exams taken SY23-24)

ABOR Qualifying Exam Scores

• FY25 (for exams taken SY23-24)
• FY24 (for exams taken SY22-23)
• FY23 (for exams taken SY21-22)
• FY22 (for exams taken SY20-21)
• FY21 (for exams taken SY19-20)
• FY20 (for exams taken SY18-19)
• FY19 (for exams taken SY17-18)
• FY18 (for exams taken SY16-17)

CCEIP Payment History 

CCEIP Payment History is redacted for populations below the required reporting threshold of N=11. Schools needing unredacted results should contact us directly. 

Click Here for information regarding the FY25 (for exams taken SY23-24) CCEIP Final Payment

Click Here for information regarding the FY24 (for exams taken SY22-23) CCEIP Final Payment

Click Here for information regarding the FY23 (for exams taken SY21-22) CCEIP Final Payment

Click Here for information regarding the FY22 (for exams taken SY20-21) CCEIP Final Payment

Click Here for information regarding the FY21 (for exams taken SY19-20) CCEIP Final Payment

Click Here for information regarding the FY20 (for exams taken SY18-19) CCEIP Final Payment

Click Here for information regarding the FY19 (for exams taken SY17-18) CCEIP Final Payment

Click Here for information regarding the FY18 (for exams taken SY16-17) CCEIP Final Payment

Arizona Credit by Examination Resources at Arizona Universities 

• Arizona State University
• Northern Arizona University
• University of Arizona

FAQs 

Q1. As a school district, how do I confirm that the AP test results for CCEIP are accurate?

A: Schools are able to check AP data after the release of the July 15th report to schools. Ideally schools are checking this file and confirming that all students who took AP exams are reflected prior to the September deadline where information is sent to ADE. Common issues to check for include schools that have the same name in different districts.

Q2. My school results in the public report do not match the award we received. How do I query that?

A: The public results are redacted for all individual or calculated values smaller than 11 students. If you had 9 students take pass an exam, that result would be an asterisk (*) in the public report. You may see your unredacted results in the ADEConnect report through the AzEDS Portal.