<p>I go to a public high school in an affluent area of a relatively poor state. Competition to be the "best" high school in the state is only really among the schools in our district. To boost my school's stats, our administrators thought it would be a /wonderful/ idea to have all students registering for AP courses to sign a "contract" stating that we must pay for, but not necessarily take, the corresponding AP exam in the spring. (This contract is in no way legally binding, by the way.)</p>
<p>Failure to pay for each exam that corresponds to the AP courses you're currently taking will result in being "owe listed." In my school system, this means that you cannot attend school dances, ceremonies, and certain athletic events without paying off your debts in full. If you manage not to go to any of these functions, it doesn't matter, because they won't even let you walk across the stage at graduation if you owe them so much as a penny. </p>
<p>Again, this is not a rule instated by the school board; this is just for my high school. It was an independent decision on the part of my school's administration, presumably to be more competitive with other high schools within the school board system.</p>
<p>Is it wrong to force students to pay for a test they have no intention of taking? Is this even within College Board guidelines/rules? I'm so frustrated with this whole situation.</p>