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OP here. What do you understand from the College Board's own words? The bolded is key.

Unused/canceled exam fee

$40 per exam for:

Exams canceled in AP Registration and Ordering after November 15 and by March 15 (11:59 p.m. ET)
Exams that aren't taken and are indicated as unused in AP Registration and Ordering before the school's invoice is generated. (Invoices are generated after late testing ends.)
[b]The original exam fee is removed from the invoice.[/b][/quote]

Did you cancel before March 15th?[/quote]

OP here.

No. Our case falls under number 2 (formatting disappeared when I copied and pasted):
"Exams that aren't taken and are indicated as unused in AP Registration and Ordering before the school's invoice is generated."

This means that regardless of whether someone canceled or not, the College Board just goes ahead and takes $40 from the school if the student does not show up.

And since the school never refunded my $100, it sure as heck isn't getting an extra $40 from me, per exam.

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You’re probably right but not because you’re acting thought about it. Call college board and confirm what your obligation is for the no shows. [/quote]

OP here. I certainly plan to, first thing tomorrow. The College Board was already closed for the day when this issue showed up in my inbox.

This is particularly irritating because this school's AP coordinator and colleagues have had many complaints from parents, due to apparently frequent mix-ups about ordering exams, paying for them, registering students for the right ones, etc. Parents have involved the Principal and College Board to resolve problems generated by this person (or this group), notably students who found out days before their AP exams that they had not been registered correctly, even though their parents had paid before the deadline.

We had never had a problem with her until now. But now, it's our turn, 2 weeks before graduation!

Sigh.

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