<p>The AP Program does get a lot of federal and state funding, although on the state level it varies in amount from state to state. In the last 5 years alone the Federal Government committed in excess of $275 million to promote the program and to subsidize fees for lower income students. The state level funding covers the training of teachers to teach the AP class (which is mandatory in some states), summer workshops for teacher development and the cost of books and equipment for the AP classes. New York was just awarded $17 million in federal funds to launch a virtual learning program for AP classes.</p>