College Board: New Photo ID Requirements for SAT Will Not Affect Undocumented Students

The changes will not affect students who may not have access to government-issued IDs, according to The College Board.

By Jorge Rivas Mar 27, 2012

Students taking the SAT or ACT will now have to submit photos of themselves when they sign up for the college entrance exams and provide a photo-ID on test dates. The changes will not affect students who may not have access to government-issued IDs, according to The College Board.

The changes announced Tuesday come in the aftermath of a major cheating scandal in Long Island. Effective with the 2012-13 academic year, students registering online will now have to upload a "recognizable photo" of them which will then be printed in a "photo admission ticket" that test takers must present along with a photo-ID on test day.