Submit a statement of interest letter to your state or governmental GED Administrator for a new GED testing center. There are regulations governing who can open a new GED centers and where it can be placed. According to ACE, GED centers are restricted to public schools, higher education institutions, buildings operated by state or local departments of education, military or correctional installations, Veterans Administration hospitals or health facilities. The statement of interest letter will carry more weight with the GED Administrator if it is from one of these facilities.
Meet with the GED Administrator to discuss your plans for operating the new GED center, including staffing the center and how you plan to keep the tests secure. You need to include a statement about how this center differs from centers already open in the area and how the community will be served by opening a new center. The GED Administrator often conducts a site visit to see if the facilities are appropriate for a center. If the GED Administrator agrees a new center is needed, he will ask you to fill out a Request to Establish Official GED Testing Center or Form L-75.
Fill out and submit a staff appointment form (Form L-10) for each examiner you plan to have on the staff. Submit the completed forms to the GED Administrator. The GED Administrator submits the Form L-75 and Form L-10 to ACE.
Receive the annual contract, test order form, center security policies and the GED Testing Service's Policies and Procedures Manual from the GED Administrator once the center is approved.
Open the welcome letter from ACE and attend ACE training. This training is for the GED chief examiner and any other examiners hired.
Pay any fees for materials and the GED annual contract, and then receive testing materials for the GED test.