American host families are needed to house 25 students from high schools in Europe and other foreign countries for the coming school year as part of a program sponsored by the American International Youth Student Exchange Program.

AIYSEP is a non-profit high school foreign exchange program in the United States, Europe and other parts of the world.

American families with small children are welcome to participate in the program.

It offers qualified students a chance to spend a summer, semester or school year with a host family in America or abroad.

Students will arrive in the United States in late August, attend the local school and return home in late June of next year.

All families hosting a student can deduct $50 a month for income tax purposes.

AIYSEP is also seeking American high school students, ages 15 to 19, who would like to spend a high school semester or year with a European family or participate in a four to six-week family stay abroad in the summer.

Interested students and families may visit the Web site www.aiysep.org or e-mail aiysep@aol.com or call (800) 347-7575.