Alaska Stat. § 14.03.255 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.03 / Section 14.03.255
Organization and operation of a charter school.
Status: in_force

(a) A charter school operates as a school in the local school district except that the charter school (1) is exempt from the local school district's textbook, program, curriculum, and scheduling requirements; (2) is exempt from AS 14.14.130 (c); the principal of the charter school shall be selected by the academic policy committee and shall select, appoint, or otherwise supervise employees of the charter school; and (3) operates under the charter school's annual program budget as set out in the contract between the local school board and the charter school under (c) of this section. A local school board may exempt a charter school from other local school district requirements if the exemption is set out in the contract. A charter school is subject to tests required by the department.

(b) A charter school shall (1) keep financial records of the charter school;

(2) oversee the operation of the charter school to ensure that the terms of the contract required by (c) of this section are being met;

(3) meet regularly with parents and with teachers of the charter school to review, evaluate, and improve operations of the charter school; and

(4) meet with the academic policy committee at least once each year to monitor progress in achieving the committee's policies and goals.

(c) A charter school shall operate under a contract between the charter school and the local school board. A contract must contain the following provisions: (1) a description of the educational program;

(2) specific levels of achievement for the education program;

(3) admission policies and procedures;

(4) administrative policies;

(5) a statement of the charter school's funding allocation from the local school board and costs assignable to the charter school program budget;

(6) the method by which the charter school will account for receipts and expenditures;

(7) the location and description of the facility;

(8) the name of the teacher, or teachers, who, by agreement between the charter school and the teacher, will teach in the charter school;

(9) the teacher-to-student ratio;

(10) the number of students served;

(11) the term of the contract, not to exceed a term of 10 years;

(12) a termination clause providing that the contract may be terminated by the local school board for the failure of the charter school to meet educational achievement goals or fiscal management standards, or for other good cause;

(13) a statement that the charter school will comply with all state and federal requirements for receipt and use of public money;

(14) other requirements or exemptions agreed upon by the charter school and the local school board.

(d) A school district shall offer to a charter school the right of first refusal for a lease of space in an existing school district facility or in a facility within the school district that is not currently being used as a public school, if the chief school administrator determines the facility meets requirements for health and safety applicable to public buildings or other public schools in the district. If the school district requires lease payments by a charter school, the school district shall negotiate a lease agreement with the charter school for an amount that does not exceed the true operational costs calculated on a square foot basis for space leased under this subsection.
Alaska Stat. § 14.43.620 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.43 / Section 14.43.620
Teacher education revolving loan fund.
Status: reserved

(a) The teacher education revolving loan fund is created for the purpose of making education loans to students selected under AS 14.43.600  14.43.700. The fund consists of money or assets appropriated or transferred to the commission for deposit into the fund, money or assets deposited into the fund by the commission, and earnings on investments of money held in the fund.

(b) [Repealed, § 45 ch 89 SLA 2014.] (c) The commission may make a new loan under this section only if sufficient money or assets are available in the fund established under (a) of this section. If no new loans are issued in a fiscal year under this subsection, the commission shall use deposits for the year in the succeeding year.
Alaska Stat. § 14.08.061 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.08 / Section 14.08.061
Term of office.
Status: in_force

(a) Members elected to a regional school board shall serve staggered three-year terms. However, (1) the term of office of all of the members of a regional school board elected from the same multi-member section may not expire at the same time; and

(2) for the first board elected, the term of office of each member shall be determined by lot, according to the following schedule: (A) the members of the first five-member school board shall hold office for terms as follows: one member for a one-year term; two for a two-year term and two for a three-year term;

(B) the members of the first seven-member school board hold office for terms as follows: two members for a one-year term; two for a two-year term and three for a three-year term;

(C) the members of the first nine-member school board hold office for terms as follows: three for a one-year term; three for a two-year term and three for a three-year term;

(D) the members of the first 11-member school board hold office for terms as follows: three for a one-year term, four for a two-year term and four for a three-year term.

(b) If a regional educational attendance area is divided into sections under AS 14.08.051 where the school board formerly was elected at large, or if the number of regional school board members is increased or decreased by the qualified voters in the regional educational attendance area under AS 14.08.041 (b), the term of office of all members of the existing board shall terminate on the date on which the new board members take office, and the provisions of (a) of this section are applicable to the determination of the terms of office of the new members of the regional school boards.

(c) Nothing in this section precludes a board member from being reelected.
Alaska Stat. § 14.45.120 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.45 / Section 14.45.120
Standardized testing requirements.
Status: in_force

(a) A religious or other private school that elects to comply with AS 14.45.100  14.45.130 shall administer a nationally standardized test selected by the chief administrative officer of the school to all students enrolled in grades four, six, and eight at least once each school year.

(b) The nationally standardized test must measure achievement in English grammar, reading, spelling, and mathematics.

(c) A religious or other private school that elects to comply with AS 14.45.100  14.45.130 shall maintain records of the results of the nationally standardized tests and the records shall be made available to the parent or guardian of the student. Each school shall make composite test results for the school available annually to an authorized representative of the department. The composite test results of a religious or other private school operated in compliance with AS 14.45.100  14.45.130 are not public information unless each public school (1) is also required to administer a nationally standardized test that measures achievement in English grammar, reading, spelling, and mathematics; and

(2) the composite test results for each public school are public information.
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.025 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.025
Limited teacher certificates.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding AS 14.20.020 (b), a person may be issued a limited certificate, valid only in the area of expertise for which it is issued, to teach Alaska Native language or culture, military science, or a vocational or technical course for which the board determines by regulation that baccalaureate degree training is not sufficiently available. A limited certificate may be issued under this section only if the school board of the district or regional educational attendance area in which the person will be teaching has requested its issuance. A person who applies for a limited certificate shall demonstrate, as required by regulations adopted by the board, instructional skills and subject matter expertise sufficient to ensure the public that the person is competent as a teacher. The board may require a person issued a limited certificate to undertake academic training as may be required by the board by regulation and make satisfactory progress in the academic training.
Alaska Stat. § 14.30.272 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.30 / Section 14.30.272
Procedural safeguards.
Status: in_force

(a) A school district shall inform the parent of a child with a disability of the right (1) to review the child's educational record;

(2) to review evaluation tests and procedures;

(3) to refuse to permit evaluation or a change in the child's educational placement;

(4) to be informed of the results of evaluation;

(5) to obtain an independent evaluation by choosing a person from a list provided by the school district or by choosing a person by agreement between the parent and school district;

(6) to request a due process hearing;

(7) to appeal a hearing officer's decision; and

(8) to give consent or deny access to others to the child's educational record.

(b) The department shall establish, by regulation, impartial procedures for a school district to follow for due process hearings to comply with requirements necessary to participate in federal grant-in-aid programs, including 20 U.S.C. 1400  1482 (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act).
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.410 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.410
Federal grants of money to establish agricultural experiment stations.
Status: in_force

The state assents to the provisions and accepts the benefits of the Act of Congress entitled An Act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States under the provisions of an Act approved July 2, 1862, and of the Acts supplementary thereto approved March 2, 1887, as amended and supplemented and known as the Hatch Act, and extended to Alaska by an Act of Congress entitled An Act to extend the benefits of the Hatch Act and the Smith-Lever Act to the Territory of Alaska, approved February 23, 1929, in behalf of the University of Alaska, except that no substations may be established by the Board of Regents except by direct authority of the legislature. The commissioner of revenue is designated as the officer to whom the money shall be paid.
Alaska Stat. § 14.30.760 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.30 / Section 14.30.760
Statewide screening and support.
Status: in_force

(a) To implement the district reading intervention services established under AS 14.30.765 , the department shall (1) adopt a statewide screening tool to administer to students in grades kindergarten through three to identify students with reading deficiencies, including students with characteristics of dyslexia; the screening tool must evaluate (A) phonemic awareness, letter naming fluency, letter sound fluency, and letter word sound fluency of students in kindergarten;

(B) letter word sound fluency and oral reading fluency of students in grade one;

(C) vocabulary and oral reading fluency of students in grades two and three;

(2) support teachers of grades kindergarten through three by (A) administering the statewide screening tool three times each school year, once in the fall, once in the winter, and once in the spring, to all students in grades kindergarten through three, with the exception of students who demonstrate sufficient reading skills on the first screening of the school year;

(B) providing methods to monitor student progress;

(C) providing targeted instruction based on student needs as determined by the results of the screening tool; and

(D) providing additional assistance as determined by the department;

(3) provide training to school district staff related to using the results of the statewide screening tool and understanding evidence-based reading interventions, including explicit and systematic instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, reading fluency, oral language skills, and reading comprehension;

(4) require that districts identify the early education programs attended by students and report to the department the average score on each performance screening tool by students in grades kindergarten through three who (A) attended a state-approved early education program;

(B) attended a head start program;

(C) attended a private early education program;

(D) did not attend an early education program;

(5) establish a process that allows the commissioner to waive, upon request, use of the statewide screening tool required under this subsection by a school district if the school district has adopted an evidence-based reading screening tool and the screening tool is approved by the department;

(6) review, approve, and assist districts developing alternative standardized reading screening tools in any language for use by school districts.

(b) In adopting a statewide screening tool under (a)(1) of this section, the department shall consider the following factors: (1) the amount of time needed to administer the screening with the intention of minimizing effects on instructional time;

(2) the time frame for reporting screening results to teachers, administrators, and parents or guardians;

(3) the integration of the screening with student instruction and department support;

(4) recommendations from a task force, working group, or committee created by law and charged with studying issues related to reading proficiency and reading deficiencies; and

(5) whether the screening tool is culturally responsive.
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.300 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.300
Selection of teachers.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of the school district has the responsibility for selection of the teachers to be granted sabbatical leave.

(b) In selecting teachers for sabbatical leave, the governing body shall consider the benefit that the school district will derive from the proposed plan of the teacher for educational purposes, the field of study of the teacher, the contributions of the teacher to education in the state, and the seniority of the teacher.
Alaska Stat. § 14.03.135 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.03 / Section 14.03.135
Dress code; natural hairstyles.
Status: in_force

(a) A governing body may not adopt a school dress code that (1) prohibits a student from wearing a hairstyle that is associated with race;

(2) prohibits a student from wearing a natural hairstyle, regardless of the student's hair texture or type; in this paragraph, natural hairstyle includes braids, locs, twists, tight coils, afros, cornrows, and bantu knots;

(3) requires a student to permanently or semipermanently alter the student's natural hair; or

(4) prohibits a student from wearing traditional tribal regalia or objects of cultural significance at a graduation ceremony.

(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a governing body may adopt a school dress code that restricts student hairstyles if the restriction is necessary to comply with a health or safety law, regulation, or ordinance.
Alaska Stat. § 14.09.030 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.09 / Section 14.09.030
School buses.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipal school district or regional educational attendance area shall (1) provide instruction on safe boarding, riding, exiting, and emergency procedures to school children transported to or from a public school by school bus;

(2) provide instruction to drivers and passengers on the proper use of seat belts if school children in the municipal school district or regional educational attendance area are transported in buses equipped with seat belts; and

(3) conduct at least three school bus drills each school year in safe boarding, exiting, and emergency procedures; one drill must be conducted during the first three weeks of the school term.

(b) The department shall (1) establish equipment requirements for each type of school bus that is used to transport school children to or from a public school;

(2) at least twice each calendar year, inspect each school bus for compliance with requirements adopted under this subsection; and

(3) maintain a record of each accident involving a school bus or other vehicle transporting school children that is owned by, leased by, or provided under contract to a municipal school district or regional educational attendance area; the record must include the date of the accident, a list of persons injured, whether the person's injury occurred within the school bus, and each type of injury.
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.095 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.095
Establishment of a Center for Information Technology at University of Alaska Anchorage.
Status: in_force

(a) The University of Alaska may establish a Center for Information Technology at the University of Alaska Anchorage with major components at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of Alaska Southeast. The center may charge fees for the services it provides. The university shall account for all fees collected under this section. The annual estimated balance in the account may be used by the legislature to make appropriations to the university to carry out the purposes of this section.

(b) The center may (1) provide support for education, training, and research in information technologies to students, professionals, and the general public;

(2) support research on the applications, effects, and management of information technologies and provide research results to the general public;

(3) maintain an inventory of telecommunication research in the state;

(4) develop and maintain a collection that includes state documents, research reports, and other telecommunication applications materials including videotapes, software, lesson plans, and scripts;

(5) support the development and expansion of the geographic information system curriculum of the University of Alaska, including the possible establishment of undergraduate and masters programs;

(6) develop and sponsor land record and geographic information system training workshops and continuing education seminars in cooperation with the appropriate departments of the university;

(7) support or undertake research projects that apply geographic information technology to state issues and problems;

(8) provide information on the availability of federal, state, municipal, and other sources of geographic information, including aerial photography and digital data bases related to surveying and land records, natural resource inventories, and related data;

(9) prepare and publish on a regular basis research findings and periodicals relating to the center's activities;

(10) assist state agencies and municipalities in the development of policies, procedures, and capabilities for public access to automated geographic information;

(11) recommend, in consultation with the commissioner of administration and affected state and local agencies and advisory boards, model standards and strategies relating to the implementation, indexing, documentation, mapping, data exchange, and other aspects of land records management and geographic information system development.

(c) The university shall include in its annual report a summary of the center's revenue and expenditures during the preceding two years.
Alaska Stat. § 14.43.810 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.43 / Section 14.43.810
Alaska performance scholarship program established; regulations.
Status: in_force

(a) The Alaska performance scholarship program is established to provide scholarships for high school graduates who are Alaska residents to attend a qualified postsecondary institution in the state.

(b) The department shall, in consultation with the commission, adopt regulations necessary to implement the Alaska performance scholarship program. The commission shall administer the daily operations of the Alaska performance scholarship program and financing of the Alaska performance scholarship program, including the procedures for applying for the scholarships, establishing standards for and ensuring continuing compliance with programmatic standards, and requiring students to apply for other nonloan financial aid, consistent with federal law.
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.290 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.290
Application.
Status: in_force

A teacher who wishes to take sabbatical leave shall apply to the governing body of the school district. The teacher shall submit information showing qualifications for sabbatical leave and a plan for education during the leave.
Alaska Stat. § 14.25.145 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.25 / Section 14.25.145
Interest on individual accounts.
Status: in_force

Interest shall be credited to each teacher's account at the end of each school year at the rate prescribed by the board for that year.
Alaska Stat. § 14.30.125 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.30 / Section 14.30.125
Immunization.
Status: in_force

If in the judgment of the commissioner of health it is necessary for the welfare of the children or the general public in an area, the governing body of the school district shall require the children attending school in that area to be immunized against the diseases the commissioner of health may specify.
Alaska Stat. § 14.33.060 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.33 / Section 14.33.060
Immunity from liability.
Status: in_force

The state or a political subdivision of it, a school board or any individual member of it, a private or denominational school, principal, teacher, patrol member, or parent or guardian of a patrol member is immune from liability that might otherwise be incurred as a result of an injury caused by an act or the failure to act on the part of a patrol member while on duty.
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.155 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.155
Suspension and removal of regents.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor may, after providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing, suspend a member of the Board of Regents while a final disposition is pending on (1) a criminal complaint, presentment, information, or indictment involving a felony in any jurisdiction;

(2) an information or formal criminal charges of a misdemeanor described under (g)(3) of this section;

(3) a probable cause determination of a knowing ethics violation under AS 39.52 that results in an accusation under consideration before the personnel board;

(4) a written complaint under consideration before the governor, signed under oath by the person making the complaint, that alleges malfeasance or nonfeasance in office as described in (g)(4) of this section, if the governor determines, after an investigation, that there is probable cause to believe that malfeasance or nonfeasance in office has occurred; a determination of probable cause under this paragraph (A) must specify with particularity the factual basis for the determination;

(B) must include objective evidence of substantial and material malfeasance or nonfeasance; and

(C) may not be based on political differences or the discretionary performance of a lawful act or a prescribed duty; or

(5) a formal allegation or charge by a professional or occupational licensing body alleging or finding a violation of licensing statutes or regulations that is related to the regent's ability or fitness to serve as a regent.

(b) The governor may remove a member of the Board of Regents for good cause by providing to the member an accusation and an opportunity for a hearing and judicial review.

(c) Notwithstanding the procedure under AS 44.62.390 , a regent who has been suspended under (a) of this section may, at any time, request a hearing to (1) defend against the grounds for the suspension stated in the accusation; or

(2) lift the suspension.

(d) If a hearing is to be held under this section, the governor shall delegate the conduct of the hearing to the office of administrative hearings under AS 44.64.030 (b). If a hearing is requested, the hearing officer shall prepare a proposed decision under AS 44.62.500 (b) (1) to remove a regent based on clear and convincing evidence of good cause for removal;

(2) not to remove a regent; or

(3) to continue a suspension or lift a suspension of a regent.

(e) AS 44.62.330  44.62.630 apply to all proceedings under this section.

(f) After a final decision by the governor that suspends a regent under (a) of this section or removes a regent for good cause under (b) of this section, the governor shall file with the lieutenant governor a copy of the allegations made against the former regent, the governor's findings on each of the allegations, and a complete record of the suspension or removal proceedings.

(g) In this section, good cause means (1) a violation of AS 39.52 (Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act) that results in a recommendation of removal under AS 39.52.410 (b)(3);

(2) a conviction of a felony in any jurisdiction;

(3) a conviction of a misdemeanor in any jurisdiction if the misdemeanor involves (A) dishonesty;

(B) breach of trust; or

(C) the University of Alaska;

(4) substantial and material malfeasance or nonfeasance in office that is not based on political differences or the discretionary performance of a lawful act or prescribed duty; in this paragraph malfeasance or nonfeasance in office includes (A) misconduct in office;

(B) an inability to serve for an extended period of time;

(C) neglect of duty;

(D) incompetence;

(E) unjustified failure to perform the duties of the Board of Regents;

(5) a violation of a professional or occupational licensing statute or regulation that is related to the regent's fitness to serve as a regent, resulting in the revocation or suspension of a professional or occupational license issued under state law; or

(6) a failure to possess the qualifications of a regent under AS 14.40.130 .
Alaska Stat. § 14.16.020 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.16 / Section 14.16.020
Operation of state boarding schools.
Status: in_force

In the management of state boarding schools, the board shall (1) adopt a philosophy of education for state boarding schools;

(2) approve the employment of personnel necessary to operate state boarding schools;

(3) establish the salaries and benefits to be paid teachers, excluding administrators;

(4) designate the employees authorized to direct disbursements from the money appropriated for the operation of state boarding schools and for the construction of facilities;

(5) provide custodial services and routine maintenance of physical facilities;

(6) establish procedures for the development and implementation of curriculum and the selection and use of textbooks and instructional materials; the procedures must require a review of textbooks and instructional materials at least once every 10 years;

(7) prescribe health evaluation and placement screening programs for newly admitted students;

(8) establish procedures for staff evaluation; and

(9) establish procedures for providing the training under AS 14.18.060 , AS 14.20.149 , 14.20.680, AS 14.30.355 , 14.30.356, 14.30.362, AS 14.33.100 , AS 18.66.310 , and AS 47.17.022 ; the procedures established under this paragraph must include a training schedule that ensures that not less than 50 percent of the total certificated staff employed by the district receive all of the training not less than every two years and that all of the certificated staff employed by the district receive all of the training not less than every four years.
Alaska Stat. § 14.11.102 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.11 / Section 14.11.102
Allocation requests.
Status: in_force

(a) A request for an allocation of funds under AS 14.11.100 must be submitted to the department by the school district not later than October 15 of the fiscal year before the fiscal year for which the request is made.

(b) The department shall evaluate projects for which retirement of school construction debt is requested. In evaluating projects for bond reimbursement as required under this section, the department shall evaluate all of the following factors, without establishing an absolute priority for any one factor: (1) emergency requirements;

(2) priorities assigned by the district to the projects requested;

(3) new local elementary and secondary facilities;

(4) existing regional, community, and school facilities, and their condition; this paragraph does not include administrative facilities;

(5) the amount of district operating funds expended for maintenance; and

(6) other program options for accomplishing the project's objectives.

(c) [See delayed repeal note.] The commissioner may not allocate funds to a municipality under AS 14.11.100 for the retirement of the principal of and interest on outstanding tax-exempt bonds, notes, or other indebtedness authorized by the qualified voters of the municipality on or after January 1, 2015, but before July 1, 2025.
Alaska Stat. § 14.35.025 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.35 / Section 14.35.025
Duties of the Department of Education and Early Development.
Status: in_force

When required by any of the Acts described in AS 14.35.010 , the department shall (1) cooperate with the appropriate federal agency in the administration of the Act;

(2) do everything necessary to entitle the state to receive money available according to the Act;

(3) represent the state in all matters related to the administration of the Act;

(4) expend and disburse money received according to the Act;

(5) designate the districts, schools, departments, or classes to participate in the benefits of money received according to the Act.
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.017 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.017
Grace period for issuance of regular teacher certificates to previously certificated teachers.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue a teacher certificate as described in AS 14.20.020 , subject to revocation, to a teacher who meets the requirements of this section. To be eligible for a revocable teacher certificate under this section, a person shall (1) have held a valid teacher certificate issued under AS 14.20.020 that expired more than 12 months before the teacher applied for a certificate under this section;

(2) have paid the fee required by the department under AS 14.20.020 (c).

(b) A revocable teacher certificate issued under this section is valid for one year, during which the teacher shall complete any requirements for the issuance of a regular teacher certificate under AS 14.20.020 that the teacher has not already met. The department shall expedite the procedures required of teachers holding revocable teacher certificates who are seeking certification under AS 14.20.020 .

(c) A teacher holding a revocable teacher certificate under this section who previously passed the competency examination designated by the board under AS 14.20.020 (i) is not required to retake the examination before being eligible for a regular certificate under AS 14.20.020 . A teacher holding a revocable teacher certificate who did not previously take or pass the competency examination shall take and pass the examination within one year after the date the revocable teacher certificate was issued. If the teacher does not pass the examination, the department shall immediately revoke the revocable teacher certificate.

(d) A teacher holding a revocable teacher certificate under this section may not receive a teacher certificate issued under AS 14.20.020 until the teacher submits fingerprints to the department to be used for a criminal history background check and the teacher has been found by the department to be suitable for employment as a teacher under AS 14.20.020 (f).

(e) The revocable teacher certificate issued under this section must contain the same endorsements as those on the teacher's expired teacher certificate.

(f) Employment on the basis of a revocable teacher certificate issued under this section shall be considered in determining whether a teacher qualifies for tenure under AS 14.20.150 .

(g) A revocable teacher certificate and any endorsements issued under this section are valid for one year and may not be renewed under this section. The department may not issue a provisional certificate or a temporary certificate to a teacher who has held a teacher certificate issued under this section.
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.130 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.130
Employment contracts.
Status: in_force

An employer may, after January 1, issue contracts for the following school year to employees regularly qualified in accordance with the regulations of the department. The contract for a superintendent may be for more than one school year but may not exceed three consecutive school years.
Alaska Stat. § 14.44.025 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.44 / Section 14.44.025
Provisions of services.
Status: in_force

(a) State participation under Articles VIII and XIII of the Western Regional Higher Education Compact shall be limited to the provision of adequate services and facilities in the professional fields of study available through the Professional Student Exchange Program administered by the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education. The Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education shall establish funding priorities under AS 14.44.035 for the available fields of study by analyzing student access and state labor needs.

(b) Notwithstanding the funding priorities established under (a) of this section, the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education shall provide adequate funding for not fewer than five students each year to attend four-year programs in each of the following fields: (1) dentistry;

(2) optometry; and

(3) pharmacy.
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.070 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.070
Collection of fossil remains authorized.
Status: in_force

The University of Alaska may collect and store the bones and other remains of the mammoth, mastodon, horse, bison, and other fossil remains of these and other extinct animals found in the state in mining and other excavations.
Alaska Stat. § 14.48.030 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.48 / Section 14.48.030
Exemptions.
Status: in_force

(a) The following educational programs, and institutions providing only the following educational programs, are exempt from the provisions of this chapter: (1) instruction provided at a level from preschool through grade 12, including preparation for general equivalency diploma examinations;

(2) a program operated by the United States;

(3) a program that does not offer educational credentials and is provided only to prepare individuals to take graduate examinations;

(4) a program that does not offer educational credentials and is only avocational or recreational in nature; and

(5) a program that is in a field that (A) does not require a professional or occupational license under AS 08 ;

(B) provides training primarily for recreational purposes; and

(C) at the advanced training level, prepares program graduates to teach or instruct in that field.

(b) Except as provided under AS 14.48.165 , the commission may exempt the following educational programs, and educational institutions only providing programs exempt under (a) of this section and this subsection, from some or all of the provisions of this chapter: (1) a program operated by a state or a political subdivision of a state;

(2) instruction sponsored by a bona fide trade, business, labor, professional, or fraternal association or organization, recognized by the commission, and conducted only for that association's or organization's membership;

(3) nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions offering undergraduate or graduate educational programs, from a facility in this state, that are acceptable for credit toward an associate, bachelor's, or graduate degree;

(4) a program that is provided without a fee, other than the actual cost of materials, to students;

(5) a program that does not offer education credentials;

(6) a short course of study that is not more than 15 days or 120 hours in duration;

(7) a program offered within the state by an out-of-state institution that is authorized to operate by the state in which it is located and is nationally or regionally accredited;

(8) a program or institution that is regulated by another agency or political subdivision of the state regarding the quality of course contents, facilities, and operation.

(c) An educational program or institution that is exempt under (a)(5) of this section shall provide students with written notice, before enrollment, that the program or institution is exempt from state authorization requirements under this chapter.

(d) In this section, nonprofit means an organization that is exempt under 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3).
Alaska Stat. § 14.30.370 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.30 / Section 14.30.370
Evaluation.
Status: in_force

Health education programs conducted under AS 14.30.360 shall be evaluated by the department in the same manner as other curriculum programs are evaluated, except that the evaluation shall also include changes in the health status of the pupils as determined by physical and dental examinations conducted under AS 14.30.070 .
Alaska Stat. § 14.07.030 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.07 / Section 14.07.030
Powers of the department.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may (1) establish, maintain, govern, operate, discontinue, and combine area, regional, and special schools;

(2) enter into contractual agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or with a school district to share boarding costs of secondary school students;

(3) provide for citizenship night schools when and where expedient;

(4) provide for the sale or other disposition of abandoned or obsolete buildings and other state-owned school property;

(5) prescribe a classification for items of expense of school districts;

(6) acquire and transfer personal property, acquire real property, and transfer real property to federal agencies, state agencies, or to political subdivisions;

(7) enter into contractual agreements with school districts to provide more efficient or economical education services; reasonable fees may be charged by the department to cover the costs of providing services under an agreement, including costs for professional services, reproduction or printing, and mailing and distribution of educational materials;

(8) provide for the issuance of elementary and secondary diplomas to persons not in school who have completed the equivalent of an 8th or 12th grade education, respectively, in accordance with standards established by the department;

(9) apply for, accept, and spend endowments, grants, and other private money available to the state for educational purposes in accordance with AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act);

(10) set student tuition and fees for educational and extracurricular programs and services provided and schools operated by the department under the provisions of (1) of this section and AS 14.07.020 (a)(9), (11), and (12);

(11) charge fees to cover the costs of care and handling with respect to the acquisition, warehousing, distribution, or transfer of donated foods;

(12) establish and collect fees for the rental of school facilities and for other programs and services provided by the schools;

(13) develop a model curriculum and provide technical assistance for early childhood education programs;

(14) notwithstanding any other provision of this title, intervene in a school district to improve instructional practices under standards established by the department in regulation, including directing the (A) employees identified by the department to exercise supervisory authority for instructional practices in the district or in a specified school;

(B) use of appropriations under this title for distribution to a district;

(15) notwithstanding any other provision of this title, redirect public school funding under AS 14.17 appropriated for distribution to a school district, after providing notice to the district and an opportunity for the district to respond, (A) when necessary to contract for services to improve instructional practices in the district;

(B) when the district has failed to take an action required by the department to improve instructional practices in the district; if funding is redirected under this subparagraph, the department shall provide the redirected funding to the district when the department has determined that the required action is satisfactorily completed; or

(C) in accordance with AS 14.07.070 , when the district has failed to comply with the school laws of the state or with the regulations adopted by the department.

(b) The department may not require a school district to review textbooks, instructional materials, or curricula more frequently than once every 10 years.
Alaska Stat. § 14.03.020 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.03 / Section 14.03.020
School year.
Status: in_force

The school year begins on the first day of July and ends on the 30th day of June.
Alaska Stat. § 14.25.177 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.25 / Section 14.25.177
Effect of amendments; determination of benefits upon termination.
Status: in_force

(a) An amendment to AS 14.25.009  14.25.220 is not retroactive unless its retroactivity is expressly stated in the amendment.

(b) The monthly amount of a benefit payable under AS 14.25.009  14.25.220 shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of AS 14.25.009  14.25.220 in effect on the date of termination of the member's last segment of employment.
Alaska Stat. § 14.50.020 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.50 / Section 14.50.020
Definition of public schools for purposes of Statehood Act.
Status: in_force

Public schools, for the purpose of Public Law 85-508, 72 Stat. 339, 85th Congress, Second Session (Alaska Statehood Act), includes public elementary schools, public high schools, the University of Alaska, and other public educational institutions which may be established. Nothing in this section includes schools for Alaska aborigines under the control of the federal government and which are administered and supervised through the Department of the Interior or the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Alaska Stat. § 14.11.135 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.11 / Section 14.11.135
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, (1) approved school construction project means the plan for a new school or an addition to or major rehabilitation of an existing school to the extent that the plan has been approved by the commissioner under AS 14.07.020 (a)(11);

(2) capital improvement project or project means school construction or major maintenance;

(3) costs of school construction means the cost of acquiring, constructing, enlarging, repairing, remodeling, equipping, or furnishing of public elementary and secondary schools that are owned or operated by the state, a municipality, or a district and includes the sum total of all costs of financing and carrying out the project; these include the costs of all necessary studies, surveys, plans and specifications, architectural, engineering, or other special services, acquisition of real property, site preparation and development, purchase, construction, reconstruction, and improvement of real property and the acquisition of machinery and equipment that may be necessary in connection with the project; an allocable portion of the administrative and operating expenses of the grantee; the cost of financing the project, including interest on bonds issued to finance the project; and the cost of other items, including indemnity and surety bonds and premiums on insurance, legal fees, fees and expenses of trustees, depositaries, financial advisors, and paying agents for the bonds issued as the issuer considers necessary;

(4) district means the districts described in AS 14.12.010 ;

(5) grant means a grant under this chapter for school construction or for major maintenance;

(6) major maintenance means a project described in AS 14.11.013 (a)(1)(C), (D), or (E);

(7) school construction means a project described in AS 14.11.013 (a)(1)(A), (B), (F), or (G).
Alaska Stat. § 14.25.540 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.25 / Section 14.25.540
Transfer into defined contribution retirement plan by nonvested members of defined benefit retirement plan.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to (i) of this section, an active member of the defined benefit retirement plan of the teachers' retirement system is eligible to participate in the defined contribution retirement plan established under AS 14.25.310  14.25.590 if that member has not vested. Participation in the defined contribution retirement plan is in lieu of participation in the defined benefit retirement plan established under AS 14.25.009  14.25.220.

(b) A member who has vested in a defined benefit retirement plan is not eligible to transfer under this section.

(c) Each eligible member who elects to participate in the defined contribution retirement plan shall have transferred to a new account the member contribution account balance held in trust for the member under the defined benefit retirement plan of the teachers' retirement system. A matching employer contribution shall be made on behalf of that employee to the new account. The employer shall make the matching contribution from funds other than the trust funds of the defined benefit retirement plan. The amount of the matching employer contribution is subject to, and may not exceed, the limitation of 26 U.S.C. 415(c) during the applicable limitation year as defined in AS 14.25.590 . If the matching employer contribution would exceed the limits during the limitation year in which the transfer occurs, the remaining amount of the matching employer contribution shall be made in the next limitation year, if the limits would not be exceeded.

(d) Upon a transfer, all membership service previously earned under the defined benefit retirement plan shall be nullified for purposes of entitlement to a future benefit under the defined benefit retirement plan but shall be credited for purposes of determining vesting in employer contributions under AS 14.25.390 (b) and eligibility to elect medical benefits under AS 14.25.470 . Membership service allowed for credit toward medical benefits does not include any service credit purchased under AS 14.25.075 for employment by an employer who is not a participating employer in this chapter.

(e) An eligible member whose accounts are subject to a qualified domestic relations order may not make an election to participate in the defined contribution retirement plan under this subsection unless the qualified domestic relations order is amended or vacated and court-certified copies of the order are received by the administrator.

(f) As directed by the participant, the board shall transfer or cause to be transferred the appropriate amounts to the designated account. The board shall establish transfer procedures by regulation, but the actual transfer may not be later than 30 days after the effective date of the member's participation in the defined contribution retirement plan unless the major financial markets for securities available for a transfer are seriously disrupted by an unforeseen event that also causes the suspension of trading on any national securities exchange in the country where the securities were issued. In that event, the 30-day period of time may be extended by a resolution of the board of trustees. Transfers are not commissionable or subject to other fees and may be in the form of securities or cash as determined by the board. Securities shall be valued as of the date of receipt in the participant's account.

(g) If the board or the administrator receives notification from the United States Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, that this section or a portion of this section will cause the retirement system under this chapter, or a portion of the retirement system under this chapter, to be disqualified for tax purposes under the Internal Revenue Code, the portion that will cause the disqualification does not apply, and the board and the administrator shall notify the presiding officers of the legislature.

(h) A member who is eligible to elect transfer to the defined contribution retirement plan must make the election not later than 12 months after the first day of the month following the administrator's receipt of the notification that the member's employer consents to transfers of its members under (i) of this section. The election to participate in the defined contribution retirement plan must be made in writing on forms and in the manner prescribed by the administrator. Before accepting an election to participate in the defined contribution retirement plan, the administrator must provide the employee planning on making an election to participate in the defined contribution retirement plan with information, including calculations to illustrate the effect of moving the employee's retirement plan from the defined benefit retirement plan to the defined contribution retirement plan as well as other information to clearly inform the employee of the potential consequences of the employee's election. An election made under this subsection to participate in the defined contribution retirement plan is irrevocable. Upon making the election, the participant shall be enrolled as a member of the defined contribution retirement plan, the member's participation in the plan shall be governed by the provisions of AS 14.25.310  14.25.590, and the member's participation in the defined benefit retirement plan under AS 14.25.009  14.25.220 shall terminate. The participant's enrollment in the defined contribution retirement plan shall be effective the first day of the month after the administrator receives the completed enrollment forms. An election made by an eligible member who is married is not effective unless the election is signed by the individual's spouse.

(i) A member may make an election under this section only if the member's employer participates in both the defined benefit retirement plan and the defined contribution retirement plan and consents to transfers under this section. The employer shall notify the administrator if the employer consents to allowing the employer's members to choose to transfer from the defined benefit retirement plan to the defined contribution retirement plan under this section. An employer's notice to allow transfers is irrevocable and applicable to all eligible employees of the employer.

(j) In this section, (1) defined benefit retirement plan means the retirement plan established in AS 14.25.009  14.25.220;

(2) defined contribution retirement plan means the retirement plan established in AS 14.25.310  14.25.590.
Alaska Stat. § 14.43.400 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.43 / Section 14.43.400
Purpose; creation.
Status: in_force

There is created the Alaska education grant program to provide financial assistance to eligible students to enable them to attend, or continue their attendance at, postsecondary educational institutions. Funds designated by the corporation or appropriated for this program may be used as matching funds for the state's participation in the federal grant program under 20 U.S.C. 1070c  1070c-4.
Alaska Stat. § 14.17.430 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.17 / Section 14.17.430
State funding for correspondence study.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in AS 14.17.400 (b), funding for the state centralized correspondence study program or a district correspondence program, including a district that offers a statewide correspondence study program, includes an allocation from the public education fund in an amount calculated by multiplying the ADM of the correspondence program by 90 percent.
Alaska Stat. § 14.43.825 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.43 / Section 14.43.825
Maximum annual awards.
Status: in_force

(a) The maximum annual awards for the Alaska performance scholarships are as follows: (1) the first award level is $7,000 and requires a (A) 3.5 grade-point average or above, or the equivalent established under (g) of this section; or (A) 3.5 grade-point average or above, or the equivalent established under (g) of this section; or

(B) very high minimum score on a college entrance examination;

(2) the second award level is $5,250 and requires a (A) 3.0 grade-point average or above, or the equivalent established under (g) of this section; or

(B) high minimum score on a college entrance examination;

(3) the third award level is $3,500 and requires a (A) 2.5 grade-point average or above, or the equivalent established under (g) of this section; or

(B) moderately high minimum score on a college entrance examination.

(b) A student's eligibility for a scholarship terminates eight years after the date the student graduates from high school unless the student qualifies for an extension of time allowed by the department by regulation.

(c) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a student receiving a scholarship may remain eligible for up to eight semesters of enrollment in good standing at a qualified university or college, which may include graduate courses. A student's eligibility under this subsection is extended by one semester for each semester the student is enrolled part time in good standing at a qualified university or college.

(d) Scholarships may be awarded to a full-time student or, if a student is enrolled part time, prorated based on the number of credits. In this subsection, full time means enrollment in a course of study that is not less than 12 credits, and part time means enrollment in a course of study that is not less than six credits but less than 12 credits.

(e) The amount of a scholarship award may not exceed the amount of the student's costs of attendance as certified by the postsecondary institution for the purposes of federal financial aid, less any other scholarships or nonloan financial aid awarded to the student.

(f) Payment of a scholarship is subject to appropriation and the availability of funds for expenditure under AS 37.14.750 . If insufficient funds are appropriated or available in a fiscal year to pay all eligible scholarships, the commission may not award a scholarship to a new applicant, and the commission shall pay existing awards on a pro rata basis for that fiscal year.

(g) For high schools that do not award grades on a four-point scale, or five-point scale for advanced placement classes, the department shall establish by regulation the equivalent rating required for a scholarship awarded under (a)(1)(A), (2)(A), and (3)(A) of this section.

(h) Each time a student who is an award recipient completes two semesters of full-time enrollment at a qualified postsecondary institution in this state, the postsecondary institution shall review and notify the commission of the student's postsecondary institution grade-point average. If the student's grades qualify under (i) of this section, the commission shall increase the award level for the student as described in (i) of this section and notify the student of the increase. In this subsection, full-time enrollment means enrollment in a course of study that is not less than 15 credits.

(i) If an award recipient's postsecondary institution grade-point average is (1) 3.5 or above, or the equivalent established under (j) of this section, the commission shall increase the student's award level to the amount described in (a)(1) of this section;

(2) 3.0 or above, or the equivalent established under (j) of this section, the commission shall increase the student's award level to the amount described in (a)(2) of this section.

(j) For qualified postsecondary institutions that do not award grades on a four-point scale, the commission shall establish by regulation the equivalent rating required to increase an award under (i) of this section.

(k) In this section, (1) award recipient means a student who has received an Alaska performance scholarship at the second or third award level;

(2) postsecondary institution grade-point average means the weighted or unweighted average of all grades on a four-point scale, or the equivalent as established by the commission by regulation, obtained by a student at a qualified postsecondary institution in this state.
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.147 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.147
Transfer or absorption of attendance area and teachers.
Status: reserved

(a) When an attendance area is transferred from a currently operating district to, or absorbed into, a new or existing school district, the teachers for the attendance area also shall be transferred unless otherwise mutually agreed by the teacher or teachers and the chief school administrator of the new district if the district employs a chief school administrator. Accumulated or earned benefits, including seniority, salary level, tenure, leave, and retirement, accompany the teacher who is transferred.

(b) [Repealed, § 48 ch 15 SLA 2014.] (c) On the first day of service in the absorbing school district, a teacher transferred from a federal agency school shall be allowed the actual number of days of accumulated sick leave that the teacher has earned while teaching in the state. Consistent with the established district policy the absorbing district may allow credit for any other type of leave. Credit for retirement shall be allowed in accordance with AS 14.25.060 .
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.380 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.380
Creation of a commission.
Status: in_force

There is a commission of professional educators known as the Professional Teaching Practices Commission.
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.022 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.022
Subject-matter expert limited teacher certificate.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding AS 14.20.020 , a person may be issued a subject-matter expert limited teacher certificate, valid only in the subject-matter in which the person has expertise, upon compliance with the requirements of this section. A subject-matter expert teacher may only be employed to teach subjects in which the person has satisfied the education or experience requirements set out in (b)(1) of this section.

(b) To be eligible for a subject-matter expert limited teacher certificate, a person shall (1) hold at least a baccalaureate degree from an institution of higher education accredited by a recognized regional or national accrediting association or approved by the commissioner and (A) have majored or minored in the subject that the person will be teaching; or

(B) have at least five years experience in the subject matter that the person will be teaching;

(2) have submitted fingerprints and the fees required by the Department of Public Safety under AS 12.62.160 for criminal justice information and a national criminal history record check to the department; the department must have submitted the fingerprints and fees to the Department of Public Safety for a report of criminal justice information under AS 12.62 and a national criminal history record check under AS 12.62.400 and the person must have been found by the department to be suitable for employment as a teacher under AS 14.20.020 (f); and

(3) be currently enrolled in an approved post-baccalaureate teacher education program at a regionally accredited institution meeting the requirements of AS 14.20.020 (b) that provides for completion of the regular teacher certificate education requirements within two years after receipt of a subject-matter expert limited teacher certificate under this section.

(c) Before a school district or regional educational attendance area determines whether to hire a person as a subject-matter expert teacher under this section, the school district or regional educational attendance area shall administer a competency examination.

(d) A subject-matter expert limited teacher certificate is valid for one school year and may be renewed for one additional school year upon a showing of substantial progress towards completion of the teacher education program required under (b)(3) of this section.

(e) A school district or regional educational attendance area that employs a subject-matter expert teacher shall provide a mentor who is an experienced teacher for the subject-matter expert teacher for at least the first year of the subject-matter expert teacher's employment in the school district or regional educational attendance area.

(f) A person employed as a subject-matter expert teacher under this section is considered a certificated employee for purposes of AS 14.25 (teachers' retirement system). Employment as a subject-matter expert teacher under this section counts as employment for purposes of acquiring tenure under AS 14.20.150 ; however, a person holding a subject-matter expert limited teacher certificate under this section is not entitled to tenure until the person receives a teacher certificate under AS 14.20.020 .

(g) The department shall adopt regulations necessary to implement this section.

(h) In this section, subject-matter expert teacher is a teacher qualified to teach under (b) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 14.25.488 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.25 / Section 14.25.488
Survivors' pension adjustment.
Status: in_force

(a) Once each year, the administrator shall increase payments to a person 60 years of age or older receiving a survivor's pension under AS 14.25.485 (i) or 14.25.487(c) and to a person who has received a survivor's pension under AS 14.25.485 (i) or 14.25.487(c) for at least eight years, who is not otherwise eligible for an increase under this section.

(b) The amount of the increase is a percentage of the current survivor's pension equal to the lesser of 50 percent of the increase in the cost of living in the preceding calendar year or six percent.

(c) If a survivor was not receiving a pension during the entire preceding calendar year, the increase in the survivor's pension under this section shall be adjusted by multiplying it by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months for which the pension was received in the preceding calendar year and the denominator of which is 12.

(d) The administrator shall increase the initial survivor's pension paid to a survivor of a member who died while receiving disability benefits by a percentage equal to the total cumulative percentage that has been applied to the member's disability benefit under AS 14.25.486 .

(e) An increase in benefit payments under this section is effective July 1 of each year and is based on the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers for Anchorage, Alaska, during the previous calendar year, as determined by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

(f) Pension adjustments under this section shall terminate the last day of the month following the date on which a survivor is no longer receiving a survivor's pension under AS 14.25.485 (i) or 14.25.487(c).
Alaska Stat. § 14.56.170 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.56 / Section 14.56.170
Distribution of state publications and research data.
Status: in_force

The center may not engage in general public distribution of either (1) state publications or lists of publications or (2) the index of publications and research data. However, unless expressly prohibited by law, the center shall make available to any person, upon request and under procedures established by it, publications, summaries, research data, indices, and other materials in its possession. Reasonable fees for reproduction or printing costs and for mailing and distribution of materials may be charged by the center.
Alaska Stat. § 14.03.250 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.03 / Section 14.03.250
Application for charter school.
Status: in_force

(a) A local school board shall prescribe an application procedure for the establishment of a charter school in that school district. The application procedure must include provisions for an academic policy committee consisting of parents of students attending the school, teachers, and school employees and a proposed form for a contract between a charter school and the local school board, setting out the contract elements required under AS 14.03.255 (c).

(b) A decision of a local school board approving or denying an application for a charter school must be in writing, must be issued within 60 days after the application, and must include all relevant findings of fact and conclusions of law.

(c) If a local school board approves an application for a charter school, the local school board shall forward the application to the state Board of Education and Early Development for review and approval.

(d) If a local school board denies an application for a charter school, the applicant may appeal the denial to the commissioner. The appeal to the commissioner shall be filed not later than 60 days after the local school board issues its written decision of denial. The commissioner shall review the local school board's decision to determine whether the findings of fact are supported by substantial evidence and whether the decision is contrary to law. A decision of the commissioner upholding the denial by the local school board may be appealed within 30 days to the state Board of Education and Early Development.

(e) If the commissioner approves a charter school application, the commissioner shall forward the application to the state Board of Education and Early Development for review and approval. The application shall be forwarded not later than 30 days after the commissioner issues a written decision. The state Board of Education and Early Development shall exercise independent judgment in evaluating the application.

(f) A local school board that denied an application for a charter school approved by the state board on appeal shall operate the charter school as provided in AS 14.03.255  14.03.290.
Alaska Stat. § 14.17.520 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.17 / Section 14.17.520
Minimum expenditure for instruction.
Status: in_force

Article 3. Procedure for Payments of State Aid.
Alaska Stat. § 14.03.105 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.03 / Section 14.03.105
Search of school lockers.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to (b) of this section, a locker or other container provided in a school by the school or the school district may be searched and examined with the permission of the chief administrative officer of the school or the school district or the designee of the chief administrative officer to determine compliance with school regulations, school district regulations, and local, state, and federal laws. A search or examination under this section may not be more intrusive than reasonably necessary to meet the objectives of the search.

(b) Notices in letters at least two inches high stating the right and the intention of school and school district officers to permit searches and examinations under (a) of this section shall be posted in prominent locations throughout a school.

(c) Nothing in this section limits the ability of a peace officer, chief administrative officer, or other appropriate person, acting in compliance with local, state, or federal laws, to search a locker or other container provided in a public or private school by the school district.
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.057 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.057
Extension of compliance acts.
Status: in_force

Laws of the state designed to meet requirements of the United States government for the state's acceptance of federal grants and allotments for educational and kindred purposes are extended to cover the establishment and operation of the university expansion program set forth in AS 14.40.055 .
Alaska Stat. § 14.12.150 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.12 / Section 14.12.150
Establishment and purpose.
Status: in_force

(a) The districts of the state public school system may join together to establish regional resource centers to provide services, including the following: accounting, payroll, and other fiscal; media; instructional support; bilingual-bicultural educational; in-service and staff development; student; diagnostic; school management; and school board member training.

(b) A regional resource center established under (a) of this section shall be governed by a board consisting of one representative from each participating district. The representative shall be appointed by the governing board of that district. The term of office of regional resource center board members shall be two years, beginning July 1 of each calendar year. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointment.

(c) Regional resource center boundaries shall be established by the board on recommendation of the commissioner of education and early development in the following seven regions of the state: southcentral and the Aleutian Chain, western, northwest, Bristol Bay, interior, southeast, and Kodiak. A district may not be included in more than one regional resource center area.

(d) Regional resource center boards may receive and expend both public and private funds to operate a regional resource center.

(e) Employees of the regional resource centers are not in the state service and are not subject to AS 39.25 (State Personnel Act). However, all regional resource center employees shall be members of either the teachers' retirement system ( AS 14.25 ) or the public employees' retirement system ( AS 39.35 ).
Alaska Stat. § 14.30.142 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.30 / Section 14.30.142
Concussions in student athletes: prevention and reporting.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a school district shall consult with the Alaska School Activities Association to develop and publish guidelines and other information to educate coaches, student athletes, and parents of student athletes regarding the nature and risks of concussions. Guidelines developed under this section must include a description of the risks of return to play and standards for return to play, including the procedures required under (c) and (d) of this section.

(b) A school shall annually provide to a student and the parent or guardian of a student who is under 18 years of age written information on the nature and risks of concussions. A student may not participate in school athletic activities unless the student and the parent or guardian of a student who is under 18 years of age have signed a verification of receipt of the information required under this subsection.

(c) A student who is suspected of having sustained a concussion during a practice or game shall be immediately removed from the practice or game.

(d) A student who has been removed from participation in a practice or game for suspicion of concussion may not return to participation in practice or game play until the student has been evaluated and cleared for participation in writing by an athletic trainer or other qualified person who has received training, as verified in writing or electronically by the qualified person, in the evaluation and management of concussions. In this subsection, qualified person means either a (1) health care provider who is licensed in the state or exempt from licensure under state law; or

(2) person who is acting at the direction and under the supervision of a physician who is licensed in the state or exempt from licensure under AS 08.64.370 (1), (2), (4), or (6).

(e) A person who conducts an evaluation under (d) of this section and who is not paid for conducting the evaluation may not be held liable for civil damages resulting from an act or omission during the evaluation, except that the person may be held liable for reckless or intentional misconduct and for gross negligence.
Alaska Stat. § 14.43.025 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.43 / Section 14.43.025
Forfeiture of scholarship benefits.
Status: in_force

Failure to do passing work in more than one subject during a semester, or withdrawal or expulsion from the University of Alaska, constitutes a forfeiture during the following semester or semesters of the benefits of AS 14.43.010 and 14.43.015.
Alaska Stat. § 14.03.253 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.03 / Section 14.03.253
Charter school application appeal.
Status: in_force

(a) In an appeal to the commissioner under AS 14.03.250 , the commissioner shall review the record before the local school board. The commissioner may request written supplementation of the record from the applicant or the local school board. The commissioner may (1) remand the appeal to the local school board for further review;

(2) approve the charter school application and forward the application to the state Board of Education and Early Development with or without added conditions; or

(3) uphold the decision denying the charter school application; if the commissioner upholds a local school board's decision to deny a charter school application and the applicant appeals to the State Board of Education and Early Development, the commissioner shall immediately forward the application and record to the state Board of Education and Early Development.

(b) In an appeal to the state Board of Education and Early Development of a denial of a charter school application under (a)(3) of this section, the state board shall determine, based on the record, whether the commissioner's findings are supported by substantial evidence and whether the decision is contrary to law. The state board shall issue a written decision within 90 days after an appeal.
Alaska Stat. § 14.12.160 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.12 / Section 14.12.160
Regional resource center board grant program; eligibility.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may make grants to regional resource center boards that qualify for the grants under the criteria set out in (b) of this section and regulations adopted by the department.

(b) To qualify for a grant under (a) of this section, a regional resource center board shall (1) be organized under the provisions of AS 14.12.150 ;

(2) adopt bylaws for its operation;

(3) provide the department with a plan of operation including the following elements: (A) the bylaws adopted for its operation;

(B) a list of participating districts, number of students, and professional staff to be served;

(C) a schedule of funds available from federal, state, local, and private sources;

(D) a description of the services and programs to be offered;

(E) a description of the method by which these services and programs will be evaluated;

(F) other information that may be required by the department by regulation;

(4) comply with applicable regulations adopted by the department.
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.510 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.510
Short title.
Status: in_force

AS 14.20.370  14.20.510 shall be known as the Professional Teaching Practices Act.
Alaska Stat. § 14.03.110 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.03 / Section 14.03.110
Questionnaires and surveys administered in public schools.
Status: in_force

(a) A school district, principal or other person in charge of a public school, or teacher in a public school may not administer or permit to be administered in a school a questionnaire or survey, whether anonymous or not, that inquires into personal or private family affairs of the student not a matter of public record or subject to public observation unless written permission is obtained from the student's parent or legal guardian.

(b) For an anonymous questionnaire or survey, written permission required under (a) of this section may be obtained annually and is valid until the commencement of the subsequent school year or until the parent or legal guardian who gave permission submits a written withdrawal of permission to the school principal. The school shall provide each student's parent or legal guardian at least two weeks' notice before administering a questionnaire or survey described under this subsection.

(c) If a school administers to a student a questionnaire or survey that is not anonymous, the school shall obtain the written permission required under (a) of this section from the student's parent or legal guardian at least two weeks before the questionnaire or survey is administered.

(d) The school shall give a student's parent or guardian an opportunity to review the questionnaire or survey described under (b) or (c) of this section and shall give the parent or guardian written notice regarding (1) how the questionnaire or survey will be administered to the student;

(2) how the results of the survey or questionnaire will be used; and

(3) who will have access to the questionnaire, survey, or results.

(e) A student may refuse to participate in a questionnaire or survey administered in a public school. A student's parent or legal guardian may refuse to allow the student to participate in a specified questionnaire or survey.

(f) In this section, questionnaire or survey means a list of questions to, or information collected from, a class or group of students.
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.365 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.365
University land grant.
Status: reserved

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, before July 1, 2008, the commissioner of natural resources shall convey to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska, by quitclaim deed, the state land identified for conveyance to the university and described in the document titled University of Alaska Land Grant List 2005, dated January 12, 2005.

(b) As soon as practicable after June 30, 2055, the commissioner of natural resources shall convey to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska, by quitclaim deed, the state land described as the University Research Forest and identified for conveyance to the university in the document titled University of Alaska Land Grant List 2005, dated January 12, 2005.

(c) As soon as practicable after the receipt of patent from the United States, but not before the land is otherwise required to be conveyed under this section, the commissioner of natural resources shall convey to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska, by quitclaim deed, federal land that has been selected for conveyance to the state under the Alaska Statehood Act but is subject to a federal mining claim, and that is identified in the document titled University of Alaska Land Grant List 2005, dated January 12, 2005, for conveyance to the university upon the state's acquisition of patent.

(d) Notwithstanding AS 38.05.125 (a), and except as otherwise provided in this section, the transfer of ownership of land from the commissioner of natural resources to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska under this section includes the interest of the state in the coal, ores, minerals, fissionable materials, geothermal resources, and fossils, oil, and gas that may be in or on the land.

(e) Land conveyed under this section to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska is subject to any valid possessory interest or other valid existing right, including any lease, license, contract, prospecting site, claim, sale, permit, right-of-way, Native allotment, or easement held by another person, including a federal, state, or municipal agency, on October 23, 2005.

(f) Before conveying land under this section, the commissioner of natural resources shall reserve access under AS 38.05.127 , but other provisions of AS 38.04 and AS 38.05 do not apply to the commissioner's preparation for conveyance of land to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska under this section. In addition to access under AS 38.05.127 , the commissioner may reserve in the conveyance document existing offshore uses such as aquatic fish farm sites, anchorages for vessels, fish buying stations, trails, roads, and other access routes that provide public access to adjacent land and public waterways; however, an easement along tidewater reserved by the commissioner under AS 38.05.127 may not exceed 25 feet.

(g) In addition to rights or an interest held by a person under (e) of this section, land conveyed to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska under this section (1) is subject to (A) sec. 6(i) of the Alaska Statehood Act (P.L. 85-508, 72 Stat. 339);

(B) AS 19.10.010 ;

(C) any easement, right-of-way, or other access under former 43 U.S.C. 932 (sec. 8, Act of July 26, 1866, 14 Stat. 253);

(D) the provisions of any memorandum of agreement entered into between the University of Alaska and the commissioner of natural resources governing shared benefits or costs associated with land to be conveyed to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska;

(E) any interest transferred to the state by quitclaim deed dated June 30, 1959, under authority of the Alaska Omnibus Act (P.L. 86-70, 73 Stat. 141); and

(2) excludes the mineral estate on land that is subject to a valid state mining claim.

(h) As soon as practicable after the extinguishment, release, or expiration of a valid state mining claim located on land to be conveyed under this section, but not before the land is otherwise required to be conveyed under this section, the commissioner of natural resources shall convey the mineral estate excluded from conveyance under (g)(2) of this section.

(i) The responsibility for the management of land conveyed to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska under this section vests with the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska on the date of recording of that conveyance.

(j) The Board of Regents of the University of Alaska is entitled to receive any income derived from land conveyed to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska under this section accruing after the date of conveyance, including any income accruing from an existing lease, license, contract, prospecting site sale, permit, right-of-way, easement, or trespass claim.

(k) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, within 10 years after conveyance of land under this section, the Board of Regents may reconvey to the Department of Natural Resources land (1) containing hazardous waste that was present on the land before conveyance under this section;

(2) on which is located a historic or archeological site that is subject to management under AS 41.35 ; or

(3) that the Board of Regents and the commissioner of natural resources jointly agree is in the best interests of the state and the university to reconvey.

(l) After October 23, 2005, and before the conveyance of a parcel of land to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska under this section, the commissioner of natural resources may not convey, without consent of the university, any irrevocable interest in a parcel that is required to be conveyed to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska under this section.

(m) The commissioner of natural resources may make minor adjustments to the maps or legal descriptions of the state land identified for conveyance to the university and described in the document titled University of Alaska Land Grant List 2005, dated January 12, 2005, to correct omissions or errors.

(n) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, the following state land described in the document entitled University of Alaska Land Grant List 2005, dated January 12, 2005, may not be conveyed to the University of Alaska under this section: (1) Parcel Number CS.DI.1001, Duke Island;

(2) Parcel Number MF.1002, Idaho Inlet;

(3) Parcel Number CS.KI.1001, Kelp Island;

(4) Parcel Number HA.CH.1001, Haines-Chilkoot;

(5) Parcel Number KT.1004, Neets Creek;

(6) Parcel Number MA.KR.1001, Kodiak Rocket Range;

(7) Parcel Number ST.1002, Pelican;

(8) Parcel Number PA.1001, Port Alexander; and

(9) Parcel Number ST.1002, Warm Springs Bay.

(o) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, the state land identified in this subsection and described in the document entitled University of Alaska Land Grant List 2005, dated January 12, 2005, may not be conveyed to the University of Alaska under this section if the land is included in a borough formed before July 1, 2009, that includes Wrangell or Petersburg. If a borough is not formed before July 1, 2009, land described in this subsection shall be conveyed to the University of Alaska on July 1, 2009. If a borough is formed before July 1, 2009, and the borough does not select land described in this subsection before January 1, 2013, the land not selected by the borough shall be conveyed to the University of Alaska on June 30, 2013. The following land is subject to this subsection: (1) Parcel Number SD.1001, Beecher Pass;

(2) Parcel Number SD.1001, Favor Peak;

(3) Parcel Number CS.TL.1001, Three Lake Road;

(4) Parcel Number SD.1001, Read Island;

(5) Parcel Number SD.1001, Whitney Island;

(6) Parcel Number CS.EW.1001, Earl West Cove;

(7) Parcel Number CS.OV.1001, Olive Cove; and

(8) Parcel Number SD.1001, Thoms Place.

(p) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, each of the following parcels described in the document entitled University of Alaska Land Grant List 2005, dated January 12, 2005, may not be conveyed to the University of Alaska under this section until all Native allotment applications applicable to that parcel have been denied: (1) Parcel Number PA.1002, Biorka Island; and

(2) Parcel Number NS.NS.1001, Lisianski Peninsula.

(q) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, the state land identified in this subsection and described in the document entitled University of Alaska Land Grant List 2005, dated January 12, 2005, may not be conveyed to the University of Alaska under this section if the land is included in a borough formed before July 1, 2009. If a borough is not formed before July 1, 2009, the land described in this subsection shall be conveyed to the University of Alaska on July 1, 2009. If a borough is formed before July 1, 2009, and the borough does not select land described in this subsection before January 1, 2013, the land not selected by the borough shall be conveyed to the University of Alaska on June 30, 2013. The following land is subject to the provisions of this subsection: Parcel Number PA.1002, Mite Cove.
Alaska Stat. § 14.30.070 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.30 / Section 14.30.070
Physical examination required.
Status: reserved

(a) [Repealed, §§ 25, 29 ch 2 SSSLA 2015.] (b) The Department of Health may require the district to conduct physical examinations that it considers necessary, and may reimburse the district for the examinations on the basis and to the extent the commissioner of health prescribes by regulation.

(c) Examinations shall be made by a competent physician or, within the scope of chiropractic practice, by a chiropractor, except that if the services of a physician or chiropractor cannot be obtained or if authorized by the commissioner of health examinations may be made by a nurse.
Alaska Stat. § 14.17.510 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.17 / Section 14.17.510
Determination of full and true value by Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.
Status: reserved

(a) To determine the amount of required local contribution under AS 14.17.410 (b)(2) and to aid the department and the legislature in planning, the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, in consultation with the assessor for each district in a city or borough, shall determine the full and true value of the taxable real and personal property in each district in a city or borough. If there is no local assessor or current local assessment for a city or borough school district, then the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall make the determination of full and true value guided by AS 29.45.110 and based on a determination of full and true value made by the state assessor at least every two years using the best information available, including on-site inspections made by the state assessor in each of those districts at least once every four years. For purposes of this subsection, the full and true value of taxable real and personal property in any area detached shall be excluded from the determination of the full and true value of the municipality from which the property was detached for the two years immediately preceding the effective date of the detachment. Also, in making the determination for a municipality that is a school district, or for a city that is within a borough school district, the assessed value of property taxable under AS 43.56 shall be excluded if a tax is not levied under AS 29.45.080 by the municipality that is the school district. The determination of full and true value shall be made by October 1 and sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, on or before that date to the president of the school board in each city or borough school district. Duplicate copies shall be sent to the commissioner. The governing body of a city or borough that is a school district may obtain judicial review of the determination. The superior court may modify the determination of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development only upon a finding of abuse of discretion or upon a finding that there is no substantial evidence to support the determination.

(b) Motor vehicles subject to the motor vehicle registration tax under AS 28.10.431 shall be treated as taxable property under this section.

(c) [Repealed, § 8 ch 19 SLA 2012.]
Alaska Stat. § 14.12.040 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.12 / Section 14.12.040
Transition from five to seven member board.
Status: in_force

The transition from a five-member to a seven-member school board shall be made at the regular election following, or being held within 90 days preceding, the completion of the second regular school term during which the district maintains an average daily membership exceeding 5,000 or at the regular election following the effective date of an ordinance increasing board membership as provided in AS 14.12.030 (a). Once the district has a seven-member school board, the number of members may not be changed.
Alaska Stat. § 14.07.057 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.07 / Section 14.07.057
Transmittal of textbook selections.
Status: in_force

A school board that selects its own books shall forward a list of the selections to the department.
Alaska Stat. § 14.07.070 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.07 / Section 14.07.070
Withholding state funds.
Status: in_force

State funds may not be paid to a school district or teacher that fails to comply with the school laws of the state or with the regulations adopted by the department.
Alaska Stat. § 14.25.590 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.25 / Section 14.25.590
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 14.25.310  14.25.590, unless the context requires otherwise, (1) administrator has the meaning given in AS 14.25.220 ;

(2) alternate payee means a person entitled to a portion of the distribution from an individual account under a qualified domestic relations order;

(3) annuitant means a member, beneficiary, or alternate payee who is receiving a benefit under this plan;

(4) beneficiary means the person or persons entitled to receive benefits that may be due from the plan upon the death of the member or alternate payee;

(5) board has the meaning given in AS 14.25.220 ;

(6) calendar year has the meaning given in AS 39.35.680 ;

(7) compensation (A) means (i) the total remuneration earned by an employee for personal services rendered, including cost-of-living differentials, as reported on the employee's Federal Income Tax Withholding Statement (Form W-2) from the employer for the calendar year;

(ii) the member contribution to the teachers' retirement system under AS 14.25.340 ;

(B) does not include retirement benefits, severance pay or other separation bonuses, welfare benefits, per diem, expense allowances, workers' compensation payments, payments for leave not used whether those leave payments are scheduled payments, lump-sum payments, donations, or cash-ins, any remuneration contributed by the employer for or on account of the employee under this plan or under any other qualified or nonqualified employee benefit plan, or any remuneration not specifically included above that would have been excluded under 26 U.S.C. 3121(a) (Internal Revenue Code) if the employer had remained in the Federal Social Security System;

(C) notwithstanding (B) of this paragraph, includes any amount that is contributed by the employer under a salary reduction agreement and that is not includible in the gross income of the employee under 26 U.S.C. 125, 132(f)(4), 402(e)(3), 402(h)(1)(B), or 403(b) (Internal Revenue Code); the annual compensation limitation for the member, which is so taken into account for those purposes, may not exceed $200,000, as adjusted for the cost of living in accordance with 26 U.S.C. 401(a)(17)(B) (Internal Revenue Code), with the limitation for a fiscal year being the limitation in effect for the calendar year within which the fiscal year begins;

(8) dependent child has the meaning given in AS 14.25.220 ;

(9) distribution commencement date has the meaning given in AS 14.25.440 (a);

(10) employer means a public school district, the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska, the Department of Education and Early Development, or the regional resource centers;

(11) fund means the assets of the plan;

(12) individual account means the total maintained by the plan in an investment account within the trust fund, established for each member for the purposes of allocation of the member's contributions, employer contributions on behalf of the member, and earnings credited to each of those contributions, investment gains and losses, and expenses, as well as reporting of the member's benefit under the plan;

(13) Internal Revenue Code has the meaning given in AS 14.25.220 ;

(14) investment funds means those separate funds that are provided within and that make up the trust fund and that are established for the purpose of directing investment through the exercise of the sole control of a member, beneficiary, or alternate payee under the terms of the plan and trust agreement;

(15) limitation year means the year for which contributions are made to a member's individual account as reported to the Internal Revenue Service under the limits described in 26 U.S.C. 415(c);

(16) member means an employee of an employer or a former employee of an employer who retains a right to benefits under the plan;

(17) membership service means full-time or part-time employment with an employer in the plan;

(18) normal retirement age means the age set for Medicare eligibility at the time the member retires;

(19) participant means the person who has a vested right to an individual account, such as a member, an alternate payee if the account is subject to a qualified domestic relations order, the member's beneficiary if the member is deceased, or an alternate payee's beneficiary if the alternate payee is deceased;

(20) plan means the retirement benefit plan established under AS 14.25.310  14.25.590;

(21) prudent investment standard means the degree of care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims;

(22) qualified domestic relations order means a divorce or dissolution judgment under AS 25.24 , including an order approving a property settlement, that (A) creates or recognizes the existence of an alternate payee's right to, or assigns to an alternate payee the right to, receive all or a portion of the individual account, or the benefits payable with respect to a member;

(B) sets out the name and last known mailing address, if any, of the member and of each alternate payee covered by the order;

(C) sets out the amount or percentage of the member's benefit, or of any survivor's benefit, to be paid to the alternate payee, or sets out the manner in which that amount or percentage is to be determined;

(D) sets out the number of payments or period to which the order applies;

(E) sets out the retirement plan to which the order applies;

(F) does not require any type or form of benefit or any option not otherwise provided by AS 14.25.310  14.25.590;

(G) does not require an increase of benefits in excess of the amount provided by AS 14.25.310  14.25.590; and

(H) does not require the payment, to an alternate payee, of benefits that are required to be paid to another alternate payee under another order previously determined to be a qualified domestic relations order;

(23) retiree means an eligible person who has elected to receive the medical benefits under AS 14.25.480 ;

(24) retirement fund or fund means the fund in which the assets of the plan, including income and interest derived from the investment of money, are deposited and held;

(25) school year has the meaning given in AS 14.25.220 ;

(26) system has the meaning given in AS 14.25.220 ;

(27) teacher and member are used interchangeably under AS 14.25.310  14.25.590 and mean a person eligible to participate in the plan and who is covered by the plan, limited to (A) a certificated full-time or part-time elementary or secondary teacher, a certificated school nurse, or a certificated person in a position requiring a teaching certificate as a condition of employment in a public school of the state, the Department of Education and Early Development, or the Department of Labor and Workforce Development;

(B) a full-time or part-time teacher of the University of Alaska or a person occupying a full-time administrative position at the University of Alaska that requires academic standing; the approval of the administrator must be obtained before an administrative position qualifies for membership in the plan; however, a teacher or administrative person at the university who is participating in a university retirement program under AS 14.40.661  14.40.799 is not a member under this plan;

(C) a full-time or part-time instructor of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development;

(28) year of service means service during the dates set for the school year; partial-year service credit is given for membership service as follows: (A) during any school year, (i) less than nine days, no credit;

(ii) nine days or more but less than 27 days, 0.1 years;

(iii) 27 days or more but less than 45 days, 0.2 years;

(iv) 45 days or more but less than 63 days, 0.3 years;

(v) 63 days or more but less than 81 days, 0.4 years;

(vi) 81 days or more but less than 100 days, 0.5 years;

(vii) 100 days or more but less than 118 days, 0.6 years;

(viii) 118 days or more but less than 136 days, 0.7 years;

(ix) 136 days or more but less than 154 days, 0.8 years;

(x) 154 days or more but less than 172 days, 0.9 years;

(xi) 172 days or more, 1.0 years;

(B) service performed on a part-time basis of half time or more shall be credited in proportion to the amount of credit that would have been received for service performed on a full-time basis.
Alaska Stat. § 14.11.011 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.11 / Section 14.11.011
Grant applications.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality that is a school district or a regional educational attendance area may submit a request to the department for a grant under this chapter.

(b) For a municipality that is a school district or a regional educational attendance area to be eligible for a grant under this chapter, the district shall submit (1) a six-year capital improvement plan that includes a description of the district's fixed asset inventory system and preventive maintenance program no later than September 1 of the fiscal year before the fiscal year for which the request is made; the six-year plan must contain for each proposed project a detailed scope of work, a project budget, and documentation of conditions justifying the project;

(2) evidence that the district has secured and will maintain adequate property loss insurance for the replacement cost of all facilities for which state funds are available under AS 14.11.005 or 14.11.007 or has a program of insurance acceptable to the department;

(3) evidence acceptable to the department that the proposed project should be a capital improvement project and not part of a preventive maintenance program or regular custodial care program; and

(4) evidence acceptable to the department that the district (A) has a preventive maintenance plan that (i) includes a computerized maintenance management program, cardex system, or other formal systematic means of tracking the timing and costs associated with planned and completed maintenance activities, including scheduled preventive maintenance;

(ii) addresses energy management for buildings owned or operated by the district;

(iii) includes a regular custodial care program for buildings owned or operated by the district;

(iv) includes preventive maintenance training for facility managers and maintenance employees;

(v) includes renewal and replacement schedules for electrical, mechanical, structural, and other components of facilities owned or operated by the district; and

(B) is adequately adhering to the preventive maintenance plan.
Alaska Stat. § 14.03.040 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.03 / Section 14.03.040
Day in session.
Status: in_force

Each day within the school term is a day in session except Saturdays, Sundays, and days designated as holidays by or according to AS 14.03.050 . A school board may approve Saturdays as a day in session. The day in session in every school shall be at least four hours long, exclusive of intermissions, for the first, second, and third grades and five hours, exclusive of intermissions, for grades four through 12. The commissioner may approve a shorter day in session for any grade. The period of the day in session shall be devoted to the instruction of pupils or to study periods for the pupils.
Alaska Stat. § 14.56.310 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.56 / Section 14.56.310
Eligibility.
Status: in_force

(a) Libraries eligible for grants under AS 14.56.300 are (1) public libraries established under AS 14.56.400 or, in a municipality that does not have a public library established under AS 14.56.400 , another library that (A) is a nonprofit corporation and holds meetings of its board of directors in public;

(B) provides services listed in AS 14.56.400 (a); and

(C) is approved to receive grants under AS 14.56.300 by resolution of the governing body of that municipality;

(2) libraries sharing resources free of charge with other libraries in the state; and

(3) libraries providing regional library services.

(b) A library described in (a)(1) of this section is eligible for a public library assistance grant. A library described in (a)(2) of this section is eligible for an interlibrary cooperation assistance grant. A library described in (a)(3) of this section is eligible for a regional library services assistance grant.
Alaska Stat. § 14.43.915 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.43 / Section 14.43.915
Alaska education grant account and Alaska performance scholarship award account.
Status: reserved

(a) The Alaska education grant account is created as an account in the general fund. Money may be appropriated to the account from the Alaska higher education investment fund under AS 37.14.750 and from other sources. The commission may use the money in the account to pay grants awarded under AS 14.43.400  14.43.420 and to pay the cost of administration of the Alaska education grant program created under AS 14.43.400 .

(b) The Alaska performance scholarship award account is created as an account in the general fund. Money may be appropriated to the account from the Alaska higher education investment fund under AS 37.14.750 and from other sources. The commission may use the money in the account to pay scholarships awarded to students under AS 14.43.810  14.43.849.

(c) Of the total amount available annually to the commission for payment of grants under AS 14.43.400  14.43.420 and for payment of scholarships under AS 14.43.810  14.43.849, one-third of the combined amount in the accounts established under (a) and (b) of this section shall be available solely for payment of grants awarded under AS 14.43.400  14.43.420. The commission shall annually allocate to all qualified applicants for scholarships awarded under AS 14.43.810  14.43.849 two-thirds of the combined amount in the accounts. If an insufficient number of qualified applicants are awarded grants under AS 14.43.400  14.43.420 or scholarships under AS 14.43.810  14.43.849, or both, before the end of that fiscal year, the commissioner shall redeposit the remaining funds into the Alaska higher education investment fund established under AS 37.14.750 .

(d) The commission shall reserve a percentage calculated under this subsection of the total amount available for awards in the accounts established under (a) and (b) of this section each year for award to students who graduate from a school district with an ADM of less than 800 or from a school that was operated by the Alaska State-Operated School System established under former AS 14.08.020 . The percentage reserved under this subsection shall be calculated by adding the ADMs of districts with an ADM of less than 800 and the number of students enrolled in a school that was operated by the Alaska State-Operated School System established under former AS 14.08.020 that is located in a district with an ADM of 800 or more and then dividing that number by the sum of the ADMs of all districts in the state.

(e) If an insufficient number of applicants apply for the available amount reserved under (d) of this section, the commission shall redeposit the remaining amount in the account from which the funds originated.

(f) In this section, (1) ADM has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990 ;

(2) district has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990 , but also includes a state boarding school under AS 14.16 .
Alaska Stat. § 14.12.180 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.12 / Section 14.12.180
Regulations.
Status: in_force

The department may adopt regulations necessary to implement the provisions of AS 14.12.150  14.12.170.
Alaska Stat. § 14.11.121 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.11 / Section 14.11.121
Supplemental charter school facilities construction, lease, and major maintenance grant program.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish a charter school facilities construction, lease, and major maintenance grant program that supplements grant aid otherwise available under this chapter and that is based on a per pupil funding formula.

(b) The department shall apply for available federal funding and award federal funding made available under the grant program established under (a) of this section for not more than five years for approved projects for charter school facilities construction, lease, or major maintenance as follows: (1) 90 percent of the allowable costs for the first fiscal year for the approved project;

(2) 80 percent of the allowable costs for the second fiscal year for the approved project;

(3) 60 percent of the allowable costs for the third fiscal year for the approved project;

(4) 40 percent of the allowable costs for the fourth fiscal year for the approved project; and

(5) 20 percent of the allowable costs for the fifth fiscal year for the approved project.

(c) The grant program established in this section is subject to legislative appropriation and available funding and must be consistent with applicable federal and state requirements.

(d) A school district or regional educational attendance area that submits an application for a proposed project under AS 14.11.011 for funding under this section that is approved for funding by the department shall provide a participating share that is equal to the difference between the allowable costs of a project and the combined available federal funding and the state aid provided under AS 14.11.126 . Allowable costs for a project approved under this section shall be based on the adjusted student count for a charter school calculated under AS 14.17.450 (a) and (c), as determined by the commissioner.
Alaska Stat. § 14.08.131 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.08 / Section 14.08.131
Disqualification from voting for conflict of interest.
Status: in_force

A board member having a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a contract for erection of buildings, heating, ventilation, furnishing, or repairing the buildings or in a contract for the furnishing of supplies for a regional school is disqualified from voting on any question involving the pecuniary interest of the member unless the member has disclosed that interest to the board and the remaining members have approved the member's participation in the voting.
Alaska Stat. § 14.07.168 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.07 / Section 14.07.168
Report to the legislature.
Status: in_force

Not later than the 30th legislative day of each regular session of the legislature, the board shall prepare and present in person to the legislative committees having jurisdiction over education an annual report that describes the efforts of the board to develop, maintain, and continuously improve a comprehensive quality public education system, as provided for under the bylaws of the board. The report must include (1) a summary of the resolves and rationales provided in support of policy decisions made under AS 14.03.015 ;

(2) program and curriculum changes made, discussed, or recommended in meetings held under AS 14.07.125 ;

(3) additional information relevant to efforts made to improve and maintain the public education system;

(4) a summary of implementation and utilization of the consortium established under AS 14.30.800 , including a review of consortium effectiveness and the participation rates of districts, teachers, and students.
Alaska Stat. § 14.03.140 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.03 / Section 14.03.140
Emergency drills.
Status: in_force

The principal or other persons in charge of each public or private school or educational institution shall instruct and train pupils by means of drills so that in an emergency they may be able to leave the school building in the shortest possible time without confusion or panic. Drills shall be held at least once each month during the school term, weather permitting.
Alaska Stat. § 14.42.160 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.42 / Section 14.42.160
Executive officer.
Status: in_force

The executive officer of the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education appointed under AS 14.42.040 (a) shall serve as executive officer of the corporation. The board shall prescribe the duties of the executive officer.
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.100 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.100
Unlawful to require statement of religious or political affiliation.
Status: in_force

A school board, or a member of a school board, may not require or compel a person applying for the position of teacher in the public schools of the state to state a religious or political affiliation.
Alaska Stat. § 14.30.352 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.30 / Section 14.30.352
Programs for gifted children.
Status: in_force

(a) Every school district shall establish educational services for gifted children that provide for student identification, student eligibility, student learning plans, and parental and student participation, including an appropriate review process, consistent with regulations adopted by the department.

(b) State reimbursement for transportation of gifted children shall be as provided for transportation of all other pupils, except that eligibility for reimbursement is not limited to transportation between the child's residence and the school, but shall also include transportation between a school and another location of instruction as routinely required by the gifted education program of the district.

Article 7 Sexual Abuse and Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention
Alaska Stat. § 14.25.510 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.25 / Section 14.25.510
Nonguarantee of returns, rates, or benefit amounts.
Status: in_force

The plan created by AS 14.25.310  14.25.590 is, with respect to individual accounts, treated as a defined contribution plan, and not a defined benefit plan. The amount of money in the individual account of a participant depends on the amount of contributions and the rate of return from investments of the account that varies over time. If benefits are paid in the form of an annuity, the benefit amount payable is dependent on the amount of money in the account and the interest rates applied and service fees charged by the annuity payor at the time the annuity is purchased from the carrier and benefits are first paid. Nothing in this plan guarantees a participant (1) a rate of return or interest rate other than that actually earned by the account of the participant, less applicable administrative expenses; or

(2) an annuity based on interest rates or service charges other than interest rates available from and service charges by the annuity payor in effect at the time the annuity is paid.
Alaska Stat. § 14.03.115 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.03 / Section 14.03.115
Access to school records by parent, foster parent, or guardian.
Status: in_force

Upon request of a parent, foster parent, or guardian of a child under 18 years of age who is currently or was previously enrolled in a municipal school district or a school district that is a regional educational attendance area, the school district shall provide a copy of the child's record. This section does not apply to (1) a record of a child who is an emancipated minor; or

(2) record information that consists of the child's address if the school district determines that the release of the child's address poses a threat to the health or safety of the child.
Alaska Stat. § 14.25.532 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.25 / Section 14.25.532
Pension forfeiture.
Status: in_force

The provisions of AS 37.10.310 apply to pension benefits under AS 14.25.310  14.25.590.
Alaska Stat. § 14.14.280 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.14 / Section 14.14.280
Functions of the committee.
Status: in_force

(a) The committee shall establish procedures to enable it to recommend annually to the board a group of promising young men and women from whom the board may select interns and youth voting members of district committees or other advisory bodies. The committee, in establishing these procedures, shall enlist the aid of district residents who are actively interested in working with young people. Following adoption of the procedures, the committee shall accept applications from individuals and nominations for consideration, and shall interview all applicants or nominees.

(b) Recommendations of the committee shall be limited to young people who (1) have a capacity, desire, interest, ability, and potential for leadership and service to the community and to the state;

(2) will have attained the age of 17 but not the age of 22 before the beginning of their service.

(c) Annually, the committee shall evaluate the program and shall submit a written report to the board.
Alaska Stat. § 14.08.081 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.08 / Section 14.08.081
Recall.
Status: in_force

The members of a regional school board are subject to recall in accordance with AS 29.26.240  29.26.360, except that the director of elections shall perform the functions of a municipal clerk, the lieutenant governor shall perform the functions of the assembly or council under those sections, and the last regular election is the last regularly scheduled election held within the regional educational attendance area.
Alaska Stat. § 14.03.127 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.03 / Section 14.03.127
Funding for Internet services.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.03.127. Funding for Internet services. (a) Each fiscal year, a district in which one or more schools qualify for a discounted rate for Internet services under the federal universal services program is eligible to receive an amount for each school that is equal to the amount needed to bring the applicant's share to 100 megabits of download a second of the Internet services.

(b) If insufficient funding is appropriated to provide funding authorized under this section, the state share shall be distributed pro rata to eligible school districts.

(c) In this section, (1) applicant's share means the difference between the cost of Internet services that are eligible for the discount under the federal universal services program and the discount received for those services under the federal universal services program;

(2) federal universal services program means the program established in 47 U.S.C. 254 and regulations implementing that section.

(a) Each fiscal year, a district in which one or more schools qualify for a discounted rate for Internet services under the federal universal services program is eligible to receive an amount for each school that is equal to the amount needed to bring the applicant's share to 25 megabits of download a second of the Internet services.

(b) If insufficient funding is appropriated to provide funding authorized under this section, the state share shall be distributed pro rata to eligible school districts.

(c) In this section, (1) applicant's share means the difference between the cost of Internet services that are eligible for the discount under the federal universal services program and the discount received for those services under the federal universal services program;

(2) federal universal services program means the program established in 47 U.S.C. 254 and regulations implementing that section.
Alaska Stat. § 14.48.060 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.48 / Section 14.48.060
Minimum standards.
Status: in_force

(a) In establishing the criteria required by AS 14.48.050 (1), the commission shall require compliance with the minimum standards set out in (b) of this section.

(b) A postsecondary educational institution must be maintained and operated, or, in the case of a new institution, must demonstrate that it can be maintained and operated, so that (1) the quality and content of each course or program of instruction, training, or study are such as may reasonably and adequately achieve the stated objective for which the course or program is offered;

(2) the institution has or has access to adequate space, equipment, instructional materials, and personnel where applicable to achieve the stated objective of the course or program of study and to provide education of good quality;

(3) the education or experience qualifications of directors, administrators, supervisors, and instructors are such as may reasonably ensure that the students will receive education consistent with the objectives of the course or program of study;

(4) the institution provides a catalog or brochure containing information describing the programs offered, program objectives, length of program, schedule of tuition, fees, and all other charges and expenses necessary for completion of the course of study, cancellation and refund policies, and other material facts concerning the institution and the program or course of instruction that are reasonably likely to affect the decision of the student to enroll, together with any other disclosures specified by the commission by regulation; and that this information is provided to prospective students before enrollment;

(5) upon satisfactory completion of training, the student is given appropriate educational credentials by the institution, indicating that the course of instruction or study has been satisfactorily completed by the student;

(6) adequate records are maintained by the institution to show attendance, progress, or grades, and that satisfactory standards are enforced relating to attendance, progress, and performance;

(7) the institution is maintained and operated in compliance with all pertinent ordinances and laws relating to the safety and health of persons on the premises of the institution;

(8) the institution is financially sound and capable of fulfilling its commitments to students;

(9) neither the institution nor its agents engage in advertising, sales, collection, credit, or other practices which are false, deceptive, misleading, or unfair;

(10) the chief executive officer, trustees, directors, owners, administrators, supervisors, staff, and instructors of the institution are of good reputation and character and have not been convicted of a violation of AS 14.48.020 or 14.48.150 or AS 45.50.471  45.50.561 or a comparable law in another state or province;

(11) the student housing owned, maintained, or approved by the institution is appropriate, safe, and adequate;

(12) the institution has a fair and equitable cancellation and refund policy;

(13) the charges set by the institution for tuition, fees, books, and supplies are fair and equitable; and

(14) the institution accepts military education, training, or service credit or hours toward a degree or technical program offered by the institution if (A) the institution otherwise accepts transfer credits or hours; and

(B) the credit or hours transfer process meets the requirements of the accrediting body of the institution or the commission.

(c) Accreditation by national or regional accrediting agencies recognized by the commission may be accepted by the commission as evidence of compliance with the minimum standards established by this section and the criteria established under AS 14.48.050 (1). However, the commission may require further evidence and make further investigation as may be necessary. Accreditation by a recognized, specialized accrediting agency may be accepted as evidence of compliance only as to the portion or program of an institution accredited by the accrediting agency if the institution as a whole is not accredited.
Alaska Stat. § 14.48.210 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.48 / Section 14.48.210
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, (1) agent or agents mean persons owning an interest in, employed by, or representing for remuneration, a postsecondary educational institution in or outside the state who, by solicitation made in the state, enroll or seek to enroll residents of the state for education offered by the institution, or offer to award educational credentials for remuneration, on behalf of the institution, or who hold themselves out to residents of the state as representing a postsecondary educational institution for any purpose;

(2) agent's permit means a nontransferable written authorization issued to a natural person by the commission which allows that person to solicit or enroll a resident of the state for education in a postsecondary educational institution;

(3) authorization to operate means approval of the commission to operate or to contract to operate a postsecondary educational institution that provides education or grants educational credentials in the state;

(4) avocational means of or relating to an activity that is done as a hobby or for recreational purposes;

(5) commission means the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education;

(6) education, educational program or services, instruction, or instructional program includes any class, course, or program of training, instruction, or study;

(7) educational credentials means degrees, diplomas, certificates, transcripts, reports, documents, or letters of designation, marks, appellations, series of letters, numbers, or words which signify, purport, or are generally taken to signify enrollment, attendance, progress, or satisfactory completion of the requirements or prerequisites for education at a postsecondary educational institution;

(8) owner (A) means (i) a person having at least a 10 percent interest in the stock of a postsecondary educational institution that is a corporation;

(ii) a partner of a postsecondary educational institution that is a partnership; or

(iii) a person having a direct financial interest in, or title to, at least 10 percent of the assets of a postsecondary educational institution which is neither a partnership nor a corporation;

(B) does not include a financial institution holding a mortgage on some or all of the real property or a security interest in some or all of the personal property of a postsecondary educational institution;

(9) postsecondary educational institution means academic, vocational, technical, home study, business, professional, or other school, college, or university offering education primarily to persons who have completed or terminated their secondary education, or who are beyond the age of compulsory high school attendance, for attainment of educational, professional, or vocational objectives;

(10) recreational means an activity engaged in for the purpose of personal satisfaction, pleasure, creative enrichment, or enhanced well-being;

(11) to grant includes awarding, selling, conferring, or giving;

(12) to offer includes, in addition to its usual meanings, advertising, publicizing, soliciting, or encouraging persons directly or indirectly to perform the act described;

(13) to operate a postsecondary institution means to establish or maintain a facility or location where education is provided or postsecondary educational credentials are granted to persons in the state and includes contracting with any person, group, or entity to operate such an educational institution;

(14) vocational means of or relating to a skill or trade pursued as a career or for the purpose of gainful employment.
Alaska Stat. § 14.42.020 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.42 / Section 14.42.020
Officers.
Status: in_force

The chairman and vice-chairman shall be elected from among the members of the commission for a one-year term. A member of the commission may not serve as chairman for more than two consecutive one-year terms.
Alaska Stat. § 14.12.030 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.12 / Section 14.12.030
School boards.
Status: in_force

(a) Each borough and city school district with an average daily membership of 5,000 or less has a school board of five members, except that the governing body of the borough or city may by ordinance, concurred in by a majority of the district school board, provide for a school board of seven members.

(b) Each borough and city school district with an average daily membership exceeding 5,000 has a school board of seven, nine, or eleven members, as established by ordinance.

(c) The provisions of (a) and (b) of this section do not apply if the assembly serves as the school board of the borough school district.

(d) The provisions of (a) and (b) of this section do not apply to a regional educational attendance area that converts to a city or borough school district. The number of school board members may be changed by the qualified voters in a district by placing the question on the ballot at a regular school board election in the manner prescribed by law.

(e) Each city or borough school district that is operating schools on a military reservation under AS 14.12.020 (a) has one nonvoting delegate from the military reservation or reservations to the school district board to advise and assist the board in matters relating to the military reservation schools operated by the school district and to act as liaison between the board and the military community. The nonvoting delegate shall be appointed by the school district board, shall serve at the pleasure of the school district board, and must be an inhabitant of the area served by the military reservation schools operated by the school district by contract. If an elected community school committee is established on a military reservation, the only inhabitants of that military reservation who are eligible for appointment as the nonvoting delegate are those inhabitants who are members of the elected school committee.
Alaska Stat. § 14.43.172 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.43 / Section 14.43.172
Eligibility.
Status: in_force

(a) For a borrower to be eligible for a loan under AS 14.43.170  14.43.175, the borrower must be, or be about to be, enrolled in a postsecondary institution on at least a half-time basis and must be (1) a resident of this state (A) attending or about to attend a postsecondary institution that has been approved by and has executed a program participation agreement with the commission; or

(B) attending or about to attend an approved federal guaranteed student loan institution; or

(2) physically present in this state and attending or about to attend a federal guaranteed student loan institution located in this state.

(b) To meet the residency requirement of (a) of this section, the borrower must meet the standards set out in AS 14.43.162 (b).

(c) In addition to the provisions of (a) of this section, a borrower is eligible for a loan under AS 14.43.170  14.43.175 if the borrower (1) is not delinquent in payment on a loan previously awarded by the commission;

(2) at the time of application or loan disbursement, does not have a past due child support obligation established by court order or by the child support services agency under AS 25.27.160  25.27.220;

(3) has not, within the previous five years, had a loan discharged or written off by the commission for any reason;

(4) does not have a status, at the time of application for a loan or disbursement of loan money, that would prevent the borrower from repaying the loan as it becomes due;

(5) has not, within the previous five years, defaulted on another loan made to the borrower by a lending entity unless the borrower can show good faith efforts to repay the loan and extraordinary circumstances that led to the default;

(6) has a credit history, at the time of application for a loan, that demonstrates an ability and willingness to pay an extension of credit or loan as it becomes due; and

(7) has complied with the military selective service registration requirements imposed under 50 U.S.C. App. 453 (Military Selective Service Act), if those requirements were applicable to the person.

(d) The commission may not make a loan to a borrower who has been in default on a loan previously awarded by the commission unless the previously awarded loan has been paid in full.

(e) Notwithstanding (c)(4)  (6) of this section, the commission may make a loan to a borrower if another individual who satisfies the requirements of (c) of this section cosigns the loan.

(f) The commission may withhold disbursement of a loan if the borrower no longer meets the eligibility standards set out in this section.

(g) A borrower who is attending a postsecondary institution in this state that has been approved by the commission but is not an approved federal guaranteed student loan institution must also comply with and meet any other requirements established by the commission.
Alaska Stat. § 14.56.130 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.56 / Section 14.56.130
Other documents required of state agencies.
Status: in_force

Upon the request of the center, a state agency shall furnish the center with a complete list of its current state publications, data published or compiled by or for it at public expense, and a copy of its mailing or exchange lists. However, data that is protected by the constitutional right to privacy or is of a type stated by law to be confidential or that the agency is otherwise prohibited by law from distributing may not be furnished to the center.
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.055 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.055
Educational expansion program.
Status: in_force

To expand educational and cultural opportunities in the state, to keep pace with the expansion of the state in other fields, and to provide educational facilities of particular interest to residents of the state, the Board of Regents shall (1) make a study of the principles and applicability of the junior college to the state;

(2) establish additional extension courses and such other expansion of accredited courses for students as it considers advisable;

(3) provide facilities suitable for carrying out a university program;

(4) employ personnel;

(5) procure supplies;

(6) take all other appropriate measures to carry out the intent and purpose set forth in this section; and

(7) develop and offer at one or more of the senior college or community college campuses a continuing professional education program for architects, engineers, building officials, and officers and employees of financial institutions on alternative energy systems and on energy conservation and solar design and construction methods applicable to the state.
Alaska Stat. § 14.30.194 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.30 / Section 14.30.194
Mediation.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall, by regulation, establish and implement a voluntary mediation process in conformance with the requirements of federal law, including 34 C.F.R. 300.506. The department shall encourage the use of mediation for settlement of disputes under AS 14.30.180  14.30.350.

(b) The department shall (1) maintain a list of individuals who are qualified mediators knowledgeable in the federal and state statutes and regulations relating to the provision of special education and related services; and

(2) provide for qualification of mediators through a training program that is open to all individuals who meet the criteria set by the department by regulation.
Alaska Stat. § 14.33.220 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.33 / Section 14.33.220
Reporting; no reprisals.
Status: in_force

(a) A school employee, student, or volunteer may not engage in reprisal, retaliation, or false accusation against a victim, witness, or person with reliable information about an act of harassment, intimidation, or bullying.

(b) A school employee, student, or volunteer who has witnessed, or has reliable information that a student has been subjected to, harassment, intimidation, or bullying, whether verbal or physical, shall report the incident to an appropriate school official.

(c) This section does not prohibit discipline or other adverse action taken in compliance with school district policies against a person who falsely and in bad faith accuses a person of engaging in harassment, intimidation, or bullying or who intentionally provides false information in connection with an investigation of an alleged incident of harassment, intimidation, or bullying.
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.020 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.020
Requirements for issuance of certificate; fingerprints.
Status: reserved

(a) Except as provided in (f) of this section, the department shall issue a teacher certificate to every person who meets the requirements in (b), (c), and (h) of this section.

(b) A person is not eligible for a teacher certificate unless that person has received at least a baccalaureate degree from an institution of higher education accredited by a recognized regional accrediting association or approved by the commissioner and, if applicable, has passed the examination or examinations required by (i) of this section. However, this subsection is not applicable to (1) persons employed in the state public school system on September 1, 1962;

(2) persons issued an emergency certificate during a situation that, in the judgment of the commissioner, requires the temporary issuance of a certificate to a person not otherwise qualified.

(c) The board may establish by regulation additional requirements for the issuance of certificates. The board shall require teachers to submit fingerprints and the fees required by the Department of Public Safety under AS 12.62.160 for criminal justice information and a national criminal history record check. The board shall submit the fingerprints and fees to the Department of Public Safety for a report of criminal justice information under AS 12.62 and a national criminal history record check under AS 12.62.400 . The department shall establish by regulation the fees to be charged for each certificate and for other charges assessed against teachers as part of certification. In establishing the fees to be charged, the department shall establish the fee levels so that the total amount of the fees collected relating to the certification of teachers approximately equals, when added to the other fees collected from teachers, the actual regulatory costs for certifying and disciplining teachers in the state. The department shall annually review each fee level to determine whether the regulatory costs are approximately equal to fee collections. If the review indicates that fee collections and regulatory costs are not approximately equal, the department shall calculate fee adjustments to the fees for certification of teachers and adopt regulations under this subsection to implement the adjustments. In January of each year, the department shall report on all fee levels and revisions for the previous year under this subsection to the office of management and budget. The department shall consider the board's recommendations concerning the fee levels and regulatory costs before revising fee schedules to comply with this subsection. In this subsection, regulatory costs means costs of the department that are attributable to regulation of the teaching profession, including the portion of the expenses of the board that are attributable to the regulation of the teaching profession and the expenses of the Professional Teaching Practices Commission.

(d) The board may by regulation establish various classes of certificates.

(e) [Repealed, § 1 ch 36 SLA 2024]. (f) The department may not issue a teacher certificate to a person who has been convicted of a crime, or an attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit a crime, involving a minor under AS 11.41.410  11.41.460 or a law or ordinance in another jurisdiction with elements similar to an offense described in this subsection.

(g) [Repealed, § 1 ch 36 SLA 2024]. (h) Except as provided in AS 14.20.015 , a person is not eligible for a teacher certificate unless the person has completed three semester hours in Alaska studies and three semester hours in multicultural education or cross-cultural communications. However, the commissioner may issue a provisional certificate, valid for no longer than two years, to an applicant who has not completed the semester hours required under this subsection at the time of application.

(i) A person is not eligible for an initial regular teacher certificate unless the person has taken and successfully completed a competency examination or examinations designated, at the time the person took the test, by the board. The board shall review nationally recognized examinations that are designed to test the competency of new teachers and shall designate those examinations that it finds adequately test the skills and abilities of new teachers. For each examination designated under this subsection, the board shall establish the minimum acceptable level of performance, including a passing score. The board shall reevaluate the passing score for a competency examination at least once every five years and shall review each examination designated by the board at least once every three years. The board shall prioritize the review of those examinations for which the minimum passing score deviates the most from the mean passing score adopted by other jurisdictions. When reevaluating a passing score for a competency examination, the board shall consider the historical effect of the established passing score, the potential effect of changing the passing score, and the passing score currently used for the examination by other jurisdictions. The board may allow a teacher who passed a comparable competency examination required by another jurisdiction to use a score from the other jurisdiction to satisfy the competency examination requirements under this subsection. The board shall adopt regulations to implement this subsection. A regulation that changes the passing score on a competency examination takes effect on the date that is one year after the date the board adopts the regulation, or a later date prescribed by the board. In this subsection, competency examination includes a basic competency examination with components in reading, writing, and mathematics and a subject area examination that is specific to the subject area in which the teacher will be teaching.

(j) Whenever required by a provision of this chapter to submit fingerprints to use for a criminal background check for the purpose of determining a person's suitability for employment as a teacher, the department shall accept a name-based criminal history background check on a person from the agency performing the background check if the (1) person cannot submit legible fingerprint cards due to a permanent disability that precludes the person's ability to submit fingerprints; or

(2) agency informs the department that its examination of at least two separate sets of fingerprint cards shows that the person's fingerprints are illegible due to a permanent skin condition.

(k) Except as provided in AS 14.20.015 , a person is not eligible for a teacher certificate unless the person has completed training regarding alcohol and drug related disabilities required under AS 14.20.680 , training regarding sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention required under AS 14.30.355 , training regarding dating violence and abuse awareness and prevention required under AS 14.30.356 , and training related to suicide prevention required under AS 14.30.362 .

(l) Before teaching students in grades kindergarten through three, a teacher certificated under this section must complete coursework, training, or testing requirements in phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, reading fluency, oral language skills, and reading comprehension approved by the board in regulation. A teacher may apply coursework, training, or testing requirements completed under this subsection toward continuing education requirements established by the board in regulation.
Alaska Stat. § 14.43.122 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.43 / Section 14.43.122
Consolidation of loans.
Status: in_force

(a) The corporation may offer a borrower who has received more than one education loan the option of consolidating the multiple loans into a single loan as provided in this section.

(b) For a borrower to be eligible for consolidation of a loan under this section, the borrower must apply on a form approved by the corporation and must (1) physically reside in the state and have maintained a domicile in the state for not less than 12 consecutive months before submitting an application for consolidation;

(2) be a previous borrower, cosigner, or beneficiary of an education loan made under AS 14.43 or AS 14.44 ; or

(3) be a graduate of a high school or postsecondary institution physically located in the state.

(c) In this section, education loan means a loan to finance the cost of attendance at a postsecondary institution in or outside the state.
Alaska Stat. § 14.56.360 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.56 / Section 14.56.360
Public school library collection development grants.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established in the department a public school library collection development grant program.

(b) The person or division in charge of the state library shall award and administer grants of not more than $3,000 for a fiscal year for use by a public school library eligible under AS 14.56.365 to expand and improve the library collection to include relevant and current reading materials.

(c) If money appropriated for the program is insufficient to fund all eligible grant requests submitted under AS 14.56.365 , the available funding shall be awarded to the highest ranked applicants, according to criteria established by the department in regulation.
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.117 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.117
Establishment of Alaska Native Language Center.
Status: in_force

The University of Alaska shall establish an Alaska Native Language Center, the purposes of which are to (1) study languages native to Alaska;

(2) develop literacy materials;

(3) assist in the translation of important documents;

(4) provide for the development and dissemination of Alaska Native literature; and

(5) train Alaska Native language speakers to work as teachers and aides in bilingual classrooms.

Article 2. Board of Regents and President of the University of Alaska.
Alaska Stat. § 14.25.489 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.25 / Section 14.25.489
Premiums for retiree major medical insurance coverage upon termination of disability benefits or survivor's pension.
Status: in_force

The premium for retiree major medical insurance coverage payable by a member whose disability benefit is terminated under AS 14.25.485 (g) or by an eligible survivor whose survivor pension is terminated under AS 14.25.485 (i) or 14.25.487(e) when the member would have been eligible for normal retirement if the member had survived shall be determined under AS 14.25.480 (g)(2) as if the member or survivor were eligible for Medicare.
Alaska Stat. § 14.33.130 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.33 / Section 14.33.130
Enforcement of approved program; additional safety obligations.
Status: in_force

(a) A teacher, a teacher's assistant, a principal, or another person responsible for students may not be terminated or otherwise subjected to formal disciplinary action for lawful enforcement of an approved school disciplinary and safety program, including behavior standards, adopted under AS 14.33.120 .

(b) A teacher, a teacher's assistant, a principal, or another person responsible for students who (1) receives information about a student under AS 47.12.310 (b) or receives information that may affect the safety of students or staff shall notify the student's teacher or a school administrator; and

(2) in the course of employment, observes a student committing a crime shall report the crime to the local law enforcement agency; in this paragraph, crime has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900 .
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.640 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.640
Designated state official to make contracts.
Status: in_force

The designated state official to make contracts on behalf of the state under Article III of the agreement shall be the commissioner.
Alaska Stat. § 14.25.075 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.25 / Section 14.25.075
Purchase of credited service.
Status: in_force

(a) An employee who is eligible to purchase credited service under AS 14.25.047 or 14.25.048, a member who is eligible to purchase credited service under AS 14.25.048 , 14.25.050, 14.25.060, 14.25.061, 14.25.100, or 14.25.107, or a teacher who is eligible to purchase credited service under AS 14.20.345 , AS 14.25.050 , or 14.25.105, in lieu of making payments directly to the plan, may elect to have the member's employer make payments as provided in this section.

(b) A member may elect to have the employer make payments for all or any portion of the amounts payable for the member's purchase of credited service through a salary reduction program as follows: (1) the amounts paid under a salary reduction program are in lieu of contributions by the member making the election; the electing member's salary or other compensation shall be reduced by the amount paid by the employer under this subsection;

(2) the member shall make an irrevocable election under this subsection to purchase credited service as permitted in AS 14.20.345 , AS 14.25.047 , 14.25.048, 14.25.050, 14.25.060, 14.25.061, 14.25.100, 14.25.105, or 14.25.107 before the member's termination of employment; the irrevocable election must specify the number of payroll periods that deductions will be made from the member's compensation and the dollar amount of deductions for each payroll period during the specified number of payroll periods; the deductions made under this paragraph cease upon the earlier of the member's termination of employment with the employer or the member's death; amounts paid by an employer under (f) of this section may not be applied toward the payment of the dollar amount of the deductions representing the portion of the credited service that is being purchased by the member through payroll deduction in accordance with the member's irrevocable election under this paragraph;

(3) amounts paid by an employer under this subsection shall be treated as employer contributions for the purpose of determining tax treatment under 26 U.S.C. (Internal Revenue Code); the amounts paid by the employer under this section may not be included in the member's gross income for income tax purposes until those amounts are distributed by refund or retirement benefit payments.

(c) Unless otherwise provided, member contributions paid by the employer under this section are treated for all other purposes under the plan in the same manner and to the same extent as member contributions that are not paid by an employer under this section and AS 14.25.050 . The plan may assess interest or administrative charges attributable to any salary reduction election made under this section. The interest or administrative charges shall be added to the contribution that is made to the plan by the member each payroll period, and that is paid by the employer. The interest or administrative charges may not be treated as member contributions for any purposes under AS 14.25.009  14.25.220, and a member or a member's beneficiary does not have a right to the return of the interest or administrative charges under any other provision of this section. Interest assessed under this section shall be at the rate specified by regulations adopted by the administrator.

(d) For plan fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2001, the requirements of AS 14.25.110 (k) may not be applied to reduce the amount of credited service that may be purchased under this section by a member who first becomes an employee of the plan before July 1, 2001, to an amount that is less than the amount of credited service allowed to be purchased with the application of any of the limits prescribed in 26 U.S.C. 415.

(e) Contributions to the plan to purchase credited service under this section do not qualify for treatment under this section if recognition of that service would cause a member to receive a retirement benefit for the same service from the plan and from one or more other retirement plans or systems of the state.

(f) The administrator may accept rollover contributions from a member. Contributions made under this subsection may not be applied to purchase service being paid under (b) of this section. A rollover contribution as described in this subsection shall be treated as employer contributions for the purpose of determining tax treatment under the Internal Revenue Code and may be made by any one or a combination of the following methods: (1) subject to the limitations prescribed in 26 U.S.C. 402(c), accepting eligible rollover distributions directly from one or more eligible retirement plans as defined by 26 U.S.C. 402(c)(8)(B);

(2) subject to the limitations prescribed in 26 U.S.C. 403(b)(13), accepting direct trustee-to-trustee transfers of all or a portion of the accounts of the member, on or after January 1, 2002, from a tax sheltered annuity described in 26 U.S.C. 403(b);

(3) subject to the limitations prescribed in 26 U.S.C. 457(e)(17), accepting direct trustee-to-trustee transfers of all or a portion of the accounts of the member, on or after January 1, 2002, from an eligible deferred compensation plan of a tax-exempt organization or a state or local government described in 26 U.S.C. 457(b);

(4) accepting direct trustee-to-trustee transfer from an account established for the benefit of the member in AS 39.30.150  39.30.180 (Alaska Supplemental Annuity Plan).

(g) Payments made under this section shall be applied to reduce the member's outstanding indebtedness described in AS 14.25.063 at the time that the contributions are received by the plan.

(h) If a member retires before all payments are made under this section, the plan shall calculate the member's benefits based only on the payments actually made with respect to the credited service purchased.

(i) On satisfaction of the eligibility requirements of AS 14.20.345 , AS 14.25.047 , 14.25.048, 14.25.050, 14.25.060, 14.25.061, 14.25.100, 14.25.105, or 14.25.107, the requirements of this section, and the administrative filing requirements specified by the administrator, the plan shall adjust the member's credited service history and add any additional service credits acquired.

(j) After an election is made under this section, the election is binding on and irrevocable for the member and the member's employer during the member's remaining period of current employment. After a member makes an irrevocable election under this section, the member does not have the option of choosing to receive the contributed amounts directly in cash.
Alaska Stat. § 14.43.171 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.43 / Section 14.43.171
Applicability of other laws.
Status: in_force

The provisions of AS 14.43.120 (b), 14.43.120(d)(4), 14.43.135, 14.43.140, and 14.43.145  14.43.160 apply to the loans made under AS 14.43.170  14.43.175 as if the loans were made under those applicable provisions.
Alaska Stat. § 14.25.060 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.25 / Section 14.25.060
Arrearage indebtedness.
Status: in_force

(a) If a member first joined the plan before July 1, 1990, and has military service or Alaska Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) service, or if a member joined the plan before July 1, 1978, and has creditable outside service, the member may claim this service. If the member claims the service, the member is indebted to the plan as follows: (1) at the time of first becoming a member of the plan, the arrearage indebtedness is seven percent of the base salary multiplied by the total number of years of creditable outside, military, and Alaska BIA service; the administrator shall add compound interest at the rate prescribed by regulation to the arrearage indebtedness beginning July 1, 1963, or at the time the member first becomes eligible to claim the service, whichever is later, to the date of payment or the date of retirement, whichever occurs first;

(2) if a member terminates from the plan and is subsequently reemployed as a member, the arrearage indebtedness to the plan for outside, military, or Alaska BIA service accumulated in the interim is seven percent of the base salary upon reentering membership service, multiplied by the number of years of interim outside, military, and Alaska BIA service; compound interest at the rate prescribed by regulation shall be added to the arrearage indebtedness beginning July 1, 1963, or the date of reemployment as a member, whichever is later, to the date of payment or the date of retirement, whichever occurs first.

(b) If a member joins the plan on or after July 1, 1978, and has creditable outside service, the member may claim this service. If claimed, the member is indebted to the plan as follows: (1) The arrearage indebtedness is the full actuarial cost of providing benefits for the service being claimed. Compound interest at the rate prescribed by regulation shall be added to the arrearage indebtedness beginning the date the actuarial cost is established to the date of payment or the date of retirement, whichever occurs first.

(2) If a member terminates from the plan and is subsequently reemployed as a member, the arrearage indebtedness for outside service during the interim is the full actuarial cost of providing benefits for the interim service being claimed. Compound interest at the rate prescribed by regulation shall be added to the arrearage indebtedness beginning the date the actuarial cost is established to the date of payment or the date of retirement, whichever occurs first.

(c) The total military service claimed may not exceed five years. The combined total of outside and military service may not exceed 10 years, except that, if entry into the armed forces is immediately preceded by membership service and within one year after discharge is continued by membership service, that service may not be counted for purposes of determining the applicability of the 10-year limitation on the combined total of outside and military service.

(d) If a member first joined the plan on or after July 1, 1990, and has military service or Alaska BIA service, the member's indebtedness shall be determined under (a) of this section except that the percentage multiplier is 8.65 percent.
Alaska Stat. § 14.25.040 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.25 / Section 14.25.040
Membership; credited service.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless a teacher or member participates in a university retirement program under AS 14.40.661  14.40.799 or has elected under AS 14.25.540 to participate in the plan established in AS 14.25.310  14.25.590, a teacher or member contracting for service with a participating employer is subject to AS 14.25.009  14.25.220.

(b) A state legislator who was an active member of this plan under other sections of AS 14.25.009  14.25.220 within the 12 months immediately preceding election to office may elect to be an active member of this plan for as long as the state legislator serves continuously as a state legislator subject to the requirements of (c) of this section, if, within 90 days after taking the oath of office, (1) the state legislator directs the employer in writing to (A) pay into this plan the employer contributions required for a member under AS 14.25.009  14.25.220; and

(B) deduct from the state legislator's salary and pay into this plan (i) the employee contributions required for a member under AS 14.25.009  14.25.220; and

(ii) an amount equal to the difference between the total employer and state contributions required for a member under AS 14.25.009  14.25.220 and the employer contributions which would be required under the public employees' retirement system ( AS 39.35 ) if the legislator were covered under that system; and

(2) notice is given the administrator in writing.

(c) A state legislator is not entitled to elect membership under (b) of this section if the state legislator is covered for the same period of service under the public employees' retirement system ( AS 39.35 ). An election of membership under (b) of this section is retroactive to the date the state legislator took the oath of office. A state legislator may not receive membership credit under (b) of this section for legislative service performed before the legislative session during which the state legislator elected membership under (b) of this section. In order to continue in membership service under (b) of this section, the state legislator must earn at least 0.3 years of membership service under other sections of AS 14.25.009  14.25.220 during each five-year period. A state legislator may not receive membership credit under AS 14.25.009  14.25.220 for legislative service on or after the date the legislator commits a criminal offense from which a pension forfeiture under AS 37.10.310 results.

(d) A person who is employed at least half-time in the plan during the same period that the person is employed at least half-time in a position in the public employees' retirement plan under AS 39.35.095  39.35.680 shall receive credited service under each plan for half-time employment. However, the amount of credited service a person receives under the public employees' retirement plan during a school year may not exceed the amount necessary, when added to the amount of credited service earned during the school year under the plan, to equal one year of credited service. A person who was employed at least half-time in a position in the public employees' retirement plan under AS 39.35.095  39.35.680 in the same period that the person was employed at least half-time in a position in this plan may claim credited service in both plans for employment before May 31, 1989. To obtain this credited service, the person shall claim the service and verify the period of half-time employment. When eligibility for half-time service credit has been established, an indebtedness shall be determined to the retirement plan in which the person did not participate. The amount of the indebtedness is the full actuarial cost of providing benefits for the credited service claimed. Interest as prescribed by regulation accrues on that indebtedness beginning on the later of July 1, 1989, or the date on which the member is first eligible to claim the service. Any outstanding indebtedness existing at the time the person retires will require an actuarial adjustment to the benefits payable based on that service.

(e) A teacher who is assaulted while on the job, who files for benefits under AS 23.30 , and who, as a result of a physical injury from the assault, is placed on leave without pay, whether or not the teacher is receiving benefits under AS 23.30 for the injury, is entitled to accrue credited service while the teacher, because of the injury, is on leave-without-pay status or is receiving workers' compensation benefits under AS 23.30 . Entitlement to earn credited service under this subsection ends when the teacher is eligible to receive benefits under AS 14.25.110 (a) or 14.25.130(a).
Alaska Stat. § 14.07.165 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.07 / Section 14.07.165
Duties.
Status: reserved

(a) The board shall adopt (1) statewide goals and require each governing body to adopt written goals that are consistent with local needs;

(2) regulations regarding the application for and award of grants under AS 14.03.125 ;

(3) regulations implementing provisions of AS 14.11.014 (b);

(4) regulations requiring approval by the board before a charter school, state boarding school, or a public school may provide domiciliary services;

(5) regulations establishing standards for an early education program provided by a school district for children who are four and five years of age; the regulations must include (A) standards for a locally designed, evidence-based program that meets federal standards required for early education programs to receive federal funding;

(B) a requirement that a teacher in charge of a program hold a valid teacher certificate issued under AS 14.20 and (i) have satisfactorily completed a minimum of six credit hours in early childhood education or complete the minimum credit hours within two years of the date the teacher's employment with the early education program begins; or

(ii) have two or more years of experience teaching kindergarten or another early education program and have completed additional coursework related to reading instruction, as required by the department;

(C) developmentally appropriate objectives for children four and five years of age rather than academic standards appropriate for older children; the objectives must allow school districts to adapt the content of an early education program to be culturally responsive to local communities;

(D) accommodations for the needs of all early education children and their families regardless of socioeconomic circumstances; and

(E) standards for day in session requirements appropriate for children four and five years of age;

(6) regulations establishing standards for day in session requirements appropriate for kindergarten students.

(b) [Repealed, § 25 ch 2 SSSLA 2015.] (c) Every five years, the board shall review the mathematics and English and language arts curricula used in the state to ensure the curricula are still effective and are being taught using best practices.
Alaska Stat. § 14.44.040 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.44 / Section 14.44.040
Repayment condition for program participants.
Status: in_force

(a) As a condition of eligibility for receiving financial support from the state under the Professional Student Exchange Program of the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education, a program participant shall agree to repay to the state the support provided by the state on behalf of that person, plus interest.

(b) A repayment under this section shall be paid into the education loan fund created under AS 14.42.210 .

(c) If a program participant defaults on the repayment obligation, the provisions of AS 14.43.145  14.43.155 apply to collect on the obligation as if it were a defaulted loan under AS 14.43 .

Article 2. Compact for Education.
Alaska Stat. § 14.44.010 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.44 / Section 14.44.010
Ratification, approval, and adherence.
Status: in_force

The Western Regional Higher Education Compact, recommended by the Western Governors' Conference on November 10, 1950, for adoption by the states or territories of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, is ratified and approved and the adherence of this state to this Compact, upon its ratification and approval by four or more of these states or territories in addition to this state, is declared.
Alaska Stat. § 14.34.090 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.34 / Section 14.34.090
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.
Alaska Stat. § 14.25.065 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.25 / Section 14.25.065
Transmittal of contributions; claims against funds of an employer.
Status: in_force

(a) All contributions deducted in accordance with AS 14.25.050 and 14.25.055 shall be transmitted to the plan for deposit in the retirement fund no later than 15 days following the close of the payroll period, with the final contributions due for any school year transmitted no later than July 15.

(b) The contributions of employers under AS 14.25.070 must be transmitted to the plan for deposit in the retirement fund and the Alaska retiree health care trust at the close of each pay period. If the contributions are not submitted within the prescribed time limit, interest must be assessed on the outstanding contributions at one and one-half times the most recent actuarially determined rate of earnings for the plan from the date that contributions were originally due. Amounts due from an employer and interest as prescribed in this section may be claimed by the administrator from any agency of the state or political subdivision that has in its possession funds of the employer or that is authorized to disburse funds to the employer that are not restricted by statute or appropriation to a specific purpose. The amount claimed shall be certified by the administrator as sufficient to pay the contributions and interest due from the employer. The amount claimed shall be submitted to the administrator for deposit in the retirement fund and the Alaska retiree health care trust.
Alaska Stat. § 14.56.123 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.56 / Section 14.56.123
Liaison with center.
Status: in_force

Each state agency shall and each municipality and regional educational attendance area may designate one of its employees to be responsible for depositing the materials and information specified in AS 14.56.120 .
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.150 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.150
Acquisition and reacquisition of tenure rights.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in (c) or (d) of this section, a teacher acquires tenure rights in a district when the teacher (1) possesses a valid teaching certificate that authorizes the teacher to be employed as a certificated teacher or as an administrator under regulations adopted by the department;

(2) has been employed as a teacher in the same district continuously for three full school years;

(3) receives, in the third year of any three-year period of continuous employment with the district, an evaluation under the district's evaluation system stating that the teacher's performance meets the district performance standards; and

(4) on or before October 15 of the school year, (A) accepts a contract for employment as a teacher in the district for a fourth consecutive school year; and

(B) performs a day of teaching services in the district during that school year.

(b) In this section, a full school year of employment means employment that begins on or before the first student count day required by the department in a school year or October 15, whichever occurs first, and continues through the remainder of the school year.

(c) A superintendent may not acquire or maintain tenure in a district.

(d) A teacher who has acquired tenure in a school district in the state and who loses tenure in the district because of a break in service may reacquire tenure in that school district under this subsection if the break in service was not the result of a dismissal under AS 14.20.170 or nonretention under AS 14.20.175 and did not last longer than one year. A break in service that begins on or after the last day of a school district's instructional days for a school year but before the first instructional day of the next school year will be considered to have lasted no longer than one year if the teacher is employed on the first instructional day of the school year that begins more than 12 but not more than 16 months after the beginning of the break in service. A previously tenured teacher reacquires tenure in the school district under this subsection when the teacher (1) possesses a valid teaching certificate that authorizes the teacher to be employed as a certificated teacher or as an administrator under regulations adopted by the department;

(2) has been employed as a teacher in the district continuously for one full school year after a break in service that does not exceed the time limits set out in this subsection;

(3) receives, under the district's evaluation system, an acceptable evaluation from the district; and

(4) on or before October 15 of the school year, (A) accepts a contract for employment as a teacher in the district for a second consecutive school year; and

(B) performs a day of teaching services in the district during that school year.

(e) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a teacher who has acquired tenure in a school district who moves to a new school district acquires tenure in the new school district on the first instructional day of the third year of employment in the new school district if (1) the teacher otherwise meets the qualifications for tenure set out in (a) of this section; and

(2) the break in service meets the requirements of (d) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 14.30.420 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.30 / Section 14.30.420
Native language education.
Status: in_force

(a) A school board shall establish a local Native language curriculum advisory board for each school in the district in which a majority of the students are Alaska Natives, and any school district with Alaska Native students may establish a local Native language curriculum advisory board for each school with Alaska Native students in their district. If the local Native language curriculum advisory board recommends the establishment of a Native language education curriculum for a school, the school board may initiate and conduct a Native language education curriculum within grades kindergarten through 12 at that school. The program, if established, must include Native languages traditionally spoken in the community in which the school is located. Each school board conducting a program of Native language education shall implement the program as a part of regular classroom studies and shall use (1) instructors who are certified under AS 14.20.020 or 14.20.025; and

(2) to the maximum extent possible (A) instructors and instructional materials available through the University of Alaska; and

(B) audio-visual, computer, and satellite technology.

(b) In this section, (1) district has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990 ;

(2) Native means a person of one-fourth degree or more Alaskan Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut blood.

Article 11. Adventure-Based Education.
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.060 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.060
University curriculum.
Status: in_force

The University of Alaska shall use the property and funds acquired for the purpose of conducting a college where the leading objects shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies and including military tactics, to teach branches of learning related to agriculture, the mechanic arts, and household economics in order to promote a liberal and practical education.
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.803 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.803
Alaska advance college tuition savings fund.
Status: in_force

(a) The Alaska advance college tuition savings fund is established as a nonlapsing fund of the University of Alaska. The purpose of the fund is to secure obligations to participants under a postsecondary education savings program operated by the University of Alaska and to enhance the ability of the university to provide (1) higher education for the people of the state; (2) wide and affordable access to higher education for residents and their children; (3) an incentive for residents to achieve higher academic standards in grades 7  12; and (4) an incentive for residents to continue and complete secondary and postsecondary education. The fund may be divided into separate accounts for accounting purposes.

(b) The fund consists of (1) permanent fund dividend and cash contributions made under AS 14.40.807 under the terms of an advance college tuition savings contract;

(2) appropriations, gifts, bequests, and contributions; and

(3) income and earnings of the fund.

(c) Assets of the fund shall be expended to make payments to the university and other eligible educational institutions, including payments for refunds, redemptions, and awards under a savings contract or scholarships, costs of administration, and other obligations of the fund.
Alaska Stat. § 14.07.075 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.07 / Section 14.07.075
Creation.
Status: in_force

There is created at the head of the Department of Education and Early Development a Board of Education and Early Development consisting of seven members.
Alaska Stat. § 14.03.075 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.03 / Section 14.03.075
College and career readiness assessment; retroactive issuance of diploma.
Status: reserved

(a) [Repealed, §§ 25, 29 ch 2 SSSLA 2015.] (b) [Repealed, §§ 25, 29 ch 2 SSSLA 2015.] (c) [Repealed, §§ 25, 29 ch 2 SSSLA 2015.] (d) At the request of a student, a school district shall issue a high school diploma to a student who did not receive a high school diploma because the student failed to pass all or a portion of the secondary school competency examination but who received a certificate of achievement under this section as it read before July 1, 2014.

(e) In this section, school district has the meaning given in AS 14.30.350 .
Alaska Stat. § 14.56.100 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.56 / Section 14.56.100
Duties of center.
Status: in_force

The center shall, in cooperation with federal, municipal, and private data collection and research efforts, promote the establishment of an orderly depository library and data index distribution and access system.
Alaska Stat. § 14.25.007 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.25 / Section 14.25.007
Investment management of retirement system funds.
Status: in_force

The Alaska Retirement Management Board established under AS 37.10.210 is the fiduciary of the system funds.
Alaska Stat. § 14.30.355 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.30 / Section 14.30.355
Sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of each school district shall adopt and implement a policy, establish a training program for employees and students, and provide parent notices relating to sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention for students enrolled in grades kindergarten through 12.

(b) The policy, training, and notices adopted under this section must include (1) age-appropriate information;

(2) warning signs of sexual abuse of a child;

(3) referral and resource information;

(4) available student counseling and educational support;

(5) methods for increasing teacher, student, and parent awareness of issues regarding sexual abuse of children;

(6) actions that a child may take to prevent and report sexual abuse or sexual assault; and

(7) a procedure allowing a student to be excused from participating in training or from receiving notices under this section at the written request of a parent or guardian of the student, or of the student if the student is emancipated or 18 years of age or older.

(c) The training required for teachers under this section may be provided as a part of the continuing education required under AS 18.66.310 .

(d) In this section, (1) school district has the meaning given in AS 14.30.350 ;

(2) sexual abuse or sexual assault has the meaning given to sexual abuse in AS 47.10.990 .
Alaska Stat. § 14.25.004 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.25 / Section 14.25.004
Powers and duties of the administrator.
Status: in_force

(a) The administrator shall (1) establish and maintain an adequate system of accounts;

(2) transmit the funds deposited in the system to the retirement fund established and maintained by the Alaska Retirement Management Board;

(3) approve or disapprove claims for retirement benefits;

(4) make payments for the various purposes specified;

(5) submit periodic reports or statements of account that are needed;

(6) issue a statement of account to an employee not less than once each year showing the amount of the employee's contributions to the applicable plan in the system;

(7) formulate and recommend to the commissioner of administration regulations to govern the operation of the system;

(8) as soon as possible after the close of each fiscal year, and not later than six months after the close of each fiscal year, send to the governor and the legislature an annual statement on the operations of each of the plans in the system containing (A) a balance sheet;

(B) a statement of income and expenditures for the previous fiscal year;

(C) a report on valuation of trust fund assets;

(D) a summary of assets held in the trust fund listed by the categories of investment, as provided by the Alaska Retirement Management Board;

(E) other statistical financial data that are necessary for proper understanding of the financial condition of the system as a whole and each plan in the system and the result of its operations;

(9) engage an independent certified public accountant to conduct an annual audit of each plan's accounts and the annual report of the system's financial condition and activity;

(10) report to the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee concerning the condition and administration of each plan and distribute the report to the members of each plan in the system;

(11) publish an information handbook for each plan in the system at intervals that the administrator considers appropriate;

(12) meet at least annually with the board to review the condition and management of the retirement systems and to review significant changes to policies, regulations, or benefits; and

(13) do whatever else may be necessary to carry out the purposes of each plan in the system.

(b) The administrator is authorized to charge fees necessary to members' accounts to cover the ongoing cost of operating each plan in the system.

(c) The administrator is authorized to contract with public and private entities to provide record keeping, benefits payments, and other functions necessary for the administration of each plan in the system.
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.809 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.809
Powers and duties of the University of Alaska.
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Regents of the University of Alaska may contract with a purchaser for the purchase of advance college tuition credits for the payment of tuition and other qualified higher education expenses for a beneficiary of any age to attend a branch of the university or other eligible educational institution to which the beneficiary is admitted. A purchaser and a beneficiary may be the same person.

(b) The board shall (1) make appropriate arrangements as necessary to fulfill the board's obligations under an advance college tuition savings contract;

(2) establish and adopt a formal plan for administration of the advance college tuition savings program; the terms and conditions of the plan shall be considered a part of an advance college tuition savings contract;

(3) establish investment objectives, criteria, and asset allocation guidelines for the fund based on prudent institutional investor guidelines and actuarial analysis of the earnings requirements for the advance college tuition savings plan;

(4) enter into contracts or agreements considered necessary for the investment of the fund, including contracts or agreements with investment managers, consultants, and other custodians of the fund;

(5) engage a financial advisor to report annually on the investment performance of the fund;

(6) engage an independent firm of certified public accountants to audit the financial position of the fund;

(7) do all acts, whether or not expressly authorized, that the board considers necessary or proper in administering the assets of the fund;

(8) enter into reciprocal agreements with Alaska Pacific University and other eligible educational institutions or state tuition programs that the board determines to be beneficial to the advance college tuition savings program;

(9) coordinate savings options established under the Alaska advance college tuition savings program and the administration of the fund with the Education Trust of Alaska ( AS 14.40.802 ), including the creation of common administrative and record-keeping systems, marketing programs, and operating reserves.
Alaska Stat. § 14.16.050 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.16 / Section 14.16.050
Applicability of education laws.
Status: reserved

(a) The following provisions apply with respect to the operation and management of a state boarding school as if it were a school district: (1) requirements relating to school district operations: (A) AS 14.03.030  14.03.050 (defining the school term, day in session, and school holidays);

(B) AS 14.03.083  14.03.140 (miscellaneous provisions applicable to school district operations);

(C) [Repealed, § 3 ch 36 SLA 2024). (D) AS 14.12.150 (authorizing school districts to establish and participate in the services of a regional resource center);

(E) AS 14.14.050 (imposing the requirement of an annual audit);

(F) AS 14.14.110 (authorizing cooperation with other school districts);

(G) AS 14.14.140 (b) (establishing a prohibition on employment of a relative of the chief school administrator);

(H) AS 14.18 (prohibiting discrimination based on sex in public education);

(2) requirements relating to the public school funding program and the receipt and expenditure of that funding: (A) AS 14.17.500 (relating to student count estimates);

(B) AS 14.17.505 (relating to school operating fund balances);

(C) AS 14.17.500  14.17.910 (setting out the procedure for payment of public school funding and imposing general requirements and limits on money paid);

(3) requirements relating to teacher employment and retirement: (A) AS 14.14.105 and 14.14.107 (relating to sick leave);

(B) AS 14.20.095  14.20.215 (relating to the employment and tenure of teachers);

(C) AS 14.20.280  14.20.350 (relating to sabbatical leave provisions for teachers);

(D) AS 23.40.070  23.40.260 (authorizing collective bargaining by certificated employees), except with regard to teachers who are administrators and except that the board may delegate some or all of its responsibilities under those statutes;

(E) AS 14.25 (provisions regarding the teachers' retirement system);

(4) requirements relating to students and educational programs: (A) AS 14.30.180  14.30.350 (relating to educational services for children with disabilities);

(B) AS 14.30.360  14.30.370 (establishing health education program standards);

(C) AS 14.30.400  14.30.410 (relating to bilingual and bicultural education).

(b) A person employed as a teacher at Mt. Edgecumbe High School on May 28, 1988, acquires tenure rights in accordance with AS 14.20.150 and 14.20.155 as though the person had been employed by a school district.
Alaska Stat. § 14.42.250 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.42 / Section 14.42.250
Validity of pledge.
Status: in_force

It is the intention of the legislature that a pledge made in respect to bonds of the corporation shall be valid, perfected, and binding from the time the pledge is made; that the money or property so pledged and thereafter received by the corporation shall immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without physical delivery or further act; and that the lien of the pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the corporation irrespective of whether the parties have notice. Neither the resolution, trust agreement, nor other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded or filed under the provisions of AS 45.01  AS 45.08 , AS 45.12 , AS 45.14 , and AS 45.29 (Uniform Commercial Code) to be valid, perfected, binding, or effective.
Alaska Stat. § 14.07.150 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.07 / Section 14.07.150
Budget and fiscal authority.
Status: in_force

The commissioner has responsibility and authority for the preparation and execution of a budget and for the other fiscal affairs of the department, subject to the approval of the board.
Alaska Stat. § 14.11.130 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.11 / Section 14.11.130
Construction of chapter.
Status: in_force

This chapter may not be construed to prevent a municipality that is a school district or a regional educational attendance area from using other revenue to include additional or expanded facilities as part of approved school construction projects.
Alaska Stat. § 14.14.300 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.14 / Section 14.14.300
Appointment to district committees or other advisory bodies.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding AS 39.05.100 or a provision of law relating to age, the board may appoint any 17-21 year old district resident to a district committee or advisory body if recommended by the youth involvement committee.

(b) A young person recommended by the committee may be appointed to district committees or advisory bodies with special qualifications for membership if the proposed nominee meets the required qualifications set by law, except for age.

(c) An individual appointed to a district committee or advisory body under this section is entitled to the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of other members, and the appointment is subject to confirmation by the board when required by law. An additional seat on a district committee or advisory body is not created by virtue of AS 14.14.250  14.14.310.
Alaska Stat. § 14.57.200 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.57 / Section 14.57.200
Acquisition of title to loaned property.
Status: in_force

(a) A museum may acquire the title to documented property loaned to the museum if (1) at least seven years have passed after the expiration date of the loan without written or other contact between the lender and the museum; or

(2) the loan does not have an expiration date and at least seven years have passed without written or other contact between the lender and the museum since the loan was made.

(b) To acquire title to property under this section, the museum shall first send a notice by certified mail to the lender's latest address if the museum has an address for the lender. The notice must include (1) a statement that the loan is terminated;

(2) a brief and general description of the property;

(3) the date or approximate date, if known, when the owner loaned the property to the museum;

(4) the name, address, and telephone number of the museum representative to contact for more information or to make a claim;

(5) the lender's name and latest address; and

(6) a statement that outlines the schedule and requirements for the museum to acquire title under this section.

(c) If a valid claim is not received by the museum within 30 days from the date the notice was mailed under (b) of this section or if the museum does not have an address for the lender, the museum shall publish a notice at least once a week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the judicial district where the museum is located and, if the museum has an address for the lender, in (1) the judicial district in which the lender's latest address is located if the address is in this state; or

(2) the county, borough, or other geographical organizational entity of the jurisdiction in which the lender's latest address is located if the address is in a jurisdiction other than this state.

(d) The notice published under (c) of this section must contain (1) the information required for the notice in (b)(1)  (5) of this section;

(2) the date of the last publication of the notice under (c) of this section; and

(3) a statement that the museum will acquire title to the loaned property if a valid claim to the property is not received by the museum within 45 days from the date of the last publication of the notice under (c) of this section.

(e) The museum acquires the title to the property, subject to reclamation of the property under AS 14.57.220 , as of the 46th day after the date of the last publication of the notice under (c) of this section, if the requirements of (a)  (d) of this section are satisfied and if a valid claim to the loaned property is not received by the museum within 45 days after the date of the last publication of the notice under (c) of this section.

(f) In this section, address means a description of the location of the lender, as shown on a museum's records, that is sufficient for delivery by mail.
Alaska Stat. § 14.43.091 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.43 / Section 14.43.091
Education loan program.
Status: in_force

(a) There is created the education loan program to provide loans to individuals who are students to assist in paying the costs of postsecondary education. The provisions of this section, AS 14.43.100  14.43.160, 14.43.910, 14.43.920, and 14.43.990 apply to the loans.

(b) Upon approval by the commission of an education loan, the corporation shall finance a loan disbursement, subject to any limit that the corporation sets on the total amount of loans that the corporation will finance in a school year. A loan financed under this section becomes an asset of the corporation.

(c) Repayments of principal and interest on a loan are paid into the education loan fund established in AS 14.42.210 . If money made available by the corporation is inadequate to fully finance eligible loan applications, additional financing from the general fund may be requested and appropriated for that year.
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.280 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.280
Endowments and donations.
Status: in_force

(a) Title to and control or possession of land, personal property, money, and other property that is devised, bequeathed, or given to the university shall be taken by the university in its corporate capacity acting by and through the Board of Regents or an authorized agent and shall be entered in the perpetual inventory of the university established in AS 14.40.330 .

(b) All monetary gifts, bequests, or endowments that are made to the University of Alaska for the purpose of the separate endowment trust fund established under AS 14.40.400 shall be deposited into that endowment trust fund.

(c) Except as provided by (b) of this section, the monetary gifts, bequests, or endowments that are made to the University of Alaska shall be managed and invested by the Board of Regents. In carrying out its management and investment responsibilities under this subsection, the Board of Regents has the same powers and duties with respect to the gifts, bequests, and endowments of the University of Alaska as are provided or required under AS 37.10.071 and AS 13.65 (Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act). Notwithstanding any other provision of law, AS 37.10.071 governs the management and investment responsibilities established under this subsection if (1) both AS 37.10.071 and AS 13.65 apply to the management and investment responsibilities established under this subsection; and

(2) AS 37.10.071 conflicts with AS 13.65 .
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.430 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.430
Dismissal.
Status: in_force

Any member may be removed by the governor for misconduct, malfeasance or nonfeasance in office, or incapacity.
Alaska Stat. § 14.43.300 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.43 / Section 14.43.300
Limits and conditions of loans.
Status: reserved

(a) An education loan to a recipient under AS 14.43.250 (b)(1)  (4) or (6) may not exceed $2,500 a school year for an undergraduate student or $5,000 a school year for a graduate student and may not be made to a student for more than six years. An education loan to a recipient under AS 14.43.250 (b)(5) may not exceed the cost of tuition and required fees, books and educational supplies, room and board, and transportation for two round trips between the recipient's home and school each year. A loan under AS 14.43.250 (b)(5) may not be made for more than five years of undergraduate study, five years of graduate study, or a combined maximum of eight years of study.

(b) A loan made under AS 14.43.250  14.43.325 may be used only as follows: (1) a Michael Murphy memorial education loan may be used only to pursue a certificate or degree program in an accredited college or university in law enforcement, law, probation and parole, or penology, or closely related fields;

(2) a Carroll L. Butch Swartz memorial education loan may be used only to pursue a degree program in an accredited college or university in criminal law, criminology, corrections, police science and administration, juvenile justice, or other fields closely related to criminal justice;

(3) a Harvey Golub memorial education loan may be used only to pursue a degree program in an accredited college or university in civil, mechanical, electrical, electronic, petroleum, mining, traffic and transportation, sanitary, chemical, or other recognized field of engineering;

(4) a Robert L. Thomas memorial education loan may be used only to pursue a degree program in an accredited college or university that will lead to a career in education or public administration, or other closely related field;

(5) an A.W. (Winn) Brindle memorial education loan may be used only to pursue a certificate or degree program in an accredited school, college, or university in fisheries, fishery science, fishery management, seafood processing, food technology, or other closely related field; and

(6) a Nick Begich memorial education loan may be used only to pursue a degree program in an accredited college or university that will lead to a career in education, public administration, government, or other closely related field.

(c) The recipient of a memorial education loan must be a resident of Alaska and enrolled or eligible for enrollment as a full-time student in a certificate or degree program in a field listed in (b) of this section that is appropriate to the memorial education loan received.

(d) The recipient must at all times continue to be enrolled as a full-time student in good standing at an accredited postsecondary institution that is appropriate to the memorial education loan received.

(e) In any year in which the memorial education revolving loan fund created under AS 14.43.255 has inadequate receipts to fund a loan in one of the loan categories listed in AS 14.43.250 (b), no loan in that loan category may be offered and the receipts shall be added to the amount available for that category in the succeeding year.

(f) The administering authority may provide conditions in the note signed by the recipient or in a separate document or communication that will help it carry out the provisions of AS 14.43.250  14.43.325.

(g) [Repealed, § 31 ch 63 SLA 2004.]
Alaska Stat. § 14.03.090 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.03 / Section 14.03.090
Partisan, sectarian, or denominational doctrines prohibited.
Status: in_force

Partisan, sectarian, or denominational doctrines may not be advocated in a public school during the hours the school is in session. A teacher or school board violating this section may not receive public money.
Alaska Stat. § 14.07.155 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.07 / Section 14.07.155
Partisan candidacy prohibited.
Status: in_force

A member of the board may not be a candidate for partisan political office while serving as a member of the board.