Alaska Stat. § 14.25.420 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.25 / Section 14.25.420
Forms of distribution.
Status: in_force

(a) A participant may elect to receive distribution of the participant's share of the individual account in a (1) lump sum payment, which is a single payment of the entire balance in the account;

(2) periodic lump sum payment, which is a payment of a portion of the balance in the account, not more than twice each year;

(3) period certain annuity payment, which is an annuity payable in a fixed number of monthly installments for a duration of 60, 120, or 180 months;

(4) life annuity with a period certain payment, which is an annuity payable until the later of the first day of the month in which the annuitant's death occurs, or the date on which the payment of a fixed number of monthly installments is completed; the period certain for installments is 120 or 180 months;

(5) single life annuity payment, which is an annuity payable monthly until the first of the month in which the annuitant's death occurs;

(6) joint and survivor annuity payment, which is an annuity payable monthly to the member until the first of the month in which the member's death occurs; after the member's death, a survivor annuity equal to 50 percent or 100 percent of the member's benefit, as previously elected by the member, shall be paid monthly to the joint annuitant for the remainder of the survivor's lifetime; or

(7) payment as authorized by a regulation adopted by the commissioner of administration.

(b) Upon the death of an annuitant whose payments have commenced, an annuitant's beneficiary shall receive further payments only to the extent provided in accordance with the form of payment that was being made to the annuitant. The remaining portion of the interest shall continue to be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used before the annuitant's death.

(c) If a participant dies before the distribution commencement date, distribution of the participant's entire interest to a beneficiary shall be payable in any form other than a joint and survivor annuity.

(d) If an unmarried member or other participant fails to elect a form of payment before the distribution commencement date, the account shall be paid to a beneficiary in the form of a lump sum to the extent required by the minimum distribution requirements set out in the Internal Revenue Code. If a married member fails to elect a form of payment before the distribution commencement date, the account shall be paid in the form of a 50 percent joint and survivor annuity, with the member's spouse as the joint annuitant.
Alaska Stat. § 14.30.191 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.30 / Section 14.30.191
Educational evaluation and placement.
Status: in_force

(a) A school district shall obtain the written informed consent of the child's parent before an initial evaluation or placement of a child with a disability in a program of special education and related services.

(b) After initial placement in a program of special education and related services and not less than once every three years for as long as the child is assigned to the program, a child with a disability shall receive an educational evaluation.

(c) Before a school district initiates or refuses a change in the placement or educational program of a child with a disability, the district shall notify the child's parent.

(d) Upon completion of an evaluation or reevaluation under this section, the school district shall provide to the parent of each child evaluated under this section an opportunity to participate in the determination of the (1) child's eligibility for special education and related services; and

(2) educational placement of the child if the child is determined to be eligible for special education and related services.

(e) A parent may obtain an independent educational evaluation by choosing a person from a list provided by the district or by choosing a person by agreement between the parent and the school district, at the expense of the school district, if the parent disagrees with an evaluation obtained by the school district. The school district may initiate a hearing to show that its evaluation is appropriate. If the hearing officer determines that the evaluation is appropriate, the school district may not be required to pay for the independent educational evaluation.

(f) If the parent obtains an independent educational evaluation at private expense, the results of the evaluation (1) must be considered by the school district in a decision made with respect to the provision of an appropriate public education to the child;

(2) may be presented as evidence at a hearing regarding the child.

(g) If a hearing officer requests an independent educational evaluation as part of a hearing, the school district shall pay for the evaluation.

(h) A school district shall provide written notice of its decision under this section to the parent of the child. The notice must include a description of the procedural safeguards available to the parent and child under federal law.

(i) In this section, hearing means a due process hearing under AS 14.30.193 .
Alaska Stat. § 14.11.019 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.11 / Section 14.11.019
Grant appropriations.
Status: in_force

Within the appropriation bill authorizing capital expenditures submitted to the legislature under AS 37.07.020 (a)(3), the governor shall include an appropriation for grants in the succeeding fiscal year as determined by the six-year capital improvement project grant schedule prepared under AS 14.11.013 .
Alaska Stat. § 14.25.163 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.25 / Section 14.25.163
Rollover distributions and rollover contributions.
Status: in_force

(a) A distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the administrator, to have all or part of an eligible rollover distribution paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee in the direct rollover.

(b) Except as provided by AS 14.25.075 (f), the plan does not accept contributions of eligible rollover distributions.

(c) In this section, (1) direct rollover means the payment of an eligible rollover distribution by the plan to an eligible retirement plan specified by a distributee who is eligible to elect a direct rollover;

(2) distributee means a member or a beneficiary who is the surviving spouse of the member or an alternate payee;

(3) eligible retirement plan means (A) an individual retirement account described in 26 U.S.C. 408(a);

(B) an individual retirement annuity defined in 26 U.S.C. 408(b);

(C) an annuity plan described in 26 U.S.C. 403(a);

(D) a qualified trust described in 26 U.S.C. 401(a);

(E) on and after January 1, 2002, an annuity plan described in 26 U.S.C. 403(b);

(F) on or after January 1, 2002, a governmental plan described in 26 U.S.C. 457(b); or

(G) on or after January 1, 2008, a Roth IRA described in 26 U.S.C. 408A;

(4) eligible rollover distribution means a distribution of all or part of a total account to a distributee, except for (A) a distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal installments payable not less frequently than annually over the life expectancy of the distributee or the joint and last survivor life expectancy of the distributee and the distributee's designated beneficiary, as defined in 26 U.S.C. 401(a)(9);

(B) a distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal installments payable not less frequently than annually over a specified period of 10 years or more;

(C) a distribution that is required under 26 U.S.C. 401(a)(9);

(D) the portion of any distribution that is not includable in gross income; however, a portion under this subparagraph may be transferred only to an individual retirement account or annuity described in 26 U.S.C. 408(a) or (b), to a qualified plan described in 26 U.S.C. 401(a) or 403(a), or to an annuity contract described in 26 U.S.C. 403(b), that agrees to separately account for amounts transferred, including separately accounting for the portion of the distribution that is includable in gross income and the portion of the distribution that is not includable in gross income; and

(E) other distributions that are reasonably expected to total less than $200 during a year.
Alaska Stat. § 14.14.100 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.14 / Section 14.14.100
Bylaws and administrative rules.
Status: in_force

(a) The school board policies relating to management and control of the district shall be expressed in written bylaws formally adopted at regular school board meetings.

(b) Administrative rules that do not embody school district policy need not be adopted as bylaws; however, the rules must be in written form and readily available to all school personnel.
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.650 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.650
Filing and publishing of contracts.
Status: in_force

True copies of all contracts made on behalf of this state under the agreement shall be kept on file in the office of the commissioner and in the office of the lieutenant governor. The department shall publish all the contracts in convenient form.
Alaska Stat. § 14.07.095 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.07 / Section 14.07.095
Term of office.
Status: in_force

The members of the board shall be appointed for overlapping five-year terms commencing on the March 1 following the date of the member's appointment. Except as provided in AS 39.05.080 (4), a member appointed to fill a vacancy serves for the unexpired term of the member whose vacancy is filled. A vacancy occurring during a term of office is filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
Alaska Stat. § 14.30.361 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.30 / Section 14.30.361
Sex education, human reproductive education, and human sexuality education.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may only teach a class or program in sex education, human reproduction education, or human sexuality education if the person (1) possesses a valid teacher certificate issued under AS 14.20 and is employed under a contract with the school; or

(2) is supervised by a person who meets the requirements under (1) of this subsection.

(b) Before curriculum, literature, or materials related to sex education, human reproduction education, or human sexuality education may be used in a class or program or distributed in a school, the curriculum, literature, or materials must be (1) approved by the school board; and

(2) available for parents to review.

(c) Before a person teaches a class or program under (a)(2) of this section, (1) the person must be approved by the school board; and

(2) the person's credentials must be available for parents to review.

(d) The requirements under (a) of this section do not apply to (1) sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention training required under AS 14.30.355 ; or

(2) dating violence and abuse awareness and prevention training required under AS 14.30.356 .
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.701 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.701
Benefits.
Status: in_force

Payment of benefits to participants of the program is the responsibility of the company or companies designated by the board and is not the responsibility of the board, the university, or the state. The benefits are payable to participants or their beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of the applicable retirement plan document.
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.010 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.010
University of Alaska.
Status: in_force

The University of Alaska consists of the College of Agriculture, the School of Mines, the Department of Agricultural Experiment Station, the Department of Agricultural Extension Work, and other colleges and departments that may be established, including departments of anthropology, archaeology, ethnology, museum, natural history, and palaeontology.
Alaska Stat. § 14.57.250 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.57 / Section 14.57.250
Relationship to other laws.
Status: in_force

If AS 14.57.200  14.57.290 conflict with another provision of state law, AS 14.57.200  14.57.290 govern to the extent of the conflict.
Alaska Stat. § 14.18.110 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.18 / Section 14.18.110
Effect of chapter.
Status: in_force

This chapter is supplementary to and does not supersede existing laws relating to unlawful discrimination based on sex or race.
Alaska Stat. § 14.57.070 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.57 / Section 14.57.070
Conflict of interest.
Status: in_force

(a) A member of the committee may not act on a matter relating to the state museum in which the member's relationship with another person or with respect to the acquisition or disposition of an item owned by, in custody of, or proposed to be acquired by or for the state museum creates a conflict of interest. A committee member may not (1) have a pecuniary or property interest in an item that is proposed to be acquired or disposed of by or for the state museum;

(2) have a pecuniary or property interest, directly or indirectly, in a contract to which the museum, or the state on behalf of the museum, is a party; or

(3) receive compensation for services rendered to the state museum as a consultant, expert, appraiser, or otherwise, except as provided in AS 14.57.040 .

(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a committee member may bequeath or donate an item to the state museum.
Alaska Stat. § 14.25.200 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.25 / Section 14.25.200
Exemption from taxation and process.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in AS 29.45.030 (a)(1) or in (c) of this section, member contributions and other amounts held in the plan on behalf of a member or other person who is or may become eligible for benefits under the plan are exempt from Alaska state and municipal taxes and are not subject to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or charge of any kind, either voluntary or involuntary, before they are received by the person entitled to the amount under the terms of the plan. Any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, charge, or otherwise dispose of any right to amounts accrued in the plan is void. However, a member's right to receive benefits or the member contribution account may be assigned (1) under a qualified domestic relations order;

(2) to a trust or similar legal device that meets the requirements for a Medicaid-qualifying trust under AS 47.07.020 (f) and 42 U.S.C. 1396p(d)(4); or

(3) as provided in (c) of this section.

(b) Member contributions and other amounts held in the plan and benefits payable under AS 14.25.009  14.25.220 are exempt from garnishment, execution, or levy as provided in AS 09.38 (exemptions).

(c) An inactive member may elect to have the taxable portion of the member contribution account transferred directly to another plan or an individual retirement arrangement that is qualified under the federal Internal Revenue Code and that accepts the transfer.
Alaska Stat. § 14.07.135 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.07 / Section 14.07.135
Legal assistance.
Status: in_force

The Department of Law shall provide all legal services for the board.
Alaska Stat. § 14.30.640 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.30 / Section 14.30.640
Eligibility for service.
Status: in_force

The services of the agency shall be available to school districts that serve children whose special education needs occur infrequently, who require specialized services not normally available in the school district, and who cannot be easily served by local school district personnel because of the low number of students in the district in need of the particular service. The agency may provide services to a child with a disability, as that term is defined in AS 14.30.350 .
Alaska Stat. § 14.25.143 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.25 / Section 14.25.143
Post retirement pension adjustment.
Status: in_force

(a) Once each year, the administrator shall increase benefit payments to eligible disabled members, to persons age 60 or older receiving benefits under this plan in the preceding calendar year, and to persons who have received benefits under this plan for at least eight years who are not otherwise eligible for an increase under this section.

(b) The increase in benefit payments applies to total benefit payments except for the cost-of-living allowance under AS 14.25.142 . The amount of the increase is a percentage of the current benefit equal to (1) the lesser of 75 percent of the increase in the cost of living in the preceding calendar year or nine percent, for recipients who on July 1 are at least 65 years old and for members receiving disability benefits; and

(2) the lesser of 50 percent of the increase in the cost of living in the preceding calendar year or six percent, for recipients who on July 1 are at least 60 but less than 65 years old or for recipients who on July 1 are less than 60 years old but who have received benefits from the plan for at least eight years.

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

(d) If at the time of first receiving a retirement benefit, a member was receiving a disability benefit under this plan, the administrator shall, at the time the member is appointed to retirement, increase the retirement benefit by a percentage equal to the total cumulative percentage increase that has been applied to the member's disability benefit under this section.

(e) When computing a death benefit under AS 14.25.155 , 14.25.157, or 14.25.160 or a survivor's benefit under AS 14.25.162 , 14.25.164, or 14.25.167, adjustments granted to the deceased member or survivor under this section shall be included in the computation.

(f) 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.
Alaska Stat. § 14.30.180 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.30 / Section 14.30.180
Purpose.
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of AS 14.30.180  14.30.350 to (1) provide an appropriate public education for each child with a disability in the state who is at least three years of age but less than 22 years of age;

(2) allow procedures and actions necessary to comply with the requirements of federal law, including 20 U.S.C. 1400  1482 (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act).
Alaska Stat. § 14.25.003 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.25 / Section 14.25.003
Administrator.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner of administration or the commissioner's designee is the administrator of the system.

(b) The commissioner of administration shall adopt regulations to govern the operation of the system.
Alaska Stat. § 14.57.240 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.57 / Section 14.57.240
Obligation of lenders.
Status: in_force

A lender shall notify the museum of a change of address or a change in the ownership of the loaned property in order to ensure the retention of rights to the loaned property.
Alaska Stat. § 14.43.060 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.43 / Section 14.43.060
Continuation of scholarships.
Status: in_force

The award of free room and board shall be made from any funds available to the University of Alaska. Each Native who receives a scholarship under AS 14.43.050  14.43.075 is entitled to retain the scholarship and to receive free room and board during attendance at the University of Alaska as long as the student maintains a grade average equivalent to a C or better. However, no Native is entitled to the scholarship for more than four years, or for more than the number of years necessary to receive a bachelor's degree.
Alaska Stat. § 14.17.500 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.17 / Section 14.17.500
Student count estimate.
Status: in_force

(a) A district shall prepare and submit to the department by November 5 of each fiscal year, in the manner and on forms prescribed by the department, an estimate of its ADM and other student count data, including per school student count data, for the succeeding fiscal year upon which computations can be made to estimate the amount of state aid for which the district may be eligible under AS 14.17.400 in the succeeding fiscal year. In making its report, the district shall consider its ADM, other student count data, the pattern of growth or decline of the student population in preceding years, and other pertinent information available to the district.

(b) Part-time students shall be included in the student count data in accordance with regulations adopted by the department.

(c) When reporting a district's ADM, a part-time student who is a correspondence student may not be counted as more than one full-time equivalent student.

(d) Except as provided in (e)  (g) of this section, a student in a district-wide early education program provided by a school district and approved by the department under AS 14.07.020 (a)(8) is counted as one-half of a full-time equivalent student.

(e) A school district may not include in a school's ADM students who are four and five years of age if the students are enrolled in an early education program that receives state or federal funding other than funding under this chapter.

(f) A school district may not include in a school's ADM students who are four and five years of age if inclusion of the students would result in an increase of total state aid attributable to district-wide early education programs approved under AS 14.03.410 of more than $3,000,000 from the previous fiscal year. The department shall prioritize the funding of district-wide early education programs, giving priority to school districts with lower performance, based on the department's ranking of districts under AS 14.03.410 (c). When the number of students in a district-wide early education program will result in an increase of total state aid attributable to district-wide early education programs approved under AS 14.03.410 of more than $3,000,000 from the previous fiscal year, the department may identify the amount, up to $3,000,000, available for the district's district-wide early education program.

(g) For purposes of AS 14.09.010 , a student in a district-wide early education program provided by a school district and approved by the department under AS 14.07.020 (a)(8) is counted as a full-time equivalent student.
Alaska Stat. § 14.56.110 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.56 / Section 14.56.110
Regulations.
Status: in_force

The Department of Education and Early Development shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of AS 14.56.090  14.56.180.
Alaska Stat. § 14.07.182 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.07 / Section 14.07.182
Curriculum improvement and best practices fund.
Status: in_force

Article 3. Council for Alaska Native Languages.
Alaska Stat. § 14.43.055 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.43 / Section 14.43.055
Scholarships.
Status: in_force

The Board of Regents of the University of Alaska shall offer not more than 15 new scholarships for each academic year to Alaska Natives desiring to attend the University of Alaska. The board shall give preference to Natives residing in the rural areas of the state who desire to receive training in the field of education. If there are more than 15 applications the board shall award 15 scholarships to those applicants who have the highest scholastic record or who the board determines are the most qualified among the applicants and who are financially unable to obtain a higher education without assistance. The University of Alaska shall provide such minimum financial assistance to these students as is necessary in each individual case, but not exceeding fees, board, and room.
Alaska Stat. § 14.57.290 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.57 / Section 14.57.290
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 14.57.200  14.57.290, unless the context indicates otherwise, (1) documented property means property in the possession of a museum for which the museum has a reasonable means of determining the owner;

(2) lender means a person whose name appears on the records of a museum as the person legally entitled to the property held by the museum;

(3) loan or loaned means a deposit with or deposited with a museum if title to the property is not transferred to the museum or if the agreement for the deposit does not include a provision that the museum acquires title at some time after the deposit is made or an option for the museum to acquire title at some time after the deposit is made;

(4) museum means an organized and permanent public institution, including a historical society, historical park, historical site, and historical monument, that is primarily educational, scientific, historical, artistic, or cultural in purpose and that owns, borrows, cares for, studies, archives, or exhibits property;

(5) property means tangible animate or inanimate objects under a museum's care that have intrinsic educational, scientific, historical, artistic, aesthetic, or cultural value;

(6) undocumented property means property in the possession of a museum for which the museum does not have a reasonable means of determining the owner.
Alaska Stat. § 14.03.123 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.03 / Section 14.03.123
School and district accountability.
Status: in_force

(a) By September 1 of each year, the department shall assign a performance designation to each public school and school district and to the state public school system in accordance with (f) of this section.

(b) The department shall inform the governing body of each district of the performance designations assigned to the district and to the state public school system under (a) of this section.

(c) The state board shall adopt regulations implementing this section, providing for a statewide student assessment system, and providing for the process of assigning a designation under (a) of this section, including (1) the methodology used to assign the performance designation, including the measures used and their relative weights;

(2) a comparison of the state public school system to public schools in other states, including a comparison of student participation in standards-based assessments and student performance on the assessments;

(3) high performance and low performance designations that are based on the accountability system under this section;

(4) a procedure for appealing a designation that may be used by the principal of a public school or by the superintendent of a public school district;

(5) additional measures that may be progressively implemented by the commissioner to assist schools or districts to improve performance in accordance with this section; the additional measures may be unique to a certain school or district if that school or district receives federal funding that is not available to all schools or districts in the state.

(d) A public school or district that receives a low performance designation under this section shall prepare and submit to the department a school or district improvement plan, as applicable, in accordance with regulations adopted by the board. The improvement plan must be prepared with the maximum feasible public participation of the community including, as appropriate, interested individuals, teachers, parents, parent organizations, students, tribal organizations, local government representatives, and other community groups. The improvement plan must, to the extent possible, include measures that increase local control of education and parental choice and that do not require a direct increase in state or federal funding for the school or district.

(e) The department shall establish a program of special recognition for those public schools that receive a high performance designation, based on the accountability system under (f) of this section, that demonstrates (1) an improvement over the school's performance designation for the previous year; or

(2) maintenance of a proficient or high performance designation from the previous year.

(f) In the accountability system for schools and districts required by this section, the department shall (1) implement state criteria and priorities for accountability including the use of (A) measures of student performance on standards-based assessments in language arts and mathematics; the assessments must be selected with the input of teachers and school administrators and minimize disruption to classroom instruction;

(B) measures of student improvement and academic achievement; and

(C) other measures identified that are indicators of student success and achievement; and

(2) to the extent practicable, minimize the administrative burden on districts.

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

(2) state public school system means the combination of all public schools, public school districts, and state-operated schools.
Alaska Stat. § 14.30.362 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.30 / Section 14.30.362
Suicide awareness and prevention training.
Status: in_force

(a) A school district and the department shall provide youth suicide awareness and prevention training approved by the commissioner to each teacher, administrator, counselor, and specialist who is employed by the district or department to provide services to students in a public school in the state at no cost to the teacher, administrator, counselor, or specialist.

(b) The commissioner shall approve youth suicide awareness and prevention training provided under this section if the training meets standards for professional continuing education credit in the state and is periodically reviewed by a qualified person or committee for consistency with generally accepted principles of youth suicide awareness and prevention. The training may be offered through videoconferencing or an individual program of study of designated materials.

(c) A person may not bring a civil action for damages against the state or a school district, or an officer, agent, or employee of the state or a school district, for a death, personal injury, or property damage that results from an act or omission in performing or failing to perform activities or duties authorized under this section. This subsection does not apply to a civil action for damages as a result of intentional misconduct with complete disregard for the safety and property of others.

(d) The training under this section shall be provided according to the schedule adopted by the governing body of a school district.

(e) The training provided or the failure to provide training under this section may not be construed to impose a specific duty of care on any person.
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.215 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.215
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 14.20.010  14.20.215, (1) continuous employment means employment that is without interruption except for temporary absences approved by the employer or its designee, or except for the interval between consecutive school terms if the teacher is employed only for the months of the school term;

(2) dismissal means termination by the employer of the contract services of the teacher during the time a teacher's contract is in force, and termination of the right to the balance of the compensation due the teacher under the contract;

(3) district performance standards means evaluation criteria for the district's teachers and administrators that are adopted by a school district under AS 14.20.149 and that are based on the professional performance standards adopted by the department;

(4) employer means the school board or superintendent that appoints the teacher;

(5) nonretention means the election by an employer not to reemploy a teacher for the school year or school term immediately following the expiration of the teacher's current contract;

(6) school year includes school term if the teacher is employed only for the period of the school term;

(7) teacher means an individual who, for compensation, has primary responsibility to plan, instruct, and evaluate learning of elementary or secondary school students in the classroom or an equivalent setting and also includes individuals holding other positions as determined by the department by regulation.

Article 3. Salary Scales.
Alaska Stat. § 14.57.010 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.57 / Section 14.57.010
The state museum.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall manage and have complete charge of all of the property contained in the institution known as the state museum. The museum is designated as a repository of natural and cultural history collections and shall be operated and maintained as a designated repository in the state capital. Branch museums may be established and maintained in other localities in the state.

(b) The department shall (1) acquire artifacts, natural history specimens, art objects, etc., that pertain to the human and natural history of Alaska by purchase and by gift;

(2) identify, catalog, preserve, and display these acquisitions;

(3) acquire and catalog Alaskan photographs and maintain a card catalog of this collection;

(4) accept endowments, grants, and gifts in accordance with AS 37.07 (the Executive Budget Act);

(5) collect and maintain books, periodicals, pamphlets, and other materials pertinent to museum administration, techniques, and collections;

(6) assist and advise in the development of local museums;

(7) collect and keep current information concerning museum activities throughout the state;

(8) coordinate the museum activities of the state with those of other agencies;

(9) keep the museum open at reasonable hours for the convenience of visitors;

(10) provide museum services and administer state and other grants-in-aid to museums in the state to supplement and improve their services, the grants to be paid from money appropriated for that purpose, or from other money available for that purpose.

(c) The department may establish by regulation, and collect, reasonable user fees and other fees for services provided by the department under this chapter. The department may negotiate reduced fees or group discounts with, or offer reduced fees or group discounts to, persons who bring groups of people to visit the museum or a branch of the museum.
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.255 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.255
Investment of surplus money.
Status: in_force

If the Board of Regents determines that there is a surplus of money, received in the form of state and federal appropriations, above the amount sufficient to meet current and projected cash expenditure needs of the university, the surplus must be invested as set out in AS 37.10.071 . Income earned on investments made under this section may be retained by the university and expended in accordance with AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act.)
Alaska Stat. § 14.43.155 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.43 / Section 14.43.155
Nature of remedies.
Status: in_force

AS 14.43.154 provides a remedy in addition to and not as a substitute for any other remedies available to the commission.
Alaska Stat. § 14.45.100 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.45 / Section 14.45.100
Exemption.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a religious or other private school that complies with AS 14.45.100  14.45.130 is exempt from other provisions of law and regulations relating to education except law and regulations relating to physical health, fire safety, sanitation, immunization, and physical examinations.

(b) A religious or other private school that is exempt under this section is not required to comply with AS 14.33.120 (b), 14.33.125, or 14.33.127.
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.251 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.251
Default on tuition, fees, and charges.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this chapter, tuition, a fee, or another charge to an individual by the University of Alaska is in default after payment has become 180 or more days past due. Upon default, the university may take the individual's permanent fund dividend under AS 43.23.190 .

(b) The University of Alaska shall notify the individual of the default and the consequences of default imposed under (a) of this section by mailing a notice to the individual's most recent address provided to the university by the individual or obtained by the university.

(c) An individual may appeal a notice of default by filing a statement with the chief finance officer of the University of Alaska within 30 days after the date of the notice, requesting that the default status be reviewed. AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) does not apply to the review of default under this section. Within 40 days after receiving a written request for review, the chief finance officer shall inform the individual in writing of the decision. The decision of the chief finance officer is a final decision that may be appealed to the superior court under the Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure.
Alaska Stat. § 14.30.176 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.30 / Section 14.30.176
List of community resources.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding AS 14.30.171 (a)(4), a school district may make available to an interested parent or guardian a list of community resources, including mental health services if the list conspicuously states the following: This list is provided as a resource to you. The school neither recommends nor requires that you use this list or any of the services provided by individuals or entities on the list. It is for you to decide what services, if any, to use and from whom you wish to obtain them.

(b) A list provided under (a) of this section must include the name, specialty, and credential of each mental health service provider listed.
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.136 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.136
Reemployment of member of teachers' retirement system.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to (b)  (d) of this section, a school district may reemploy a member who is retired under a retirement plan established in AS 14.25.009  14.25.220, or a member who is retired under a retirement plan established in AS 14.25.310  14.25.590. In this subsection, school district has the meaning given in AS 14.30.350 .

(b) A member who is retired under AS 14.25.110 (a) may not be reemployed under (a) of this section unless the member (1) certifies that the member and the school district did not arrange before the member retired from the school district for the member to be reemployed by the school district after the member retired; and

(2) has been retired for at least (A) 60 days if the member is at least 62 years of age; or

(B) six months if the member is less than 62 years of age.

(c) Before reemploying a retired member under (a) of this section to fill a position, a school district shall (1) by resolution, adopt a policy that describes the circumstances of a shortage or anticipated shortage of applicants, other than retired members, who are qualified for particular positions and permits rehiring that complies with the requirements of this section; and

(2) publicly advertise the position for 10 business days and actively recruit to fill the position by hiring a person other than a member who is retired.

(d) A contract for reemployment under (a) of this section may not exceed 12 consecutive months.

(e) A school district that reemploys a member under this section who is retired under the defined benefit retirement plan established in AS 14.25.009  14.25.220 is required to (1) provide the administrator with (A) a copy of the resolution and policy adopted under (c) of this section; and

(B) for every retired member who is rehired, a report identifying the member by name and describing the (i) circumstances of the shortage that necessitated the rehire; and

(ii) actions taken by the school district to comply with school district policy adopted under (c) of this section and the requirements of this section; and

(2) make contributions under AS 14.25.070 .

(f) The requirements of (c), (d), and (e)(1) of this section do not apply to the rehire of a member who is eligible for restoration of tenure rights under AS 14.20.165 .
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.291 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.291
Land of the University of Alaska not public domain land.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, university-grant land, state replacement land that becomes university-grant land on conveyance to the university, land conveyed to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska under AS 14.40.365 , and any other land owned by the university is not and may not be treated as state public domain land. Land conveyed to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska under AS 14.40.365 shall be managed as nontaxable trust land under AS 14.40.365  14.40.367 and policies of the Board of Regents.

(b) Title to or interest in land described in (a) of this section may not be acquired by adverse possession, prescription, or in any other manner except by conveyance from the university.

(c) The land described in (a) of this section is subject to condemnation for public purpose in accordance with law.
Alaska Stat. § 14.35.020 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.35 / Section 14.35.020
Duties of state Board of Education and Early Development.
Status: in_force

(a) The state Board of Education and Early Development serves as the state board for the purposes of any of the Acts described in AS 14.35.010 .

(b) When required by any of the Acts described in AS 14.35.010 , the board shall (1) prepare, submit, and supervise the administration of the plans for vocational education;

(2) select a state director of vocational education;

(3) establish the minimum qualifications for teachers, supervisors, or directors;

(4) determine the prorated basis on which money shall be available for the salary and necessary travel expenses of the state director of vocational education;

(5) consider the advice of the Alaska Workforce Investment Board established by AS 23.15.550 regarding employment training needs and advise that board in the development of vocational education programs.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to repeal or modify any existing statute.
Alaska Stat. § 14.14.080 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.14 / Section 14.14.080
Declaring a school board vacancy.
Status: in_force

When a member of a school board has notice of and is absent from three consecutive regular school board meetings and is not excused by the president of the school board, the other members of the school board may declare the position vacant and shall notify the ex-member by registered mail. The vacancy shall be filled as provided by AS 14.12.070 .
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.220 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.220
Duty of president to define duties and supervise appointees.
Status: in_force

The president shall define the duties and supervise the performance of those persons who are appointed by the president to positions established by the Board of Regents.
Alaska Stat. § 14.48.140 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.48 / Section 14.48.140
Judicial review.
Status: in_force

A final administrative order issued by the commission is subject to judicial review under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).
Alaska Stat. § 14.08.101 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.08 / Section 14.08.101
Powers.
Status: in_force

A regional school board may (1) sue and be sued;

(2) contract with the department, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or any other school district, agency, or regional board for the provision of services, facilities, supplies, or utilities;

(3) determine its own fiscal procedures, including policies and procedures for the purchase of supplies and equipment; the regional school boards are exempt from AS 37.05 (Fiscal Procedures Act) and AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code);

(4) appoint, compensate, and otherwise control all school employees in accordance with this title; these employees are not subject to AS 39.25 (State Personnel Act);

(5) adopt regulations governing organization, policies, and procedures for the operation of the schools;

(6) establish, maintain, operate, discontinue, and combine schools subject to the approval of the commissioner;

(7) recommend to the department projects for construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of schools and education-related facilities as specified in AS 14.11.011 (b), and plan, design, and construct the project when the responsibility for it is assumed under AS 14.11.020 ;

(8) by resolution adopted by a majority of all the members of the board and provided to the commissioner of the department, assume ownership of all land and buildings used in relation to the schools in the regional educational attendance area, as provided for in AS 14.08.151 (b);

(9) provide housing for rental to teachers, by leasing existing housing from a local agency or individual, by entering into contractual arrangements with a local agency or individual to lease housing that will be constructed by the local agency or individual for that purpose, or, without using for the purpose that portion of public school funding that consists of state aid provided under AS 14.17 , by constructing or otherwise acquiring housing that is owned and managed by the regional educational attendance area for rental to teachers;

(10) employ a chief school administrator;

(11) apply for and use the proceeds of a loan from the Alaska energy efficiency revolving loan fund ( AS 18.56.855 );

(12) exercise those other functions that may be necessary for the proper performance of its responsibilities.
Alaska Stat. § 14.25.486 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.25 / Section 14.25.486
Disability benefit adjustment.
Status: in_force

(a) Once each year, the administrator shall increase disability benefits. The amount of the increase is a percentage of the current disability benefit equal to the lesser of 75 percent of the increase in the cost of living in the preceding calendar year or nine percent.

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

(c) 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.

(d) Benefit adjustments under this section shall terminate the last day of the month following the date on which a disabled member is no longer receiving a disability benefit under AS 14.25.485 .
Alaska Stat. § 14.14.060 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.14 / Section 14.14.060
Relationship between borough school district and borough; finances and buildings.
Status: in_force

(a) The borough assembly may by ordinance require that all school money be deposited in a centralized treasury with all other borough money. The borough administrator shall have the custody of, invest, and manage all money in the centralized treasury. However, the borough assembly, with the consent of the borough school board, may by ordinance delegate to the borough school board the responsibility of a centralized treasury.

(b) When the borough school board by resolution consents, the borough assembly may by ordinance provide a centralized accounting system for school and all other borough operations. The system shall be operated in accordance with accepted principles of governmental accounting. However, the assembly, with the consent of the borough school board, may by ordinance delegate to the borough school board the responsibilities of the accounting system.

(c) Except as otherwise provided by municipal ordinance, the borough school board shall submit the school budget for the following school year to the borough assembly by May 1 for approval of the total amount. Within 30 days after receipt of the budget the assembly shall determine the total amount of money to be made available from local sources for school purposes and shall furnish the school board with a statement of the sum to be made available. If the assembly does not, within 30 days, furnish the school board with a statement of the sum to be made available, the amount requested in the budget is automatically approved. Except as otherwise provided by municipal ordinance, by June 30, the assembly shall appropriate the amount to be made available from local sources from money available for the purpose.

(d) The borough assembly shall determine the location of school buildings with due consideration to the recommendations of the borough school board.

(e) The borough school board is responsible for the design criteria of school buildings. To the maximum extent consistent with education needs, a design of a school building shall provide for multiple use of the building for community purposes. Subject to the approval of the assembly, the school board shall select the appropriate professional personnel to develop the designs. The school board shall submit preliminary and subsequent designs for a school building to the assembly for approval or disapproval; if the design is disapproved, a revised design shall be prepared and presented to the assembly. A design or revised design approved by the assembly shall be submitted by the board to the department in accordance with AS 14.07.020 (a)(11).

(f) The borough school board shall provide custodial services and routine maintenance for school buildings and shall appoint, compensate, and otherwise control personnel for these purposes. The borough assembly through the borough administrator, shall provide for all major rehabilitation, all construction and major repair of school buildings. The recommendations of the school board shall be considered in carrying out the provisions of this section.

(g) State law relating to teacher salaries and tenure, to financial support, to supervision by the department and other general laws relating to schools, governs the exercise of the functions by the borough. The school board shall appoint, compensate, and otherwise control all school employees and administration officers in accordance with this title.

(h) School boards within the borough may determine their own policy separate from the borough for the purchase of supplies and equipment.

(i) Notwithstanding (e) and (f) of this section, a borough assembly and a borough school board may divide the duties imposed under (e) and (f) of this section by agreement between the borough assembly and borough school board.
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.817 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.817
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 14.40.803  14.40.817, (1) advance college tuition savings contract or contract means a contract entered into by the board and a purchaser to provide for the qualified higher education expenses of a beneficiary;

(2) beneficiary means a designated beneficiary as defined under 26 U.S.C. 529(e)(1) (Internal Revenue Code);

(3) board means the Board of Regents of the university;

(4) eligible educational institution has the meaning given in 26 U.S.C. 135(c)(3) (Internal Revenue Code);

(5) fund means the Alaska advance college tuition savings fund established under AS 14.40.803 ;

(6) plan means the formal plan for administration of an advance college tuition savings program adopted by the board under AS 14.40.809 (b);

(7) purchaser means the person who is named in the contract and has the rights conferred upon a purchaser under an advance college tuition savings contract;

(8) qualified higher education expenses has the meaning given in 26 U.S.C. 529(e)(3) (Internal Revenue Code);

(9) university means the University of Alaska, including a community college affiliated with the university.
Alaska Stat. § 14.18.080 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.18 / Section 14.18.080
Implementation.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) to implement this chapter.

(b) The Board of Regents shall adopt rules under AS 14.40.170 (b)(1) to implement this chapter.
Alaska Stat. § 14.03.310 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.03 / Section 14.03.310
Student allotments.
Status: reserved

(a) Except as provided in (e) of this section, the department or a district that provides a correspondence study program may provide an annual student allotment to a parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the correspondence study program for the purpose of meeting instructional expenses for the student enrolled in the program as provided in this section.

(b) A parent or guardian may purchase nonsectarian services and materials from a public, private, or religious organization with a student allotment provided under (a) of this section if (1) the services and materials are required for the course of study in the individual learning plan developed for the student under AS 14.03.300 ;

(2) textbooks, services, and other curriculum materials and the course of study (A) are approved by the school district;

(B) are appropriate for the student;

(C) are aligned to state standards; and

(D) comply with AS 14.03.090 and AS 14.18.060 ; and

(3) the services and materials otherwise support a public purpose.

(c) Except as provided in (d) of this section, an annual student allotment provided under this section is reserved and excluded from the unreserved portion of a district's year-end fund balance in the school operating fund under AS 14.17.505 .

(d) The department or a district that provides for an annual student allotment under (a) of this section shall (1) account for the balance of an unexpended annual student allotment during the period in which a student continues to be enrolled in the correspondence program for which the annual allotment was provided;

(2) return the unexpended balance of a student allotment to the budget of the department or district for a student who is no longer enrolled in the correspondence program for which the allotment was provided;

(3) maintain a record of expenditures and allotments; and

(4) implement a routine monitoring of audits and expenditures.

(e) A student allotment provided under (a) of this section may not be used to pay for services provided to a student by a family member. In this subsection, family member means the student's spouse, guardian, parent, stepparent, sibling, stepsibling, grandparent, stepgrandparent, child, uncle, or aunt.

Article 4. Early Education.
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.453 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.453
Confidentiality of research.
Status: in_force

The public records inspection requirements of AS 40.25.110  40.25.121 do not apply to writings or records that consist of intellectual property or proprietary information received, generated, learned, or discovered during research conducted by the University of Alaska or its agents or employees until publicly released, copyrighted, or patented, or until the research is terminated, except that the university shall make available the title and a description of all research projects, the name of the researcher, and the amount and source of funding provided for each project.
Alaska Stat. § 14.03.290 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.03 / Section 14.03.290
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 14.03.250  14.03.290, (1) academic policy committee means the group designated to supervise the academic operation of a charter school and to ensure the fulfillment of the mission of a charter school;

(2) charter school means a school established under AS 14.03.250  14.03.290 that operates within a public school district;

(3) local school board means a borough or city school board or a school board of a regional educational attendance area;

(4) teacher means a person who serves a school district in a teaching, counseling, or administrative capacity and is required to be certificated in order to hold the position.

Article 3. Correspondence Study Programs.
Alaska Stat. § 14.57.130 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.57 / Section 14.57.130
Disposition of acquired items.
Status: in_force

Subject to approval of the Museum Collections Advisory Committee under AS 14.57.050 (b), the director may establish a deaccession policy under which the director may exchange or otherwise convey title to an item acquired from the net income account of the fund in accordance with generally accepted principles governing the disposal of these items.
Alaska Stat. § 14.30.800 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.30 / Section 14.30.800
Virtual education consortium.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall, in cooperation with school districts, establish a virtual education consortium for the purpose of making virtual education and professional development resources available to students and teachers in the state. The department shall establish standards for consortium resources. The consortium shall create and maintain a database of virtual education courses for students, training in virtual instruction for teachers, and professional development courses for teachers of students throughout the state if the coursework curriculum meets the state standards established by the department. The database must be accessible to all school districts that participate in the consortium.

(b) For teachers delivering or facilitating virtual coursework to students through the consortium database, the consortium shall provide training and professional development on virtual instruction methods and the differences between virtual instruction and instruction offered in a classroom. A teacher may not provide instruction through a course for students that is in the database unless (1) the teacher has completed the training or professional development provided by the consortium; or

(2) the consortium determines that the teacher's previous experience has prepared the teacher to provide virtual instruction and the teacher demonstrates the skills necessary to provide virtual instruction.

(c) The consortium shall employ a reading specialist available to school districts to provide virtual intensive reading intervention services. The duties of the reading specialist include (1) modeling effective instructional strategies for teachers by working regularly with students as a class, in small groups, or individually;

(2) coaching and mentoring teachers and staff in reading instruction with an emphasis on prioritizing time in a manner that has the greatest positive effects on student achievement;

(3) training teachers in data analysis and using data to differentiate instruction;

(4) leading and supporting reading leadership teams; and

(5) reporting on school and student performance to the department.

(d) The department may require a school district that participates in the consortium to pay a fee to the consortium. If the department requires a fee, the department shall establish the fee in regulations, based on a recommendation made by the consortium, and may adjust the fee annually as necessary. The fees must approximately equal the consortium's prorated administrative costs related to reviewing and approving courses and maintaining the database.

(e) A school district that provides a course included in the database may charge a fee to the school district in which a student who takes the course is enrolled. The department shall establish the fee in regulations.

(f) The consortium may require, as a condition of participation, that school districts that provide courses or have students participating in courses included in the database under (a) of this section adopt the same school term and class schedule for all or part of a school day. The school term must meet the requirements of AS 14.03.030 .

(g) In this section, virtual education or virtual instruction means instruction delivered through telecommunications or another digital or electronic method.
Alaska Stat. § 14.33.110 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.33 / Section 14.33.110
Purpose of school disciplinary and safety program.
Status: in_force

The purpose of AS 14.33.110  14.33.140 is to (1) implement and maintain community-based standards of school behavior that are developed by students, parents, teachers, school administrators, and the community;

(2) facilitate the creation of a standard of school behavior and safety by local communities for the schools in those communities;

(3) protect and support teachers who enforce standards of student behavior and safety in the classroom established under AS 14.33.120 ; and

(4) ensure that all schools and school districts receiving state funds, that may not have already done so, implement and maintain an effective school disciplinary and safety program.
Alaska Stat. § 14.14.120 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.14 / Section 14.14.120
Inoperative district.
Status: in_force

(a) When there are fewer than eight children eligible to attend elementary and secondary school in a district, the school board may declare the district inoperative for that school year.

(b) During the school year in which a district is inoperative, the school board shall perform those functions necessary to preserve the financial integrity of the district, to preserve the property and assets of the district, and to otherwise ensure against disruption of the continuity of the district business.

(c) An inoperative school board shall, if practicable, pay the tuition and boarding costs necessary to enable the school age children within the district to attend school in another district. If a child in an inoperative school district is not attending school in another district, the department shall provide information on correspondence courses and other materials and charge the school board of the inoperative district an amount equal to the actual cost to the department.

(d) The terms of office of a school board are not affected by a declaration that the district is inoperative. However, new board members may not be elected during the time a district is inoperative. In the event more than three terms expire during the time a district is inoperative the functions of the school board shall be assumed by the assembly or council until the district becomes operative. When the district becomes operative an expired school board term shall be filled by the assembly or council until the next regular school election when a school board member shall be elected to serve the balance of the term.
Alaska Stat. § 14.44.030 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.44 / Section 14.44.030
Members of the commission.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor, with the advice and consent of the legislature, shall appoint the members for this state of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, created under the provisions of Article III of the Western Regional Higher Education Compact.

(b) The qualifications and terms of office of the members of the commission of this state shall conform with the provisions of Article IV of the Compact.

(c) The commissioners shall serve without compensation and shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.040 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.040
Applicability of the Administrative Procedure Act.
Status: in_force

AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) applies to all proceedings under AS 14.20.030 , and revocations and suspensions are final and reviewable in accordance with AS 44.62.560  44.62.570.
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.330 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.330
Position, tenure, and retirement.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless it is otherwise agreed, a teacher returning from sabbatical leave shall return to the position occupied by that teacher when the sabbatical leave began.

(b) A sabbatical leave is not an interruption of the continuous service necessary to attain or retain tenure under AS 14.20.150 , 14.20.155, or 14.20.160. However, the time spent on sabbatical leave may not be counted in determining when a teacher has sufficient service to enable the teacher to acquire tenure rights.

(c) A sabbatical leave is not a break in service for retirement purposes. Payment into the retirement fund shall be made on the basis of full salary.
Alaska Stat. § 14.30.141 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.30 / Section 14.30.141
Self-administration and documentation of medication.
Status: in_force

(a) A public school shall permit the self-administration of medication by a pupil for asthma or anaphylaxis if, during the current school year, the pupil's parent or guardian provides the school (1) written authorization for the self-administration of the medication;

(2) written certification from the pupil's health care provider that the pupil (A) has asthma or a condition that may lead to anaphylaxis;

(B) has received instruction in the proper method of self-administration of the medication; and

(C) has demonstrated to the health care provider the skill level necessary to use the medication and any device that is necessary to administer the medication as prescribed;

(3) a release of liability for the school and its employees or agents for injury arising from the self-administration or storage of the medication;

(4) an agreement to indemnify and hold harmless the school and its employees or agents for any claims arising out the self-administration or storage of the medication;

(5) a written treatment plan for the pupil that is signed by the pupil's health care provider for managing asthma or anaphylaxis episodes, a list and dosage of medications needed during school hours, and permission for and instruction on storage of the medication at school; and

(6) any other documentation required by the school that is consistent with this section.

(b) The public school shall provide written notification to the pupil's parent or guardian of the school's absence of liability related to the self-administration of medication under this section.

(c) A pupil who is permitted to self-administer medication under this section shall be permitted to carry and to store with the school nurse or other designated school official an inhaler or autoinjectable epinephrine, or both, at all times.

(d) If a student uses the student's prescribed medication in a manner other than as prescribed, disciplinary action according to school codes may be imposed upon the student. The imposed disciplinary action may not limit or restrict the student's immediate access to the student's prescribed medication.

(e) In this section, health care provider means a licensed physician, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, village health aide, or pharmacist operating within the scope of the health care provider's authority.
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.097 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.097
Duty-free time.
Status: in_force

Each governing body shall allow its teachers in school facilities with four or more teachers a daily duty-free mealtime of at least 30 minutes reasonably scheduled during the middle of the teacher's workday.
Alaska Stat. § 14.25.360 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.25 / Section 14.25.360
Rollover contributions and distributions.
Status: in_force

(a) A teacher entering the plan may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the administrator, to have all or part of a direct rollover distribution from an eligible retirement plan owned by the member paid directly into the member's individual account.

(b) Rollover contributions do not count as a purchase of membership service for the purpose of determining years of service.

(c) A distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the administrator, to have all or part of a direct rollover distribution paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee in the direct rollover.

(d) In this section, (1) direct rollover means the payment of an eligible rollover distribution by the plan to an eligible retirement plan specified by a distributee who is eligible to elect a direct rollover;

(2) distributee means a member, or a beneficiary who is the surviving spouse of the member, or an alternate payee;

(3) eligible retirement plan means (A) an individual retirement account described in 26 U.S.C. 408(d)(3)(A);

(B) an annuity plan described in 26 U.S.C. 403(a);

(C) a qualified trust described in 26 U.S.C. 401(a);

(D) an annuity plan described in 26 U.S.C. 403(b);

(E) a governmental plan described in 26 U.S.C. 457(b);

(F) an individual retirement annuity described in 26 U.S.C. 408(b); or

(G) on or after January 1, 2008, a Roth IRA described in 26 U.S.C. 408A;

(4) eligible rollover distribution means a distribution of all or part of a total account to a distributee, except for (A) a distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal installments payable not less frequently than annually over the life expectancy of the distributee or the joint and last survivor life expectancy of the distributee and the distributee's designated beneficiary, as defined in 26 U.S.C. 401(a)(9);

(B) a distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal installments payable not less frequently than annually over a specified period of 10 years or more;

(C) a distribution that is required under 26 U.S.C. 401(a)(9);

(D) the portion of any distribution that is not includable in gross income; however, a portion under this subparagraph may be transferred only to an individual retirement account or annuity described in 26 U.S.C. 408(a) or (b), to a qualified plan described in 26 U.S.C. 401(a) or 403(a), or to an annuity contract described in 26 U.S.C. 403(b), that agrees to separately account for amounts transferred, including separately accounting for the portion of the distribution that is includable in gross income and the portion of the distribution that is not includable in gross income; and

(E) other distributions that are reasonably expected to total less than $200 during a year.
Alaska Stat. § 14.25.380 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.25 / Section 14.25.380
Limitations on contributions and benefits.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this plan, the annual additions to each member's individual account under this plan and under all defined contribution plans of the employer required to be aggregated with the contributions from this plan under the provisions of 26 U.S.C. 415 may not exceed, for any limitation year, the amount permitted under 26 U.S.C. 415(c) at any time. If the amount of a member's individual account contributions exceeds the limitation of 26 U.S.C. 415(c) for any limitation year, the administrator shall take any necessary remedial action to correct an excess contribution. A fixed benefit provided under this plan may not exceed, for or during a limitation year, the amount permitted under 26 U.S.C. 415(b). If a fixed benefit provided under this plan exceeds, for or during a limitation year, the amount permitted under 26 U.S.C. 415(b), the administrator shall take remedial action necessary to comply with the limits on the benefit amount in 26 U.S.C. 415(b). The provisions of 26 U.S.C. 415, and the regulations adopted under that statute, as applied to qualified plans of governmental employers are incorporated as part of the terms and conditions of the plan.
Alaska Stat. § 14.30.171 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.30 / Section 14.30.171
Prohibited actions.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in AS 14.30.172  14.30.176, school personnel may not, unless otherwise authorized by law or a specific policy adopted by a governing body of a school district, (1) recommend to a parent or guardian that a child take or continue to take a psychotropic drug as a condition for attending a public school;

(2) require that a child take or continue to take a psychotropic drug as a condition for attending a public school, except when, in the opinion of the child's treating physician, (A) the medication is necessary for the mental health of the child; or

(B) the child poses a risk of harm to self or others without the medication;

(3) conduct a psychiatric evaluation of a child;

(4) recommend a specific licensed physician, psychologist, or other health specialist to a parent or guardian for a child; or

(5) recommend that a parent or guardian seek or use for a child (A) a psychotropic medication; or

(B) a psychiatric or psychological treatment.

(b) As used in this section, school personnel means persons employed by a public school or school district to work in a public school, except for a person who holds a special services type C certificate issued under AS 14.20 that qualifies the person to be employed to provide related services to students, as described in regulations adopted by the board.
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.158 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.158
Continued contract provisions.
Status: in_force

Continuation of the provisions of a teacher's contract under AS 14.20.145 or 14.20.155 does not (1) affect the alteration of the teacher's salary in accordance with the salary schedule prescribed by state law, or in accordance with a local salary schedule applicable to all teachers in the district and adopted by bylaws;

(2) limit the right of the employer to assign the teacher to any teaching, administrative, or counseling position for which the teacher is qualified; or

(3) limit the right of the employer to assign the teacher, as is reasonably necessary, to any school in the district.
Alaska Stat. § 14.42.215 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.42 / Section 14.42.215
Interest.
Status: in_force

(a) The corporation shall set the interest rate on a loan financed by the corporation under AS 14.43.091  14.43.160, 14.43.170  14.43.175, 14.43.710  14.43.750, and AS 14.44.040 . Interest on a loan accrues from the time the loan is disbursed.

(b) A borrower may elect to make payments of interest that accrues during the borrower's term of attendance at the postsecondary institution or during authorized deferment periods; however, any unpaid interest shall be capitalized as part of the principal to be repaid as agreed, or upon graduation, withdrawal, or completion of the deferment period.
Alaska Stat. § 14.30.305 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.30 / Section 14.30.305
State support of programs for children hospitalized or confined to their homes.
Status: in_force

A child who is hospitalized or confined to home and who receives at least 10 hours of special education and related services per week may be counted as a pupil in average daily membership when computing state support under the public school funding program.
Alaska Stat. § 14.43.110 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.43 / Section 14.43.110
Education loans.
Status: in_force

(a) In a school year, the commission may make a loan not to exceed (1) $8,500 to a full-time undergraduate student or $5,000 to a half-time undergraduate student attending a college or university if the full- or half-time student is otherwise eligible under AS 14.43.125 ;

(2) $9,500 to a full-time graduate student or $4,500 to a half-time graduate student attending a college or university if the full- or half-time graduate student is otherwise eligible under AS 14.43.125 ;

(3) $5,500 to a full-time student or $2,000 to a half-time student if the full- or half-time student is attending a career education program that is at least six weeks in length and is otherwise eligible under AS 14.43.125 .

(b) The commission may make a loan for a summer term, even if the total loan for the school year exceeds the limit imposed under (a) of this section if the loan for the summer term is counted against the limit imposed under (a) of this section for the following school year.

(c) The commission shall adopt regulations establishing a minimum amount for which a loan may be made.
Alaska Stat. § 14.11.007 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.11 / Section 14.11.007
Major maintenance grant fund.
Status: in_force

There is created a major maintenance grant fund as an account in the general fund. The fund shall be used to make grants for the costs of school major maintenance. Legislative appropriations for school major maintenance shall be deposited in the fund.
Alaska Stat. § 14.03.265 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.03 / Section 14.03.265
Admission.
Status: in_force

(a) The program of a charter school may be designed to serve (1) students within an age group or grade level;

(2) students who will benefit from a particular teaching method or curriculum; or

(3) nonresident students, including providing domiciliary services for students who need those services, if approved by the board.

(b) A charter school shall enroll all eligible students who submit a timely application, unless the number of those applications exceeds the capacity of the program, class, grade level, or building. In the event of an excess of those applications, the charter school and the local school board shall attempt to accommodate all of those applicants by considering providing additional classroom space and assigning additional teachers from the district to the charter school. If it is not possible to accommodate all eligible students who submit a timely application, students shall be accepted by random drawing. A school board may not require a student to attend a charter school.

(c) In addition to other requirements of law, a charter school shall be nonsectarian.
Alaska Stat. § 14.25.350 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.25 / Section 14.25.350
Contributions by employers.
Status: in_force

(a) An employer shall contribute to each member's individual account an amount equal to seven percent of the member's compensation from July 1 to the following June 30.

(b) An employer shall also contribute an amount equal to a percentage, as approved by the board, of each member's compensation from July 1 to the following June 30 to pay for retiree major medical insurance. This contribution shall be paid into the Alaska retiree health care trust established by the commissioner of administration under AS 39.30.097 (b) and shall be accounted for in accordance with regulations adopted by the commissioner.

(c) Notwithstanding (b) of this section, the employer contribution for retiree major medical insurance for fiscal year 2007 shall be 1.75 percent of each member's compensation from July 1 to the following June 30.

(d) An employer shall also make contributions to the health reimbursement arrangement plan under AS 39.30.370 .

(e) An employer shall make annual contributions to a trust account in the plan, applied as a percentage of each member's compensation from July 1 to the following June 30, in an amount determined by the board to be actuarially required to fully fund the cost of providing occupational disability and occupational death benefits under AS 14.25.310  14.25.590.
Alaska Stat. § 14.56.365 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.56 / Section 14.56.365
Eligibility.
Status: in_force

(a) A library eligible for a grant under AS 14.56.360 must be a public school library established and supported by a school district that (1) provides physical space or, if a correspondence school operated by a school district, resources for use as a library;

(2) provides regularly scheduled library hours for all students enrolled in the school;

(3) provides designated library personnel to staff the library;

(4) provides acceptable evidence of the promotion of library and information literacy standards;

(5) maintains an annual library budget that includes library staffing and materials; and

(6) contributes, from the school district's budget, an amount that is not less than the grant award that is paid for library collection materials or contributes in-kind value of services.

(b) The department shall establish by regulation an application and review procedure, including requirements for submission of adequate documentation to prove eligibility under this section. Documentation must include submission of library class schedules, job descriptions for library staff, and a copy of an annual budget for the library.
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.085 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.085
Alaska State Climate Center; state climatologist.
Status: in_force

(a) The University of Alaska shall establish an Alaska State Climate Center within an appropriate unit of the university. The administration and management of the center is under the direction of a university employee designated the state climatologist.

(b) The Alaska State Climate Center shall (1) prepare and update on a biennial basis a plan for the systematic acquisition and dissemination of climate-related information; the plan must include (A) an assessment of weather and climate information needs in Alaska;

(B) a reasonable basis for setting priorities among these needs; and

(C) a program for coordinating the activities of all available sources of weather- and climate-related information sources in order to meet the highest priority needs and to carry out the provisions of this section;

(2) establish a state climate planning advisory group composed of at least three members from organizations that provide climate-related information, and at least three members from organizations that use climate-related information on a regular basis or from the general public;

(3) solicit and consider the advice and recommendations of the state climate planning advisory group in preparing and updating the biennial plan for acquisition and dissemination of climate-related information;

(4) operate and maintain a central repository and archive for reports, books, maps, and other records, and publications relating to weather and climatological information;

(5) provide for public access to weather and climatological information and technical advisory services; and

(6) enter into cooperative agreements, on behalf of the state and the university, in order to achieve intergovernmental climate program participation by the United States and the state; these agreements must be consistent with the provisions of 15 U.S.C. 2901  2908 (National Climate Program Act).

(c) The Alaska State Climate Center may (1) investigate, describe, and interpret the characteristics of the weather and climate of the state, including their hazards and limitations;

(2) coordinate with state and federal agencies in matters concerning weather data acquisition, collection, integration, and storage;

(3) monitor federal weather-related activities to assure that the interests of the state are being served;

(4) conduct research activities on the availability of solar, wind, and water resources that assess the impact of climate fluctuations on these resources;

(5) publish bulletins, circulars, maps, or reports of the results of all research and investigations undertaken by the climate center, and distribute them to state agencies, government officials, industry, and the public;

(6) provide lectures, talks, displays, and exhibits on the climate of the state for the general education of the public; and

(7) enter into cooperative arrangements with local, state, and federal government agencies; foundations; universities; businesses; and other organizations engaged in climate-related research and services.
Alaska Stat. § 14.50.010 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.50 / Section 14.50.010
Acceptance of federal funds.
Status: in_force

The legislature assents to federal aid under former 20 U.S.C. 401  602 on behalf of the state. The commissioner of education and early development may do all things necessary to cooperate with the United States government to participate under former 20 U.S.C. 401  602 and under any Act supplementing the provisions of former 20 U.S.C. 401  602, subject to prior concurrence of the governor.
Alaska Stat. § 14.43.162 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.43 / Section 14.43.162
Eligibility.
Status: in_force

(a) For a borrower to be eligible for a loan under AS 14.43.161  14.43.168, the borrower must meet the eligibility requirements established by the federal guaranteed student loan program and must be (1) a resident of the state as determined under (b) of this section; or

(2) physically present in this state and attending an institution that is physically located in this state.

(b) To meet the residency requirement of (a) of this section, the borrower (1) must physically reside in this state and maintain a domicile in this state during the 12 consecutive months before the date of application for the program, except that the borrower may be absent from this state for not more than a total of 60 days during that 12-month period; and

(2) may not have (A) declared or established residency in another state; or

(B) received residency or a benefit based on residency from another state.

(c) To continue to meet the residency requirement of (a) of this section for each year that a loan is received or subsequently applied for, the borrower must meet the requirements of (b) of this section, except for (1) full-time attendance at an educational or training institution;

(2) military service; or

(3) demonstrated good cause as determined by the commission.
Alaska Stat. § 14.33.127 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.33 / Section 14.33.127
Crisis intervention training.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall approve crisis intervention training programs for schools, which shall include training in (1) evidence-based techniques that have been shown to be effective in the prevention of restraint and seclusion of students;

(2) evidence-based techniques shown to be effective in keeping school personnel and students safe when imposing physical restraint or seclusion of students;

(3) evidence-based skills related to positive behavior supports, conflict prevention, understanding antecedents, de-escalation, and conflict management;

(4) first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and

(5) applicable policies and procedures.

(b) The governing body of a school shall ensure that a sufficient number of school employees receives periodic training in an approved crisis intervention program to meet the needs of the school population.

(c) In this section, (1) restraint has the meaning given in AS 14.33.125 ;

(2) seclusion has the meaning given in AS 14.33.125 .
Alaska Stat. § 14.48.080 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.48 / Section 14.48.080
Agent's permit.
Status: in_force

(a) A person desiring to solicit or perform the services of an agent, in this state, shall apply to the commission upon forms provided by the commission. The application shall be accompanied by evidence of the good reputation and character of the applicant and must state the institution that the applicant intends to represent. An agent representing more than one institution must obtain a separate agent's permit for each institution represented. However, when an agent represents institutions having a common ownership, only one agent's permit is required. If an institution that the applicant intends to represent does not have authorization to operate in this state, the application shall be accompanied by the information required of institutions making application for authorization. The application for an agent's permit shall also be accompanied by evidence of a surety bond or other deposit as required by AS 14.48.100 , and by payment of the required fees.

(b) An applicant for an agent's permit shall be an individual of good reputation and character and shall represent only a postsecondary educational institution or institutions that meet the minimum standards established in AS 14.48.060 and the criteria established under AS 14.48.050 (1).

(c) Following review of the application and any further information submitted by the applicant, and investigation of the applicant as the commission considers necessary, the commission shall either grant or deny an agent's permit to the applicant.

(d) The agent's permit must be in a form approved by the commission and must include (1) the date of issuance, effective date, and term;

(2) the correct name and address of the agent;

(3) the institution or institutions that the agent is authorized to represent.

(e) The term for which an agent's permit is issued may not extend for more than two years, and may be issued for a lesser period of time.

(f) At least 60 days before the expiration of an agent's permit, the agent shall complete and file with the commission an application form for renewal. The renewal application shall be reviewed and acted upon as provided for an original application.
Alaska Stat. § 14.43.105 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.43 / Section 14.43.105
Administration of program.
Status: in_force

The executive director shall administer the programs subject to review by the commission and in accordance with the regulations adopted by the commission. The adoption of these regulations is subject to AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act). A summary of the regulations shall be distributed to each applicant.
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.630 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.630
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 14.40.560  14.40.640, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) board of regents or board means the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska;

(2) community college means a program of education established by the University of Alaska in cooperation with qualified school districts or qualified political subdivisions of the state, including both academic degree and nondegree programs;

(3) qualified school district or qualified political subdivision means a school district or political subdivision organized under the laws of the state, or a group of two or more contiguous school districts or political subdivisions of the state, or a combination of each, which combination, considered as a unit, meets the following minimum requirements for the establishment of a community college: (A) makes application to the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska for participation in the community college program;

(B) satisfies educational standards of the University of Alaska according to criteria established by the Board of Regents;

(C) has had an average daily membership during the previous school year of at least 75 high school students, grades 9-12;

(D) has established to the satisfaction of the Board of Regents the practical need for a community college within the district or political subdivision; and

(E) makes arrangements for defraying its proper share of the costs of the operation and maintenance of a community college, as provided by the terms of AS 14.40.560  14.40.640.
Alaska Stat. § 14.33.040 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.33 / Section 14.33.040
Guidance for patrols.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall, after consulting with the commissioner of public safety, adopt standards to guide patrol members in the conduct of their duties, and shall specify appropriate insignia to be worn by patrol members while on duty.
Alaska Stat. § 14.56.400 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.56 / Section 14.56.400
Public libraries.
Status: in_force

(a) A public library established under this section shall provide at least the following services free of charge to the residents of the municipality or community: (1) establish and maintain a collection of books and other materials for loaning;

(2) provide access to interlibrary loan services;

(3) provide reading or other educational programs for children; and

(4) provide reference information.

(b) A public library established under this section shall submit an annual report of its operations and the services it provides to the director of the division that has responsibility for state libraries.
Alaska Stat. § 14.42.990 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.42 / Section 14.42.990
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, (1) board means the board of directors of the corporation;

(2) commission means the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education created in AS 14.42.015 ;

(3) corporation means the Alaska Student Loan Corporation created in AS 14.42.100 ;

(4) education loan means a loan that is eligible for financing or is financed from the education loan fund established in AS 14.42.210 ;

(5) eligible student means an individual who meets the eligibility requirements established by the federal guaranteed student loan program or as otherwise set out in this chapter;

(6) federal guaranteed student loan program means the programs of the United States government that make postsecondary educational financial aid available under 20 U.S.C. 1070  1099c-2, as amended;

(7) repayment obligation means an obligation to repay financial support that is financed from the education loan fund established in AS 14.42.210 or otherwise administered by the commission.
Alaska Stat. § 14.30.720 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.30 / Section 14.30.720
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 14.30.700  14.30.720, (1) child means a person under 18 years of age;

(2) school district means a municipal school district or a regional educational attendance area.

Article 14. Alaska Military Youth Academy.
Alaska Stat. § 14.18.050 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.18 / Section 14.18.050
Discrimination in course offerings prohibited.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in (b) this section, all public education classes are available to all students without regard to sex, and curriculum requirements may not be differentiated on the basis of sex.

(b) Separation of the sexes is permitted during sex education programs and during participation in physical education activities if the purpose of the activity involves bodily contact.
Alaska Stat. § 14.43.150 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.43 / Section 14.43.150
Order to assign wages for defaulted loan.
Status: in_force

(a) In a court proceeding regarding a defaulted loan under this chapter in which the court has entered judgment in favor of the commission, the court may, on its own motion or motion of the commission, after notice and an opportunity for hearing, order the loan recipient to assign to the commission that portion of salary or wages due the loan recipient currently and in the future in an amount sufficient to pay the amount ordered by the court to be repaid to the commission.

(b) The order of assignment is binding upon an employer upon service of a copy of the order upon the employer and until further order of the court or until the employment of the obligee is terminated. The employer may, for each payment made under the order, deduct $1 from other wages or salary owed to the employee.

(c) An employer may not terminate an employee's employment because wages of the employee are subject to an order under this section.

(d) An assignment of wages authorized under this section that is made under court order has priority as against an attachment, execution, or other assignment, except for an assignment for payment of child support under AS 25.27.070 , restitution to a crime victim authorized under AS 12.55.045 , or as otherwise ordered by the court.
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.280 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.280
Basis of leave.
Status: in_force

A teacher who has rendered active service for seven or more years in a district is eligible for sabbatical leave. Sabbatical leave may be taken for educational purposes only, and for not more than one school year.
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.145 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.145
Automatic reemployment.
Status: in_force

If notification of nonretention or layoff is not given according to AS 14.20.140 , a teacher is entitled to be reemployed in the same district for the following school year on the contract terms the teacher and the employer may agree upon, or, if no terms are agreed upon, the provisions of the previous contract are continued for the following school year, subject to AS 14.20.158 . Except as provided in AS 14.20.177 (e), the right to automatic reemployment under this section expires if the teacher does not accept reemployment within 30 days after the date on which the teacher receives a contract of reemployment. A teacher who is on family leave under AS 39.20.500  39.20.550 must comply with the 30-day deadline in this section to retain the teacher's reemployment rights under this section.
Alaska Stat. § 14.42.035 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.42 / Section 14.42.035
Collection of data.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may require the institutions of public and private higher education and other institutions of postsecondary education in the state to submit data on costs, selection, and retention of students, enrollments, education outcomes, plant capacities and use, and other matters pertinent to effective planning and coordination, and shall furnish information concerning these matters to the governor, to the legislature, and to other state and federal agencies as requested by them.

(b) The commission may maintain a database containing information received under this section, AS 14.42.030 (e)(7) and (8), and AS 23.20.110 , for the purpose of compiling statewide workforce and education-related statistics and analyzing education and training outcomes. The commission may enter into cooperative agreements with state agencies, the University of Alaska, and other organizations to share data and information related to education and employment. The commission may not provide unit records to the federal government under this subsection.

(c) The commission shall, for the purposes of this section and AS 14.42.030 (e)(7) and (8), remove personally identifiable information, including first name, last name, and middle name, social security number, student identification number, residential address, and mailing address, before placing the information in the database under (b) of this section. The commission is not required to remove the month or year of birth from a record under this subsection.

(d) In this section, unit record means information pertaining to an individual.
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.155 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.155
Effect of tenure rights.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a teacher who has acquired tenure rights has the right to employment within the district during continuous service.

(b) A teacher who has acquired tenure rights may agree to a new contract at any time. However, if the teacher fails to agree to a new contract, the provisions of the previous contract are continued subject to AS 14.20.158 .
Alaska Stat. § 14.17.400 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.17 / Section 14.17.400
State aid for districts.
Status: in_force

(a) The state aid for which a school district is eligible in a fiscal year is equal to the amount for which a district qualifies under AS 14.17.410 .

(b) If the amount appropriated to the public education fund for purposes of this chapter is insufficient to meet the amounts authorized under (a) of this section for a fiscal year, the department shall reduce pro rata each district's basic need by the necessary percentage as determined by the department. If the basic need of each district is reduced under this subsection, the department shall also reduce state funding for centralized correspondence study and the state boarding school by the same percentage.
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.075 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.075
Alaska Earthquake and Volcanic Hazards Assessment Project; state seismologist.
Status: in_force

(a) The University of Alaska shall establish an Alaska Earthquake and Volcano Hazards Assessment Project within the seismology program of the geophysical institute. The project shall (1) collect, record, process, and archive seismic data on earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in the state;

(2) conduct seismological studies relating to earthquake and volcano hazards assessment;

(3) evaluate earthquake and volcanic seismic data to assist in the identification and assessment of earthquake and volcanic hazards that may pose a significant risk to lives and property in the state;

(4) inform public officials, industry, and private citizens of potential earthquake or volcanic risks and assist in planning to reduce risks to lives and property; and

(5) coordinate its activities with other organizations and agencies that monitor, collect, assess, and conduct research on earthquake and volcano hazards in order to avoid duplication of effort.

(b) The administration and management of the project are under a university employee designated the state seismologist. The state seismologist shall provide timely information concerning earthquake and volcano hazards to public officials, industry, and private citizens and serve as liaison to state and federal agencies in the event of emergencies due to seismic and volcanic activities.
Alaska Stat. § 14.20.350 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.20 / Section 14.20.350
Definition.
Status: in_force

In AS 14.20.280  14.20.350, teacher means a certificated member of the teaching, supervisory, or administrative corps in the public schools of the state.
Alaska Stat. § 14.30.285 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.30 / Section 14.30.285
Transfers of children with disabilities.
Status: reserved

(a) The department shall institute a statewide program for the education of children with disabilities to ensure that whenever possible children are educated in the state at locations in or near their resident school district.

(b) An identified child with a disability may be sent to an educational program or residential school outside the child's community or school district if the child resides in a community or school district where an appropriate educational program cannot reasonably be made available and if the school district determines that provision of special education and related services in another educational program or residential school is appropriate. If the school district approves the enrollment of a child with a disability in another educational program or residential school outside the child's community or school district and the child is enrolled, the child's education expenses shall be paid as follows: (1) except as otherwise provided by (2) of this subsection, the sending district shall pay all costs associated with the transfer;

(2) the department may provide financial assistance to the school district for a child's education provided for in (1) of this subsection under regulations adopted by the department.

(c) [Repealed, § 19 ch 147 SLA 1984.] (d) For the purposes of this section a child's education expenses are limited to the actual cost of necessary care, transportation, and special education and related services, including room and board.

(e) The educational assessment of a child with a disability that indicates that the educational program that is locally available is inappropriate for the needs of the child must conform to the standards set out in AS 14.30.191 .

(f) A school district shall obtain informed consent of the child's parent before a child may be transferred to a school outside the district in which the child resides.

(g) The withholding of informed consent by a parent for the transfer of a child with a disability under this section does not relieve a school district of the obligation to provide special education and related services to the child.

(h) The department shall make available to school districts an electronic system for managing student information and tracking records relating to individualized education programs for children with disabilities. The system must, to the extent permitted by federal law, allow school districts to transfer special education records for a student when the student transfers to a different school district. If the governing body of a school district elects to use the system selected by the department, the department shall provide the school district with the system, including any software necessary to implement the system, at no charge to the school district. The department may not require a school district to use the system selected by the department.
Alaska Stat. § 14.56.120 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.56 / Section 14.56.120
Deposit of publications and research data.
Status: in_force

(a) Each state agency shall deposit, upon release, at least four copies of each of its state publications in the center. Additional copies of each publication may be requested by the center for deposit in quantities necessary to meet the needs of the depository library system and to provide inter-library service to those libraries not having depository status.

(b) Each state agency shall notify the center of the creation of all data published or compiled by or for it at public expense, including automated data bases, and provide for its accessibility through the center unless the data is protected by the constitutional right to privacy or is of a type stated by law to be confidential or the agency is otherwise prohibited by law from doing so.

(c) The center is also a depository for publications of municipalities and regional educational attendance areas, including surveys and studies produced by a municipality or regional educational attendance area or produced for it on contract. Four copies of each publication produced for a municipality or regional educational attendance area may be deposited with the center for record and distribution purposes.

(d) Each municipality or regional educational attendance area may notify the center of the creation of all data published or compiled by or for it at public expense and provide for its accessibility through the center, unless the data is protected by the constitutional right to privacy or is of a type stated by law to be confidential or the municipality or regional educational attendance area is otherwise prohibited by law from doing so.

(e) When a research project or study is conducted for a person by a state agency, a municipality, or a regional educational attendance area, even though no state funding is involved, the state agency, municipality, or regional educational attendance area shall request that person for permission to make copies of its final report available to the center under AS 14.56.090  14.56.180. If permission is granted, the report shall be deposited with the center.
Alaska Stat. § 14.14.020 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.14 / Section 14.14.020
Bond required.
Status: in_force

Before the officer responsible for custody, investment, or management of school district money enters upon the duties of office, the district, or the municipality if the treasury is centralized, shall obtain a bond with sufficient sureties in an amount equal to the money that may come into the officer's official custody, but not to exceed $50,000. The bond shall be conditioned on the officer's honest and faithful disbursement and accounting of all money that may come into the official custody of the officer. The bond shall be filed with the clerk of the school board. This section does not apply to an officer who has been bonded under AS 29.20.610 .
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.254 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.254
University revenue bonds.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to AS 14.40.253 , the board may issue revenue bonds to pay the cost of acquiring, constructing, or equipping a facility that the board determines is necessary.

(b) The board may enter into an agreement with a trustee or bond owner for the purpose of securing payment of revenue bonds issued by the University of Alaska to acquire, construct, or equip a facility that the board determines is necessary. The agreement may include the fixing and collection of fees, charges, or rentals pledged to secure payment of the revenue bonds and agreement regarding the use of the proceeds of the revenue bonds.

(c) The state pledges not to limit or alter rights vested under this section in the University of Alaska to fulfill the terms of a contract with revenue bond owners.

(d) The board may pledge revenue received by the University of Alaska as fees, charges, or rentals in order to secure payment of the revenue bonds. A pledge of revenue received by the University of Alaska is considered a perfected security interest and is valid and binding from the time the pledge is made. The pledge creates an immediate lien against property pledged without physical delivery or other act.
Alaska Stat. § 14.40.807 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.40 / Section 14.40.807
Contribution to the Alaska Advance College Tuition Savings Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) Contributions to the fund under the terms of an advance college tuition savings contract may be made by direct cash payments or by contributions from the permanent fund dividend. The Department of Revenue shall (1) prepare the permanent fund dividend application to allow an applicant or a parent, legal guardian, or other authorized representative of an applicant who is an unemancipated minor to contribute 50 percent of a dividend to the fund; and

(2) include with each application for a permanent fund dividend an explanation of the advance college tuition savings program, including the right to receive a refund, a disclosure of the potential tax liability of the fund, and disclosure of the possible general effect of the tax liability on the advance college tuition savings program.

(b) The Department of Revenue shall pay contributions directly to the fund.

(c) In order to assure the actuarial soundness of the fund, the legislature may appropriate annually to the fund the sum, certified by the board to the governor and the legislature, that is necessary to restore the fund to an amount that is actuarially sound. The board annually, before January 30, shall make and deliver to the governor and to the legislature a certificate stating the sum required to restore the fund to an amount that is actuarially sound, and that sum may be appropriated and paid to the fund during that fiscal year. This subsection does not create a debt or liability of the state.
Alaska Stat. § 14.43.165 — AK Code / Title 14 / Chapter 14.43 / Section 14.43.165
Interest.
Status: in_force

(a) The corporation shall set the rate of interest on a loan made under AS 14.43.161  14.43.168 in accordance with federal and state law. Interest on a loan made under AS 14.43 .l61  14.43.168 may not exceed the rate specified by the applicable provisions of the federal guaranteed student loan program. Interest on a loan made under AS 14.43.161  14.43.168 accrues from the time that the loan is disbursed.

(b) A borrower may elect to make payments of interest that is payable during the borrower's term of attendance at the postsecondary institution or during certain deferment periods authorized by the commission; however, the commission shall capitalize any unpaid interest as part of the principal to be repaid as agreed, or upon graduation, withdrawal, or completion of the deferment period.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of (b) of this section, if a borrower qualifies for a subsidized loan under the federal guaranteed student loan program, the interest on the loan is paid by the federal government during the borrower's term of attendance and any qualifying deferment and grace periods authorized under the loan.