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AK Stat § 14.30.179 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils|Article 4. Psychiatric and Behavioral Evaluations and Treatments.|Sec. 14.30.179. Definition.

In AS 14.30.171 - 14.30.179, “public school” means a school operated by publicly elected or appointed school officials in which the program and activities are under the control of those officials and that is supported by public funds.
AK Stat § 14.30.180 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils|Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities.|Sec. 14.30.180. Purpose.

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).
AK Stat § 14.30.186 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils|Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities.|Sec. 14.30.186. Coverage; regulations.

(a) Special education and related services shall be provided by (1) a borough or city school district for a child with a disability residing within the district; (2) the board of a regional educational attendance area operating a school in the area for a child with a disability residing in the area served by the school; (3) the borough, city school district, or regional educational attendance area in which a treatment institution, as that term is defined in AS 47.14.990, juvenile detention facility or juvenile treatment facility, as those terms are defined in AS 47.12.990, or a correctional facility is located for a child with a disability placed at the facility; (4) a state boarding school established under AS 14.16 for a child with a disability enrolled at a state boarding school; or (5) a school district that provides a statewide correspondence study program for a child with a disability who is enrolled in the program. (b) [Repealed, § 41 ch 67 SLA 2001.]  (c) [Repealed, § 19 ch 147 SLA 1984.]  (d) [Repealed, § 19 ch 147 SLA 1984.]  (e) If the parent of a child with a disability elects to educate the child as allowed under AS 14.30.010(b), the child may not be compelled to receive the special education and related services provided under AS 14.30.180 - 14.30.350. (f) The department shall, by regulation, establish standards for the allocation of financial responsibilities and the coordination of the provision of special education and related services among the educational agencies listed in (a) of this section when more than one educational agency is responsible for providing those services.
AK Stat § 14.30.191 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils|Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities.|Sec. 14.30.191. Educational evaluation and placement.

(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.
AK Stat § 14.30.194 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils|Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities.|Sec. 14.30.194. Mediation.

(a) The department shall, by regulation, establish and implement a voluntary mediation process in conformance with the requirements of federal law, including 34 C.F.R. 300.506. The department shall encourage the use of mediation for settlement of disputes under AS 14.30.180 - 14.30.350. (b) The department shall (1) maintain a list of individuals who are qualified mediators knowledgeable in the federal and state statutes and regulations relating to the provision of special education and related services; and (2) provide for qualification of mediators through a training program that is open to all individuals who meet the criteria set by the department by regulation.
AK Stat § 14.30.231 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils|Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities.|Sec. 14.30.231. Advisory panel.

The Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education established under AS 47.80 shall serve as the state advisory panel, the function of which is to provide information and guidance for the development of appropriate programs of special education and related services for children with disabilities.
AK Stat § 14.30.235 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils|Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities.|Sec. 14.30.235. Withdrawal of consent.

If under a provision of this chapter the consent of the parent is required, the parent may withdraw the parent's consent.
AK Stat § 14.30.250 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils|Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities.|Sec. 14.30.250. Teacher qualifications.

A person may not be employed as a teacher of children with disabilities unless that person possesses a valid teacher certificate and, in addition, the training that the department requires by regulation.
AK Stat § 14.30.255 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils|Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities.|Sec. 14.30.255. Administrator qualifications.

A person may not be employed as an administrator of a program of special education and related services unless that person possesses a valid administrative certificate and, in addition, such training as the department may require by regulation.
AK Stat § 14.30.270 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils|Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities.|Sec. 14.30.270. Substitutes.

AS 14.30.250 does not prohibit the employment of a person, otherwise qualified to serve as a substitute teacher, to serve as a substitute teacher of children with disabilities.
AK Stat § 14.30.272 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils|Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities.|Sec. 14.30.272. Procedural safeguards.

(a) A school district shall inform the parent of a child with a disability of the right (1) to review the child's educational record; (2) to review evaluation tests and procedures; (3) to refuse to permit evaluation or a change in the child's educational placement; (4) to be informed of the results of evaluation; (5) to obtain an independent evaluation by choosing a person from a list provided by the school district or by choosing a person by agreement between the parent and school district; (6) to request a due process hearing; (7) to appeal a hearing officer's decision; and (8) to give consent or deny access to others to the child's educational record. (b) The department shall establish, by regulation, impartial procedures for a school district to follow for due process hearings to comply with requirements necessary to participate in federal grant-in-aid programs, including 20 U.S.C. 1400 - 1482 (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act).
AK Stat § 14.30.274 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils|Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities.|Sec. 14.30.274. Identification of children with disabilities.

Each school district shall establish and implement written procedures to ensure that all children with disabilities under the age of 22 for whom the agency is responsible under AS 14.30.186 to provide special education and related services are identified and located for the purpose of establishing their need for special education and related services.
AK Stat § 14.30.276 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils|Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities.|Sec. 14.30.276. Least restrictive environment.

Each school district shall ensure that, to the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities, including children in public or private institutions or other care facilities, are educated with children who are not children with disabilities and that special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children with disabilities from the regular educational environment occurs only when the nature or severity of the child's disability is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily.
AK Stat § 14.30.278 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils|Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities.|Sec. 14.30.278. Individualized education program; transition services.

(a) A school district shall develop an individualized education program for special education and related services for each eligible child with a disability. The plan must be completed not later than 30 days after the determination of the child's eligibility. Each individualized education program shall be developed and periodically reviewed and revised as necessary in conformance with federal requirements, including 34 C.F.R. 300.320 - 328. (b) When providing transition services as defined in 20 U.S.C. 1401(34) to a child with a disability who is over 15 years of age as part of a program of special education and related services under AS 14.30.180 - 14.30.350, a school district's primary objective and preferred outcome is to help the child become gainfully employed in an integrated workplace where individuals with disabilities work with and alongside of individuals without disabilities, or become enrolled in postsecondary education. (c) In this section, “gainfully employed” means employed full time or part time within one year of leaving high school.
AK Stat § 14.30.285 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils|Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities.|Sec. 14.30.285. Transfers of children with disabilities.

(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.
AK Stat § 14.30.305 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils|Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities.|Sec. 14.30.305. State support of programs for children hospitalized or confined to their homes.

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.
AK Stat § 14.30.325 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils|Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities.|Sec. 14.30.325. Surrogate parents.

(a) The department shall by regulation provide for the appointment of surrogate parents to represent a child with a disability in matters relating to the provision of an appropriate public education. (b) A surrogate parent is not liable for civil damages as a result of an act or omission committed in the surrogate parent's official capacity, except that a surrogate parent may be liable for civil damages as a result of gross negligence or intentional misconduct.
AK Stat § 14.30.335 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils|Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities.|Sec. 14.30.335. Eligibility for federal funds.

Notwithstanding any other provision of AS 14.30.180 - 14.30.350, the department may do all things necessary to qualify for federal funds that are available to the state for the education of children with disabilities.
AK Stat § 14.30.340 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils|Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities.|Sec. 14.30.340. Provision of special education in a private school, home, or hospital setting.

(a) If a parent of a child with a disability enrolls the child in a private school, including a religious school, at the parent's expense or teaches the child at home, the school district in which the child resides shall make special education and related services available in conformance with federal requirements, including 34 C.F.R. 300.130 - 148. A parent teaching the parent's child at home may refuse special education and related services for the child. (b) If a physician certifies in writing, and if the child's individualized education program under AS 14.30.278 provides that a child's bodily, mental, or emotional condition does not permit attendance at a school and the child's parents do not elect to teach the child at home as permitted under AS 14.30.010(b), the school district in which the child is located shall enroll the child in public school and provide the child with special education and related services in conformance with the child's individualized education program at the child's home or at a medical treatment facility.
AK Stat § 14.30.347 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils|Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities.|Sec. 14.30.347. Transportation of children with disabilities.

When transportation is required to be provided as a related service, a child with a disability shall be transported with children who are not children with disabilities if the district provides transportation to children in the district, except when the nature of the physical or mental disability is such that it is in the best interest of the child with a disability, as provided in the child's individualized education program, that the child be transported separately. State reimbursement for transportation of children with disabilities shall be as provided for transportation of all other pupils except that eligibility for reimbursement is not subject to restriction based on the minimum distance between the school and the residence of the child with a disability.
AK Stat § 14.30.350 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils|Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities.|Sec. 14.30.350. Definitions.

In AS 14.30.180 - 14.30.350, (1) “appropriate education” means personalized instruction with sufficient support services to permit a child to benefit educationally from the instruction; (2) “child with a disability” means a child with one or more of the following: (A) intellectual disability; (B) learning disabilities; (C) emotional disturbance; (D) deafness; (E) deaf-blindness; (F) hearing impairment; (G) orthopedic impairment; (H) other health impairment; (I) speech or language impairment; (J) visual impairment; (K) multiple disabilities; (L) early childhood development delay; (M) autism; (N) traumatic brain injury; (O) developmental disability; (3) “due process hearing” means a hearing conducted under AS 14.30.193; (4) “educational records” means those files, documents, records, and other material that contain information directly related to a student and are maintained by a school district or a person acting for a school district; the term “educational records” does not include the personnel records of the school district, maintained in the normal course of business, that relate exclusively to a person's capacity as an employee, or other records as designated by the department in regulation; (5) “informed consent” means that (A) a child's parent has been fully informed, in the parent's native language or other mode of communication, of all information relevant to the activity for which consent is sought; (B) the parent understands and agrees in writing to the carrying out of the activity for which the parent's consent is sought; (C) the consent describes that activity and lists any records that will be released and to whom; and (D) the parent understands that the granting of consent is voluntary on the part of the parent and may be revoked at any time; (6) “parent” means a (A) child's natural or adoptive parent; (B) child's guardian, but not the state if the child is in the legal custody of the state; (C) person who is acting in the place of a child's natural or adoptive parent, such as a grandparent or stepparent with whom the child lives, or a person who is legally responsible for the child's welfare; and (D) child's surrogate parent who has been appointed under AS 14.30.325; (7) “related services” means services described in 34 C.F.R. 300.34; (8) “school district” means a borough school district, a city school district, a regional educational attendance area, a state boarding school, and the state centralized correspondence study program; (9) “special education” means an educational program described in 34 C.F.R. 300.39.
AK Stat § 14.30.352 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils|Article 6. Education for Gifted Children.|Sec. 14.30.352. Programs for gifted children.

(a) Every school district shall establish educational services for gifted children that provide for student identification, student eligibility, student learning plans, and parental and student participation, including an appropriate review process, consistent with regulations adopted by the department. (b) State reimbursement for transportation of gifted children shall be as provided for transportation of all other pupils, except that eligibility for reimbursement is not limited to transportation between the child's residence and the school, but shall also include transportation between a school and another location of instruction as routinely required by the gifted education program of the district.