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AK Stat § 14.40.630 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges|Article 4. Community Colleges.|Sec. 14.40.630. Definitions.

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.
AK Stat § 14.40.640 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges|Article 4. Community Colleges.|Sec. 14.40.640. Short title.

AS 14.40.560 - 14.40.640 may be cited as the Community College Act.
AK Stat § 14.40.661 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges|Article 5. University Retirement Programs.|Sec. 14.40.661. Authority of board.

(a) The board may establish and maintain university retirement programs for eligible employees in which retirement and death benefits are provided through the purchase of annuity contracts, either fixed, variable, or a combination of fixed and variable. Participation in a university retirement program is in place of participation in a state retirement system. The university may establish retirement programs for new employees in a participating position at any time. Retirement programs must be optional. (b) The board shall (1) provide for the administration of the retirement programs, including procedures for resolving complaints from participating employees; (2) designate the company or companies to which payment of the contributions required under AS 14.40.691 may be made, after considering the (A) nature and extent of the rights and benefits that the contracts will provide to employees who elect to participate and to their beneficiaries; (B) relation of the contractual rights and benefits to the contributions to be made under AS 14.40.661 - 14.40.799; (C) suitability of the contractual rights and benefits to the needs and interests of employees who participate and to the interest of the university in the employment and retention of employees; (D) ability of the designated company or companies to provide rights and benefits under the contracts; and (E) efficacy of the contracts in the recruitment and retention of faculty and administrators; (3) take other actions required to ensure that the retirement programs comply with applicable provisions of 26 U.S.C. 401 - 417 (Internal Revenue Code).
AK Stat § 14.40.681 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges|Article 5. University Retirement Programs.|Sec. 14.40.681. Retirement system membership.

An employee participating in a university retirement program may not participate in a state retirement system during the time the employee is employed in a participating position. If the employee is later employed in a position covered by a state retirement system that is not a participating position, the employee may not continue to participate in a university retirement program and shall begin to participate in the state retirement system.
AK Stat § 14.40.691 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges|Article 5. University Retirement Programs.|Sec. 14.40.691. Contributions.

(a) The university shall contribute on behalf of each employee participating in the program an amount established by the board. (b) An employee participating in the program shall contribute to the program an amount established by the board. (c) The board may specify that contributions required by this section are made by a reduction in salary under 26 U.S.C. 403(b) or 26 U.S.C. 414(h)(2) (Internal Revenue Code). (d) The financial officer of the university shall pay the contributions authorized or required by this section to the designated company or companies for the benefit of each participant.
AK Stat § 14.40.701 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges|Article 5. University Retirement Programs.|Sec. 14.40.701. Benefits.

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.
AK Stat § 14.40.799 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges|Article 5. University Retirement Programs.|Sec. 14.40.799. Definitions.

In AS 14.40.661 - 14.40.799, (1) “appropriate state retirement system” means the state retirement system that includes the employee's position; (2) “board” means the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska; (3) “contribution account” means the member contribution account under AS 14.25.009 - 14.25.220, the individual account under AS 14.25.310 - 14.25.590, the employee contribution account under AS 39.35.095 - 39.35.680, or the individual account under AS 39.35.700 - 39.35.990, whichever is appropriate; (4) “employee” means an employee of the University of Alaska or a community college under AS 14.40; (5) “participating position” means a position that is a permanent position that is at least a .5 full-time appointment and is included in the applicable retirement plan document; (6) “program” means a university retirement program; (7) “state retirement system” means the teachers' retirement system under AS 14.25 or the public employees' retirement system under AS 39.35; (8) “university” means the University of Alaska.
AK Stat § 14.40.803 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges|Article 6. Alaska Higher Education Savings Trust and Alaska Advance College Tuition Savings Fund.|Sec. 14.40.803. Alaska advance college tuition savings fund.

(a) The Alaska advance college tuition savings fund is established as a nonlapsing fund of the University of Alaska. The purpose of the fund is to secure obligations to participants under a postsecondary education savings program operated by the University of Alaska and to enhance the ability of the university to provide (1) higher education for the people of the state; (2) wide and affordable access to higher education for residents and their children; (3) an incentive for residents to achieve higher academic standards in grades 7 - 12; and (4) an incentive for residents to continue and complete secondary and postsecondary education. The fund may be divided into separate accounts for accounting purposes. (b) The fund consists of (1) permanent fund dividend and cash contributions made under AS 14.40.807 under the terms of an advance college tuition savings contract; (2) appropriations, gifts, bequests, and contributions; and (3) income and earnings of the fund. (c) Assets of the fund shall be expended to make payments to the university and other eligible educational institutions, including payments for refunds, redemptions, and awards under a savings contract or scholarships, costs of administration, and other obligations of the fund.
AK Stat § 14.40.807 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges|Article 6. Alaska Higher Education Savings Trust and Alaska Advance College Tuition Savings Fund.|Sec. 14.40.807. Contribution to the Alaska Advance College Tuition Savings Fund.

(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.
AK Stat § 14.40.809 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges|Article 6. Alaska Higher Education Savings Trust and Alaska Advance College Tuition Savings Fund.|Sec. 14.40.809. Powers and duties of the University of Alaska.

(a) The Board of Regents of the University of Alaska may contract with a purchaser for the purchase of advance college tuition credits for the payment of tuition and other qualified higher education expenses for a beneficiary of any age to attend a branch of the university or other eligible educational institution to which the beneficiary is admitted. A purchaser and a beneficiary may be the same person. (b) The board shall (1) make appropriate arrangements as necessary to fulfill the board's obligations under an advance college tuition savings contract; (2) establish and adopt a formal plan for administration of the advance college tuition savings program; the terms and conditions of the plan shall be considered a part of an advance college tuition savings contract; (3) establish investment objectives, criteria, and asset allocation guidelines for the fund based on prudent institutional investor guidelines and actuarial analysis of the earnings requirements for the advance college tuition savings plan; (4) enter into contracts or agreements considered necessary for the investment of the fund, including contracts or agreements with investment managers, consultants, and other custodians of the fund; (5) engage a financial advisor to report annually on the investment performance of the fund; (6) engage an independent firm of certified public accountants to audit the financial position of the fund; (7) do all acts, whether or not expressly authorized, that the board considers necessary or proper in administering the assets of the fund; (8) enter into reciprocal agreements with Alaska Pacific University and other eligible educational institutions or state tuition programs that the board determines to be beneficial to the advance college tuition savings program; (9) coordinate savings options established under the Alaska advance college tuition savings program and the administration of the fund with the Alaska Higher Education Savings Trust (AS 14.40.802) including the creation of common administrative and record-keeping systems, marketing programs, and operating reserves.
AK Stat § 14.40.811 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges|Article 6. Alaska Higher Education Savings Trust and Alaska Advance College Tuition Savings Fund.|Sec. 14.40.811. Advance college tuition savings contracts.

(a) An advance college tuition savings contract must set out or include by reference to the plan (1) the name and date of birth of the purchaser and the beneficiary under the contract; (2) the number of advance college tuition credits purchased under the contract; (3) the terms and conditions under which the contract may be terminated and refunds made; (4) the assumption of a contractual obligation by the board to provide funding for specified education benefits for the beneficiary in accordance with the terms of the plan; (5) the period of time during which the beneficiary may receive the benefits of the contract; and (6) other terms and conditions the board determines to be appropriate or that are required under 26 U.S.C. (Internal Revenue Code). (b) An advance college tuition savings contract may be terminated (1) if the board determines that the number of purchasers is insufficient to maintain the fund on an actuarially sound basis; or (2) under other circumstances determined by the board and set out in the advance tuition savings contract or in the plan.
AK Stat § 14.40.817 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges|Article 6. Alaska Higher Education Savings Trust and Alaska Advance College Tuition Savings Fund.|Sec. 14.40.817. Definitions.

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.
AK Stat § 14.42.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 42. Postsecondary Education Commission and Loan Corporation|Article 1. Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education.|Sec. 14.42.010. Purpose, intent.

(a) [Repealed, § 42 ch 85 SLA 2001.]  (b) The legislature affirms that the legal authority for the operation and management of the statewide university system remains with the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska and the legal authority for the operation and management of other postsecondary educational programs remains with the governing boards of the other private nonprofit and proprietary institutions in the state.
AK Stat § 14.42.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 42. Postsecondary Education Commission and Loan Corporation|Article 1. Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education.|Sec. 14.42.020. Officers.

The chairman and vice-chairman shall be elected from among the members of the commission for a one-year term. A member of the commission may not serve as chairman for more than two consecutive one-year terms.
AK Stat § 14.42.025 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 42. Postsecondary Education Commission and Loan Corporation|Article 1. Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education.|Sec. 14.42.025. Meetings, rules, votes required.

The commission shall prescribe its own rules of procedure. The commission shall meet once quarterly at a time and place determined by the chairman, and at other times and places as the chairman, or a majority of the members of the commission, consider necessary. A quorum is a majority of the members of the commission. The votes of the commission members shall be recorded, and effective action requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the commission members present. A commission member may not, with respect to a matter before the commission, vote for or on behalf of, or in any way exercise the vote of, another member of the commission.
AK Stat § 14.42.033 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 42. Postsecondary Education Commission and Loan Corporation|Article 1. Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education.|Sec. 14.42.033. Agreements for medical education.

The commission shall enter into agreements with government or postsecondary education officials of this state or other states to provide postsecondary educational services and programs to Alaska residents pursuing a medical education degree sufficient to accommodate at least 20 new program participants each year. An agreement with another state must be limited to services and programs that are unavailable in Alaska. The commission shall require a person participating in a medical education program offered under this section to agree to the repayment condition imposed under AS 14.43.510.
AK Stat § 14.42.035 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 42. Postsecondary Education Commission and Loan Corporation|Article 1. Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education.|Sec. 14.42.035. Collection of data.

(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.
AK Stat § 14.42.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 42. Postsecondary Education Commission and Loan Corporation|Article 1. Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education.|Sec. 14.42.040. Executive officer and staff; administration.

(a) The commission may appoint an executive director as the commission's executive officer. The executive officer is a member of the exempt service under AS 39.25.110, serves at the pleasure of the commission, and receives compensation fixed by the commission. The executive officer appoints persons to the staff positions authorized by the commission, and staff compensation is fixed by the commission. Each employee of the commission shall elect membership either in the state teachers' retirement system (AS 14.25), if qualified, or in the public employees' retirement system (AS 39.35). (b) The Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education is not a division in the Department of Education and Early Development. The commission, its members, executive officer, and staff are in the Department of Education and Early Development for administrative support services only, and they are not subject to the direction of the commissioner of education and early development or the state Board of Education and Early Development.
AK Stat § 14.42.045 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 42. Postsecondary Education Commission and Loan Corporation|Article 1. Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education.|Sec. 14.42.045. Compensation and per diem.

Members of the commission serve without compensation but are entitled to per diem and travel expenses as may be authorized by law for boards and commissions.
AK Stat § 14.42.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 42. Postsecondary Education Commission and Loan Corporation|Article 1. Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education.|Sec. 14.42.050. Legal counsel.

(a) The attorney general is legal counsel for the commission. The attorney general shall advise the commission in legal matters arising in the discharge of its duties and represent the commission in actions to which it is a party. If, in the opinion of the commission, the public interest is not adequately represented by counsel in a proceeding, the attorney general, upon request of the commission, shall represent the public interest. (b) The commission may employ temporary legal counsel from time to time in matters in which the commission is involved.
AK Stat § 14.42.055 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 42. Postsecondary Education Commission and Loan Corporation|Article 1. Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education.|Sec. 14.42.055. Consortia.

All parties that are signatory to a consortium agreement between the University of Alaska and a private university or college must abide by a decision rendered by the commission when disagreements arise or exist between the parties. For purposes of this section and AS 14.42.030, “consortium” means a cooperative arrangement between two or more public or private institutions of postsecondary education specified in agreements or memoranda of understanding to permit sharing of facilities, instructional opportunities, and other educational services in such a way that the integrity of each institution party to the consortium is preserved while at the same time the institutions cooperatively plan the academic calendar, scheduling, use of personnel and facilities, and educational programs and offerings to the maximum advantage of the students and faculties of the institutions that are parties to a consortium.