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AK Stat § 14.20.330 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 4. Sabbatical Leave.|Sec. 14.20.330. Position, tenure, and retirement.

(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.
AK Stat § 14.20.340 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 4. Sabbatical Leave.|Sec. 14.20.340. Military service and previous leaves of absence.

To determine eligibility for sabbatical leave, tours of military service and leaves of absence granted before July 1, 1963, are not considered years of active service.
AK Stat § 14.20.345 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 4. Sabbatical Leave.|Sec. 14.20.345. Leave of absence without pay.

(a) A teacher may be granted a leave of absence without pay for the purposes which may be approved by the governing body of the district if (1) the teacher's application is approved by the governing body of the district; and (2) the teacher agrees to return to employment in a public school not later than the beginning of the school year following termination of the period for which the leave of absence was granted. (b) A leave of absence is not an interruption of the continuous service necessary to attain or retain retirement or tenure rights under AS 14.20.150, 14.20.155, or 14.20.160. However, the time spent on leave of absence may not be counted in determining when a teacher has sufficient service to enable the teacher to acquire retirement or tenure rights. (c) The leave of absence is not a break in service for retirement purposes. (d) The governing body of the district may agree to continue the teacher's retirement contributions if the teacher agrees to pay the percent required under AS 14.25.050 of the salary the teacher would have received during the leave of absence and reimburse the district for the district's required retirement contribution. Each year of leave of absence then would count as a year of retirement service. (e) The governing body of the district may advance the teacher on the district salary schedule when the teacher returns to employment if the governing body determines that the teacher's leave of absence was educationally or professionally beneficial to the teacher or the district. (f) A teacher may make contributions to the retirement fund for each year or portion of a year of leave of absence taken. The contribution shall include the required percent of the salary the teacher would have received had the leave of absence not been taken, plus the required employer and state contributions that would have been made. Compound interest at the rate prescribed by regulation shall be added as computed from the beginning date of the leave of absence to the date the teacher pays the contribution.
AK Stat § 14.20.350 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 4. Sabbatical Leave.|Sec. 14.20.350. Definition.

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.
AK Stat § 14.20.370 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 5. Professional Teaching Practices Act.|Sec. 14.20.370. Teaching profession.

Teachers required by state law to be certificated, instructors in institutions of higher learning, school administrators, school program administrators, and school counselors are within the teaching profession.
AK Stat § 14.20.380 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 5. Professional Teaching Practices Act.|Sec. 14.20.380. Creation of a commission.

There is a commission of professional educators known as the Professional Teaching Practices Commission.
AK Stat § 14.20.390 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 5. Professional Teaching Practices Act.|Sec. 14.20.390. Appointment and qualifications.

The commission consists of nine members appointed by the governor and confirmed by a majority of the members of the legislature in joint session. Each member, in addition to having been actively engaged in the teaching profession for at least five years immediately preceding appointment, shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the state.
AK Stat § 14.20.400 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 5. Professional Teaching Practices Act.|Sec. 14.20.400. Composition of the commission.

The commission consists of the following members: (1) five classroom teachers; (2) one principal; (3) one superintendent; (4) one representative of the office of the commissioner; (5) one representative of an Alaska institution of higher learning.
AK Stat § 14.20.410 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 5. Professional Teaching Practices Act.|Sec. 14.20.410. Selection of members.

(a) Members of the commission shall be selected as follows: (1) the five classroom teachers from lists of names submitted by recognized Alaska teachers' organizations, each list not to exceed 12 names; however, in lieu of one of the five, one classroom teacher may be selected from a list of not more than four names signed and submitted by not less than 25 teachers who have no affiliation with any organization qualified to submit nomination lists, with the limitation that no teacher may sign more than one list in any year; (2) the principal from a list of three names submitted by the Alaska Principals Association; (3) the superintendent from a list of three names submitted by the Superintendents Advisory Commission; (4) the representative of the office of the commissioner from a list of three names submitted by the commissioner; (5) the representative of an Alaska institution of higher learning from lists of names submitted by Alaska institutions of higher learning, each list not to exceed three names. (b) The lists shall be submitted to the commissioner who shall submit them as a group to the governor's office. (c) At least 30 days before a position on the commission is due to become vacant, the chairman shall cause notice of the impending vacancy to be published and to be conveyed to each organized group eligible to submit a list of nominees.
AK Stat § 14.20.420 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 5. Professional Teaching Practices Act.|Sec. 14.20.420. Term of office.

(a) The term of office for each member of the commission is three years and, except as provided in AS 39.05.080(4), each member serves until a successor is appointed. (b) Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the governor and, except as provided in AS 39.05.080(4), an appointment to fill a vacancy is for the unexpired term. (c) An individual may not serve more than a total of two 3-year terms. (d) The commission shall select a chairman from among its members.
AK Stat § 14.20.430 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 5. Professional Teaching Practices Act.|Sec. 14.20.430. Dismissal.

Any member may be removed by the governor for misconduct, malfeasance or nonfeasance in office, or incapacity.
AK Stat § 14.20.440 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 5. Professional Teaching Practices Act.|Sec. 14.20.440. Reimbursement.

Members of the commission shall receive per diem according to law and are to be granted administrative leave with full pay by their employer for time spent in the performance of official duties under AS 14.20.370 - 14.20.510. If a member is required to spend more than 15 days in a fiscal year in the performance of official duties under AS 14.20.370 - 14.20.510, the state shall reimburse the employer for costs incurred after the 15th day.
AK Stat § 14.20.450 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 5. Professional Teaching Practices Act.|Sec. 14.20.450. Responsibilities of commission.

The commission shall have the initial responsibility of developing, through the teaching profession, criteria of professional practices in areas including (1) ethical and professional performance; (2) preparation for and continuance in professional services; and (3) contractual obligations.
AK Stat § 14.20.460 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 5. Professional Teaching Practices Act.|Sec. 14.20.460. Duties of commission.

The commission shall (1) establish procedures, and adopt regulations to implement the purposes of AS 14.20.370 - 14.20.510; (2) conduct investigations and hearings on alleged violations of ethical or professional teaching performance, contractual obligations, and professional teaching misconduct; (3) review the regulations of the department as they relate to teacher certification and recommend necessary changes; (4) review the decisions of the department regarding the issuance or denial of certificates and in its discretion recommend reversal of decisions.
AK Stat § 14.20.470 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 5. Professional Teaching Practices Act.|Sec. 14.20.470. Powers of commission.

(a) The commission may (1) study proposals developed by regular committees of any existing professional organization whose members are within the teaching profession; (2) subpoena witnesses, place them under oath, and maintain written records; (3) warn or reprimand members of the teaching profession, if in the judgment of the commission such action is warranted; (4) suspend or revoke the certificate of a member of the teaching profession for one of the reasons set out in AS 14.20.030 except that in the case of an administrator, the commissioner must concur; (5) make any recommendation to the board or to school boards that will promote an improvement in the teaching profession; (6) request assistance through any of the investigative processes of any existing professional teaching organizations when analyzing charges of breach of ethical or professional teaching practices; (7) appoint an executive secretary, delegate those ministerial functions to the executive secretary as the commission may decide and set the executive secretary's compensation with a starting salary not exceeding range 26, step B of the pay plan for state employees in AS 39.27.011(a). (b) A decision issued by the commission with the approval of the commissioner under (a)(4) of this section is final.
AK Stat § 14.20.475 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 5. Professional Teaching Practices Act.|Sec. 14.20.475. Applicability of the Administrative Procedure Act.

AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) applies to regulations and proceedings under AS 14.20.370 - 14.20.510.
AK Stat § 14.20.480 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 5. Professional Teaching Practices Act.|Sec. 14.20.480. Effect of standards.

Members of the teaching profession are obligated to abide by the professional teaching standards adopted by the commission.
AK Stat § 14.20.500 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 5. Professional Teaching Practices Act.|Sec. 14.20.500. Support.

In addition to available state funds, the commission shall also be financed by members of the profession in accordance with regulations adopted by the department including, if necessary, an increase in the fees for certificates.
AK Stat § 14.20.510 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 5. Professional Teaching Practices Act.|Sec. 14.20.510. Short title.

AS 14.20.370 - 14.20.510 shall be known as the Professional Teaching Practices Act.
AK Stat § 14.20.620 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 6. Interstate Agreement on Qualification of Educational Personnel.|Sec. 14.20.620. Entry into agreement.

The interstate Agreement on Qualification of Educational Personnel is enacted into law and entered into in behalf of the State of Alaska with all other states and jurisdictions legally joining in it in a form substantially as contained in AS 14.20.630.
AK Stat § 14.20.640 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 6. Interstate Agreement on Qualification of Educational Personnel.|Sec. 14.20.640. Designated state official to make contracts.

The designated state official to make contracts on behalf of the state under Article III of the agreement shall be the commissioner.
AK Stat § 14.20.650 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 6. Interstate Agreement on Qualification of Educational Personnel.|Sec. 14.20.650. Filing and publishing of contracts.

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.
AK Stat § 14.20.680 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 7. Required Training.|Sec. 14.20.680. Required alcohol and drug related disabilities training.

(a) A school district or regional educational attendance area shall train each teacher, administrator, counselor, and specialist on the needs of individual students who have alcohol or drug related disabilities. The training must utilize the best available educational technology and include an overview of medical and psychological characteristics associated with alcohol or drug related disabilities, family issues, and the specific educational needs of students with alcohol or drug related disabilities. (b) A school district or regional educational attendance area shall provide the training required under (a) of this section on a schedule adopted by the governing body of a school district or regional educational attendance area.
AK Stat § 14.25.001 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement|Article 1. Administration of the Teachers' Retirement System.|Sec. 14.25.001. Purpose.

The purpose of this chapter is to encourage qualified teachers to enter and remain in service with participating employers by establishing plans for the payment of retirement, disability, and death benefits to or on behalf of the members.
AK Stat § 14.25.002 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement|Article 1. Administration of the Teachers' Retirement System.|Sec. 14.25.002. Attorney general.

The attorney general of the state is the legal counsel for the system and shall advise the administrator and represent the system in a legal proceeding.
AK Stat § 14.25.003 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement|Article 1. Administration of the Teachers' Retirement System.|Sec. 14.25.003. Administrator.

(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.
AK Stat § 14.25.004 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement|Article 1. Administration of the Teachers' Retirement System.|Sec. 14.25.004. Powers and duties of the administrator.

(a) The administrator shall (1) establish and maintain an adequate system of accounts; (2) transmit the funds deposited in the system to the retirement fund established and maintained by the Alaska Retirement Management Board; (3) approve or disapprove claims for retirement benefits; (4) make payments for the various purposes specified; (5) submit periodic reports or statements of account that are needed; (6) issue a statement of account to an employee not less than once each year showing the amount of the employee's contributions to the applicable plan in the system; (7) formulate and recommend to the commissioner of administration regulations to govern the operation of the system; (8) as soon as possible after the close of each fiscal year, and not later than six months after the close of each fiscal year, send to the governor and the legislature an annual statement on the operations of each of the plans in the system containing (A) a balance sheet; (B) a statement of income and expenditures for the previous fiscal year; (C) a report on valuation of trust fund assets; (D) a summary of assets held in the trust fund listed by the categories of investment, as provided by the Alaska Retirement Management Board; (E) other statistical financial data that are necessary for proper understanding of the financial condition of the system as a whole and each plan in the system and the result of its operations; (9) engage an independent certified public accountant to conduct an annual audit of each plan's accounts and the annual report of the system's financial condition and activity; (10) report to the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee concerning the condition and administration of each plan and distribute the report to the members of each plan in the system; (11) publish an information handbook for each plan in the system at intervals that the administrator considers appropriate; (12) meet at least annually with the board to review the condition and management of the retirement systems and to review significant changes to policies, regulations, or benefits; and (13) do whatever else may be necessary to carry out the purposes of each plan in the system. (b) The administrator is authorized to charge fees necessary to members' accounts to cover the ongoing cost of operating each plan in the system. (c) The administrator is authorized to contract with public and private entities to provide record keeping, benefits payments, and other functions necessary for the administration of each plan in the system.
AK Stat § 14.25.005 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement|Article 1. Administration of the Teachers' Retirement System.|Sec. 14.25.005. Regulations.

(a) Regulations adopted by the commissioner of administration under this chapter relate to the internal management of a state agency, and the adoption of the regulations is not subject to AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act). (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a regulation adopted under this chapter shall be published in the Alaska Administrative Register and Code for informational purposes. (c) Each regulation adopted under this chapter must conform to the style and format requirements of the drafting manual for administrative regulations that is published under AS 44.62.050. (d) At least 30 days before the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation under this chapter, the commissioner of administration shall provide notice of the action that is being considered. The notice shall be (1) posted in public buildings throughout the state; (2) published in one or more newspapers of general circulation in each judicial district of the state; (3) mailed to each person or group that has filed a request for notice of proposed action with the commissioner of administration; and (4) furnished to each member of the legislature and to the Legislative Affairs Agency. (e) Failure to mail notice to a person as required under (d)(3) of this section does not invalidate an action taken by the commissioner of administration. (f) The commissioner of administration may hold a hearing on a proposed regulation. (g) A regulation adopted under this chapter takes effect 30 days after adoption by the commissioner of administration. (h) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, a regulation may be adopted, amended, or repealed, effective immediately, as an emergency regulation by the commissioner of administration. For an emergency regulation to be effective, the commissioner must find that the adoption, amendment, or repeal of the regulation is necessary for the immediate preservation of the orderly operation of the system. The commissioner shall, within 10 days after adoption of an emergency regulation, give notice of the adoption under (d) of this section. (i) In this section, “regulation” has the meaning given in AS 44.62.640(a).
AK Stat § 14.25.006 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement|Article 1. Administration of the Teachers' Retirement System.|Sec. 14.25.006. Appeals.

An employer, member, annuitant, or beneficiary may appeal a decision made by the administrator to the office of administrative hearings established under AS 44.64. An aggrieved party may appeal a final decision to the superior court.
AK Stat § 14.25.007 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement|Article 1. Administration of the Teachers' Retirement System.|Sec. 14.25.007. Investment management of retirement system funds.

The Alaska Retirement Management Board established under AS 37.10.210 is the fiduciary of the system funds.
AK Stat § 14.25.008 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement|Article 1. Administration of the Teachers' Retirement System.|Sec. 14.25.008. Definitions.

In AS 14.25.001 - 14.25.008, (1) “plan” means a retirement plan established in AS 14.25.009 - 14.25.220 or the retirement plan established in AS 14.25.310 - 14.25.590; (2) “system” means all retirement plans established under the teachers' retirement system.
AK Stat § 14.25.009 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement|Article 2. Teachers' Defined Benefit Retirement Plan.|Sec. 14.25.009. Applicability of AS 14.25.009 - 14.25.220.

The provisions of AS 14.25.009 - 14.25.220 apply only to members first hired before July 1, 2006.