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AK Stat § 14.08.111 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 08. Education in the Unorganized Borough|Sec. 14.08.111. Duties.

A regional school board shall (1) provide, during the school term of each year, an educational program for each school age child who is enrolled in or a resident of the district; (2) develop a philosophy of education, principles, and goals for its schools; (3) approve the employment of the professional administrators, teachers, and noncertificated personnel necessary to operate its schools; (4) establish the salaries to be paid its employees; (5) designate the employees authorized to direct disbursements from the school funds of the board; (6) submit the reports prescribed for all school districts; (7) provide for an annual audit in accordance with AS 14.14.050; (8) provide custodial services and routine maintenance of school buildings and facilities; (9) establish procedures for the review and selection of all textbooks and instructional materials at least once every 10 years, including textbooks and curriculum materials for statewide correspondence programs, before they are introduced into the school curriculum; the review includes a review for violations of AS 14.18.060; nothing in this paragraph precludes a correspondence study student, or the parent or guardian of a correspondence study student, from privately obtaining or using textbooks or curriculum material not provided by the school district; (10) provide prospective employees with information relating to the availability and cost of housing in rural areas to which they might be assigned, and, when possible, assist them in locating housing; however, nothing in this paragraph requires a regional school board to provide teacher housing, whether owned, leased, or rented or otherwise provided by the regional educational attendance area, nor does it require the board to engage in a subsidy program of any kind with respect to teacher housing; (11) train persons required to report under AS 47.17.020, in the recognition and reporting of child abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse of a minor; and (12) establish procedures for providing the training under AS 14.18.060, AS 14.20.149, 14.20.680, AS 14.30.355, 14.30.356, 14.30.362, AS 14.33.100, AS 18.66.310, and AS 47.17.022; the procedures established under this paragraph must include a training schedule that ensures that not less than 50 percent of the total certificated staff employed by the district receive all of the training not less than every two years and that all of the certificated staff employed by the district receive all of the training not less than every four years.
AK Stat § 14.08.115 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 08. Education in the Unorganized Borough|Sec. 14.08.115. Advisory school boards in regional educational attendance areas.

(a) A regional school board shall establish advisory school boards in each community in the regional educational attendance area that has more than 50 permanent residents, and by regulation shall prescribe their manner of selection and organization, and, in a manner consistent with (b) of this section, their powers and duties. (b) An advisory board shall advise the regional school board on all matters concerning schools in the community in which the advisory board is established.
AK Stat § 14.08.131 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 08. Education in the Unorganized Borough|Sec. 14.08.131. Disqualification from voting for conflict of interest.

A board member having a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a contract for erection of buildings, heating, ventilation, furnishing, or repairing the buildings or in a contract for the furnishing of supplies for a regional school is disqualified from voting on any question involving the pecuniary interest of the member unless the member has disclosed that interest to the board and the remaining members have approved the member's participation in the voting.
AK Stat § 14.08.151 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 08. Education in the Unorganized Borough|Sec. 14.08.151. Land and buildings.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, the ownership of land and buildings used in relation to regional educational attendance area schools shall remain vested in the state, and use permits shall be given to the regional school boards. (b) Except for land located within the boundaries of a state airport, a regional school board may, by resolution, request, and the commissioner of the department having responsibility shall convey, title to land and buildings used in relation to regional educational attendance area schools. If the state holds less than fee title to the land, the commissioner of the department having responsibility shall convey the entire interest of the state in the land to the regional school board.
AK Stat § 14.09.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 09. Transportation of Pupils|Sec. 14.09.020. Transportation for nonpublic school students.

In those places in the state where the department or a school district provides transportation for children attending public schools, the department also shall provide transportation for children who, in compliance with the provisions of AS 14.30, attend nonpublic schools that are administered in compliance with state law where the children, in order to reach the nonpublic schools, must travel distances comparable to, and over routes the same as, the distances and routes over which the children attending public schools are transported. The commissioner shall administer this nonpublic school student transportation program, integrating it into existing systems as much as feasible, and the cost of the program shall be paid from funds appropriated for that purpose by the legislature.
AK Stat § 14.09.025 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 09. Transportation of Pupils|Sec. 14.09.025. Drug testing for school bus drivers.

(a) A school district or regional educational attendance area that provides for the transportation of pupils shall require that the drivers of motor vehicles used to transport pupils submit to testing for the use of drugs and alcohol. The testing program must include random testing. A driver who tests positive for the improper use of drugs or alcohol may be disciplined, including termination from employment. (b) For a driver who is not required to have a commercial driver's license, an employer (1) shall keep and maintain records of the testing for improper use of drugs or alcohol on a confidential basis and may only release the results with the written consent of the employee; and (2) may not retain false positive test results in the employee's employment records and may not release information about a false positive test without the written consent of the employee. (c) The department shall adopt regulations to implement this section. The regulations must include a provision for a hearing before discipline is imposed. (d) In this section, “improper use of drugs or alcohol” means use that constitutes a criminal offense and use that violates regulations adopted by the department under this section.
AK Stat § 14.09.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 09. Transportation of Pupils|Sec. 14.09.030. School buses.

(a) A municipal school district or regional educational attendance area shall (1) provide instruction on safe boarding, riding, exiting, and emergency procedures to school children transported to or from a public school by school bus; (2) provide instruction to drivers and passengers on the proper use of seat belts if school children in the municipal school district or regional educational attendance area are transported in buses equipped with seat belts; and (3) conduct at least three school bus drills each school year in safe boarding, exiting, and emergency procedures; one drill must be conducted during the first three weeks of the school term. (b) The department shall (1) establish equipment requirements for each type of school bus that is used to transport school children to or from a public school; (2) at least twice each calendar year, inspect each school bus for compliance with requirements adopted under this subsection; and (3) maintain a record of each accident involving a school bus or other vehicle transporting school children that is owned by, leased by, or provided under contract to a municipal school district or regional educational attendance area; the record must include the date of the accident, a list of persons injured, whether the person's injury occurred within the school bus, and each type of injury.
AK Stat § 14.18.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 18. Prohibition Against Discrimination Based on Sex or Race in Public Education|Sec. 14.18.010. Discrimination based on sex and race prohibited.

Recognizing the benefit to the state and nation of equal educational opportunities for all students, and equal employment opportunity for public education employees, discrimination on the basis of sex against an employee or a student in public education in Alaska and discrimination against an employee on the basis of race violate art. I, § 3 of the Alaska Constitution and are prohibited. A person in the state may not on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal or state financial assistance.
AK Stat § 14.18.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 18. Prohibition Against Discrimination Based on Sex or Race in Public Education|Sec. 14.18.020. Discrimination in employment prohibited.

The board, the Board of Regents, and each school board in the state shall (1) allow no difference in conditions of employment, including hiring practices, credential requirements, leaves of absence, hours of employment, pay, employee benefits, and assignment of instructional and noninstructional duties based on sex or race; and (2) provide the same opportunities for advancement to males and females.
AK Stat § 14.18.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 18. Prohibition Against Discrimination Based on Sex or Race in Public Education|Sec. 14.18.030. Discrimination in counseling and guidance services prohibited.

Guidance and counseling services in public education are available to students equally and shall stress access to career and vocational opportunities to students without regard to sex.
AK Stat § 14.18.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 18. Prohibition Against Discrimination Based on Sex or Race in Public Education|Sec. 14.18.040. Discrimination in recreational and athletic activities prohibited.

(a) Equal opportunity for both sexes in athletics and in recreation shall be provided in a manner that is commensurate with the general interests of the members of each sex. Separate school-sponsored teams may be provided for each sex. A school that sponsors separate teams in a particular sport shall provide equipment and supplies, services, and opportunities, including use of courts, gymnasiums, and pools, to both teams with no disparities based on sex. A school that provides showers, toilets, or training-room facilities for athletic or recreational purposes shall provide comparable facilities for both sexes, either through the use of separate facilities or by scheduling separate use by each sex. (b) A school shall divide available evening time for athletic events fairly between events for each sex. (c) The board and the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska shall adopt procedures to determine on an annual basis student interest in male and female participation in specific sports, athletics, and recreation.
AK Stat § 14.18.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 18. Prohibition Against Discrimination Based on Sex or Race in Public Education|Sec. 14.18.050. Discrimination in course offerings prohibited.

(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.
AK Stat § 14.18.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 18. Prohibition Against Discrimination Based on Sex or Race in Public Education|Sec. 14.18.060. Discrimination in textbooks and instructional materials prohibited.

(a) School boards shall have textbooks and instructional materials reviewed for evidence of sex bias in accordance with AS 14.08.111(9) and AS 14.14.090(7). School boards shall use educationally sound, unbiased texts and other instructional materials as they become available. Nothing in this section prohibits use of literary works. (b) The board shall establish by regulation standards for nondiscriminatory textbooks and educational materials. Each school board shall provide training for all its certificated personnel on a schedule adopted by the governing body of a school district in the identification and recognition of sex-biased materials. (c) The Board of Regents shall establish and implement a policy under AS 14.40.170(b) for the guidance of officers and employees of the university on the selection of nondiscriminatory textbooks and educational materials.
AK Stat § 14.18.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 18. Prohibition Against Discrimination Based on Sex or Race in Public Education|Sec. 14.18.070. Affirmative action.

The board shall establish procedures for affirmative action programs covering both equal employment and equal educational opportunity to be implemented by all school districts and regional educational attendance areas determined by the board not to be in compliance with this chapter.
AK Stat § 14.18.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 18. Prohibition Against Discrimination Based on Sex or Race in Public Education|Sec. 14.18.080. Implementation.

(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.
AK Stat § 14.18.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 18. Prohibition Against Discrimination Based on Sex or Race in Public Education|Sec. 14.18.090. Enforcement by board of education and early development.

(a) The board shall enforce compliance by school districts and regional educational attendance areas with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations and procedures adopted under it by appropriate order made in accordance with AS 44.62. After a hearing conducted by the office of administrative hearings (AS 44.64.010) and a finding by the board that a district or a regional educational attendance area is not in compliance with this chapter and is not actively working to come into compliance, the board shall institute appropriate proceedings to abate the practices found by the board to be a violation of this chapter. (b) After a finding by the board that a district or regional educational attendance area has not complied with AS 14.18.020 - 14.18.070, and that the measures taken under (a) of this section have been ineffective, the board shall withhold state funds in accordance with AS 14.07.070.
AK Stat § 14.18.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 18. Prohibition Against Discrimination Based on Sex or Race in Public Education|Sec. 14.18.100. Remedies.

(a) A person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter or of a regulation or procedure adopted under this chapter as to primary or secondary education may file a complaint with the board and has an independent right of action in superior court for civil damages and for such equitable relief as the court may determine. (b) A person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter or of a regulation or procedure adopted under this chapter as to postsecondary education has an independent right of action in superior court for civil damages and for such equitable relief as the court may determine.
AK Stat § 14.18.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 18. Prohibition Against Discrimination Based on Sex or Race in Public Education|Sec. 14.18.110. Effect of chapter.

This chapter is supplementary to and does not supersede existing laws relating to unlawful discrimination based on sex or race.
AK Stat § 14.34.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 34. Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children|Sec. 14.34.020. Compact administrator.

Under the compact established under AS 14.34.010, the commissioner may designate an officer as the compact administrator. The compact administrator shall cooperate with all departments, agencies, and officers of and in the government of this state and its subdivisions in facilitating the proper administration of the compact or of a supplementary agreement entered into by this state.
AK Stat § 14.34.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 34. Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children|Sec. 14.34.030. State council.

The board shall designate a subcommittee of its membership to serve as the state council under AS 14.34.010. Consistent with state law, the board shall designate other persons to serve on the subcommittee to complete the representation required by the compact established under AS 14.34.010.
AK Stat § 14.34.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 34. Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children|Sec. 14.34.040. Regulations.

The board may adopt regulations to implement this chapter.
AK Stat § 14.34.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 34. Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children|Sec. 14.34.090. Short title.

This chapter may be cited as the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.
AK Stat § 14.35.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 35. Vocational Education|Sec. 14.35.010. Acceptance of Act of Congress for vocational education.

The State of Alaska accepts together with the benefits of all respective funds appropriated thereunder, all of the provisions of the Act of Congress approved February 23, 1917, Public Law 347, 64th Congress, entitled: “An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational education; to provide for cooperation with the states in the promotion of such education in agriculture, home economics and trades and industries; to provide for the cooperation of the states in the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects; and to appropriate money and regulate its expenditures,” and Acts amending or supplementing it.
AK Stat § 14.35.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 35. Vocational Education|Sec. 14.35.020. Duties of state Board of Education and Early Development.

(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.
AK Stat § 14.35.025 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 35. Vocational Education|Sec. 14.35.025. Duties of the Department of Education and Early Development.

When required by any of the Acts described in AS 14.35.010, the department shall (1) cooperate with the appropriate federal agency in the administration of the Act; (2) do everything necessary to entitle the state to receive money available according to the Act; (3) represent the state in all matters related to the administration of the Act; (4) expend and disburse money received according to the Act; (5) designate the districts, schools, departments, or classes to participate in the benefits of money received according to the Act.
AK Stat § 14.35.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 35. Vocational Education|Sec. 14.35.030. Commissioner of administration as custodian of federal funds.

The commissioner of administration is designated custodian of appropriations made under any of the Acts described in AS 14.35.010. The commissioner of administration shall receive and provide for the proper custody and disbursement of all money paid to the state according to any of the Acts.
AK Stat § 14.38.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 38. Head Start|Sec. 14.38.010. Operation of Head Start programs.

The Department of Education and Early Development shall operate the head start funding program governed by 42 U.S.C. 9835.
AK Stat § 14.48.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 48. Regulation of Postsecondary Educational Institutions|Sec. 14.48.010. Purposes.

(a) It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the protection, education, and welfare of the citizens of the state, its postsecondary educational institutions, and its students, by (1) establishing minimum standards concerning quality of education, ethical and business practices, health and safety, and fiscal responsibility, to protect against substandard, transient, unethical, deceptive, or fraudulent institutions and practices; (2) prohibiting the granting of false or misleading educational credentials; (3) regulating the use of academic terminology in designating educational institutions; (4) prohibiting misleading literature, advertising, solicitation, or representation by educational institutions or their agents; (5) providing for the preservation of essential academic records; and (6) providing certain rights and remedies to the public and the commission necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (b) This chapter may not be construed to preclude the development of innovative, alternative postsecondary educational delivery systems or programs if their purposes and their administration, operation, or management are in the public interest and do not conflict with those purposes set out in (a) of this section.