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AK Stat § 14.03.016 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 03. Public Schools Generally|Article 1. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.03.016. A parent's right to direct the education of the parent's child.

(a) A local school board shall, in consultation with parents, teachers, and school administrators, adopt policies to promote the involvement of parents in the school district's education program. The policies must include procedures (1) recognizing the authority of a parent and allowing a parent to object to and withdraw the child from a standards-based assessment or test required by the state; (2) recognizing the authority of a parent and allowing a parent to object to and withdraw the child from an activity, class, or program; (3) providing for parent notification not less than two weeks before any activity, class, or program that includes content involving human reproduction or sexual matters is provided to a child; (4) recognizing the authority of a parent and allowing a parent to withdraw the child from an activity, class, program, or standards-based assessment or test required by the state for a religious holiday, as defined by the parent; (5) providing a parent with an opportunity to review the content of an activity, class, performance standard, or program; (6) ensuring that, when a child is absent from an activity, class, program, or standards-based assessment or test required by the state under this section, the absence is not considered an unlawful absence under AS 14.30.020 if the child's parent withdrew the child from the activity, class, program, or standards-based assessment or test or gave permission for the child's absence. (b) The policies adopted under this section may not allow a parent categorically to object to or withdraw a child from all activities, classes, programs, or standards-based assessments or tests required by the state. The policies must require a parent to object each time the parent wishes to withdraw the child from an activity, class, program, or standards-based assessment or test required by the state. (c) Nothing in this section prohibits a school employee or volunteer from answering a question from a child about any topic. (d) In this section, (1) “child” means an unemancipated minor under 18 years of age; (2) “human reproduction or sexual matters” does not include curricula or materials for (A) sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention training required under AS 14.30.355; or (B) dating violence and abuse awareness and prevention training required under AS 14.30.356; (3) “local school board” has the meaning given in AS 14.03.290; (4) “parent” means the natural or adoptive parent of a child or a child's legal guardian; (5) “school district” has the meaning given in AS 14.30.350.
AK Stat § 14.03.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 03. Public Schools Generally|Article 1. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.03.020. School year.

The school year begins on the first day of July and ends on the 30th day of June.
AK Stat § 14.03.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 03. Public Schools Generally|Article 1. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.03.030. School term.

A school term begins and ends on the dates fixed by the governing body of a school district. A school term shall include not less than 180 days in session unless, with the approval of the commissioner, (1) a day used for in-service training of teachers is substituted for a day in session, up to a maximum of 10 days; (2) an “emergency closure day” is substituted for a day in session because of conditions posing a threat to the health or safety of students; or (3) the school board adopts a different school term that includes at least 740 hours of instruction and study periods for pupils in kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and third grade and at least 900 hours of instruction and study periods for pupils in grades four through 12 if the commissioner finds that the school board has submitted an acceptable plan under which students will receive the approximate educational equivalent of a 180-day term.
AK Stat § 14.03.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 03. Public Schools Generally|Article 1. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.03.040. Day in session.

Each day within the school term is a day in session except Saturdays, Sundays, and days designated as holidays by or according to AS 14.03.050. A school board may approve Saturdays as a day in session. The day in session in every school shall be at least four hours long, exclusive of intermissions, for the first, second, and third grades and five hours, exclusive of intermissions, for all other grades. The commissioner may approve a shorter day in session for any grade. The period of the day in session shall be devoted to the instruction of pupils or to study periods for the pupils.
AK Stat § 14.03.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 03. Public Schools Generally|Article 1. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.03.050. School holidays.

(a) Public schools may not be in session on school holidays, which are Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day immediately following Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Years Day, Memorial Day, and the Fourth of July. If one of these holidays falls on a Saturday, the Friday immediately preceding is a school holiday. If one of these holidays falls on a Sunday, the Monday immediately following is a school holiday. A teacher may not be required to perform employment services on these holidays, nor may the salary of a teacher be diminished because the teacher does not perform employment services on a school holiday. (b) The public schools shall be in session on all other holidays falling upon school days and shall conduct appropriate exercises in recognition of the day. (c) The governing body of the school district may declare additional holidays.
AK Stat § 14.03.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 03. Public Schools Generally|Article 1. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.03.060. Elementary, junior high, and secondary schools.

(a) Except as provided in (e) of this section, an elementary school consists of grades kindergarten through grade eight or any appropriate combination of grades within this range. (b) A secondary school consists of grades seven through 12 or any appropriate combination of grades within this range. The establishment of one or two grades beyond the 12th grade is optional with the governing body of the school district. (c) Grades seven through eight, nine, and ten or any appropriate combination of grades within this range may be organized as a junior high school. (d) This section does not prevent a high school from issuing a diploma to a student who has completed the 12th grade. (e) In addition to the grades enumerated in (a) of this section, an elementary school consists of a pre-elementary program supervised by the department under AS 14.07.020(a)(8), operated by the department as a head start program under AS 14.38.010, or located in a public school for federal funding purposes. Except for a child with a disability who is receiving special education or related services under AS 14.30.180 - 14.30.350, pre-elementary students may not be counted in a school's average daily membership under AS 14.17.
AK Stat § 14.03.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 03. Public Schools Generally|Article 1. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.03.070. School age.

A child who is six years of age on or before September 1 following the beginning of the school year, and who is under the age of 20 and has not completed the 12th grade, is of school age.
AK Stat § 14.03.072 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 03. Public Schools Generally|Article 1. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.03.072. Early literacy information.

(a) Each school district shall annually provide to parents and guardians of students enrolled in kindergarten through grade three in a public school in the state current information on the importance of early literacy, including (1) intervention strategies; (2) home literacy plans; (3) grade retention standards and policies for the elementary school attended; (4) strategies and resources to help children learn to read. (b) In partnership with local media outlets, the department shall create and implement a communications campaign to educate parents and guardians about the importance of early literacy. The campaign shall include an Internet website that provides access to current research on early literacy, book recommendations, and vocabulary-building exercises.
AK Stat § 14.03.073 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 03. Public Schools Generally|Article 1. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.03.073. Secondary school course credit.

(a) A school district shall provide the opportunity for students enrolled in grades nine through 12 in the district to challenge one or more courses provided by the district by demonstrating mastery in mathematics, language arts, science, social studies, and world languages at the level of the course challenged. A school district shall give full credit for a course to a student who successfully challenges that course as provided under this section. (b) A school district shall establish, within a reasonable time, an assessment tool and a standard for demonstrating mastery in courses provided for students in grades nine through 12 by the district under this section. This section does not require a school district to establish an assessment tool for every course in mathematics, language arts, science, social studies, and world languages that is offered to students in grades nine through 12 by the district. (c) The board shall adopt regulations to implement this section. (d) In this section, “school district” has the meaning given in AS 14.30.350.
AK Stat § 14.03.075 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 03. Public Schools Generally|Article 1. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.03.075. College and career readiness assessment; retroactive issuance of diploma.

(a) [Repealed, §§ 25, 29 ch 2 SSSLA 2015.] (b) [Repealed, §§ 25, 29 ch 2 SSSLA 2015.] (c) [Repealed, §§ 25, 29 ch 2 SSSLA 2015.] (d) At the request of a student, a school district shall issue a high school diploma to a student who did not receive a high school diploma because the student failed to pass all or a portion of the secondary school competency examination but who received a certificate of achievement under this section as it read before July 1, 2014. (e) In this section, (1) [Repealed, §§ 25, 29 ch 2 SSSLA 2015.] (2) “school district” has the meaning given in AS 14.30.350.
AK Stat § 14.03.077 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 03. Public Schools Generally|Article 1. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.03.077. High school diploma for certain veterans.

(a) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, the commissioner shall award a high school diploma to a person who (1) makes application under (b) of this section; if a person is deceased or incapacitated, an immediate family member may apply on behalf of the person; (2) never received a high school diploma; and (3) actively served in the United States armed forces or the Alaska Territorial Guard during the period of August 7, 1940, through July 25, 1947, and (A) died in active service; (B) was honorably discharged; or (C) was released from active duty because of a service-related disability. (b) The commissioner shall provide a form or electronic format for a person to apply under this section. The commissioner may accept an affidavit to support the award if documentation is not readily available from the military or other sources.
AK Stat § 14.03.078 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 03. Public Schools Generally|Article 1. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.03.078. Annual progress reports.

(a) The department shall provide to the legislature by February 15 of each year by electronic means an annual report regarding the progress of each school and school district toward high academic performance by all students. The report required under this section must include (1) information described under AS 14.03.120(d); (2) progress of the department (A) toward implementing the school accountability provisions of AS 14.03.123; and (B) in assisting high schools to become accredited; (3) a description of the resources provided to each school and school district for coordinated school improvement activities and staff training in each school and school district; (4) each school district's and each school's progress in aligning curriculum with state education performance standards; (5) a description of the efforts by the department to assist a public school or district that receives a low performance designation under AS 14.03.123; (6) a description of intervention efforts by each school district and school for students who are not meeting state performance standards; and (7) the number and percentage of turnover in certificated personnel and superintendents. (b) By December 31 of each year, the department shall provide to the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority established by AS 47.30.011 a report on the progress of school districts in the state toward the objective of AS 14.30.278(b), based on performance indicators included in the most current plan submitted by the state to the United States Secretary of Education as required under 20 U.S.C. 1412(a).
AK Stat § 14.03.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 03. Public Schools Generally|Article 1. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.03.080. Right to attend school.

(a) A child of school age is entitled to attend public school without payment of tuition during the school term in the school district in which the child is a resident subject to the provisions of AS 14.14.110 and 14.14.120. (b) A person over school age may be admitted to the public school in the school district in which the person is a resident at the discretion of the governing body of the school district. A person over school age may be charged tuition by the governing body of the school district. (c) A child under school age may be admitted to a public school in the school district of which the child is a resident at the discretion of the governing body of the school district if the child meets minimum standards prescribed by the board evidencing that the child has the mental, physical, and emotional capacity to perform satisfactorily for the educational program being offered. A district's educational program must prescribe that under school age students advance through the curriculum or grade level by the following school year. A governing body may delegate the authority granted under this subsection to the chief school administrator of the school district. (d) A child who is five years of age on or before September 1 following the beginning of the school year, and who is under school age, may enter a public school kindergarten. (e) A child under school age shall be admitted to school in the district of which the child is a resident if immediately before the child became a resident of the district, the child was legally enrolled in the public schools of another district or state. (f) This section does not require a school district to admit a child or person currently under suspension or expulsion under AS 14.03.160 in that or another school district.
AK Stat § 14.03.083 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 03. Public Schools Generally|Article 1. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.03.083. Contracting for services.

(a) A school district may contract for educational services provided to students in the district by an agency that is accredited by the department under AS 14.07.020 and (b) of this section. (b) The department shall adopt regulations and establish program standards for educational services that may be contracted for by a school district. (c) Expenses incurred by the department in accrediting the agency and program shall be borne by the agency seeking accreditation. (d) The department and the state Board of Education and Early Development may not enter into or renew a contract or agreement, or participate, with any organization, entity, group, or consortium after July 1, 2014 that requires the state to cede any measure of autonomy or control over education standards and assessments, including the determination of passing scores.
AK Stat § 14.03.085 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 03. Public Schools Generally|Article 1. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.03.085. Procurement preference for recycled Alaska products.

A school district shall comply with AS 29.71.050, except that in AS 29.71.050(b), “AS 29.71.040” is read as “AS 36.15.050,” and in AS 29.71.050(a) - (c) and (e), “municipal” and “municipality” are read as “school district.” In this section, “school district” does not include regional educational attendance areas.
AK Stat § 14.03.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 03. Public Schools Generally|Article 1. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.03.090. Partisan, sectarian, or denominational doctrines prohibited.

Partisan, sectarian, or denominational doctrines may not be advocated in a public school during the hours the school is in session. A teacher or school board violating this section may not receive public money.
AK Stat § 14.03.095 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 03. Public Schools Generally|Article 1. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.03.095. Part-time school attendance.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a governing body shall, upon request, allow a child, including a child who is also enrolled at a private school, is a correspondence student, or is being home schooled, to enroll as a part-time student in the district. A governing body may not discriminate between part-time and full-time students or require that part-time students be enrolled after full-time student enrollment is completed. (b) A governing body is not required to allow part-time enrollment if (1) the enrollment would be denied even if the enrollee were a full-time student; or (2) the enrollment would result in an expenditure of public funds for the direct benefit of a private educational institution. (c) Part-time enrollment under this section does not constitute attendance for the purposes of AS 14.30.010(a). (d) This section does not apply to interscholastic or extracurricular student activities.
AK Stat § 14.03.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 03. Public Schools Generally|Article 1. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.03.100. Use of school facilities.

The governing body of a school district may allow the use of school facilities for any legal gatherings or assemblies. The governing body shall adopt bylaws that will ensure reasonable and impartial use of the facilities.
AK Stat § 14.03.105 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 03. Public Schools Generally|Article 1. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.03.105. Search of school lockers.

(a) Subject to (b) of this section, a locker or other container provided in a school by the school or the school district may be searched and examined with the permission of the chief administrative officer of the school or the school district or the designee of the chief administrative officer to determine compliance with school regulations, school district regulations, and local, state, and federal laws. A search or examination under this section may not be more intrusive than reasonably necessary to meet the objectives of the search. (b) Notices in letters at least two inches high stating the right and the intention of school and school district officers to permit searches and examinations under (a) of this section shall be posted in prominent locations throughout a school. (c) Nothing in this section limits the ability of a peace officer, chief administrative officer, or other appropriate person, acting in compliance with local, state, or federal laws, to search a locker or other container provided in a public or private school by the school district.
AK Stat § 14.03.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 03. Public Schools Generally|Article 1. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.03.110. Questionnaires and surveys administered in public schools.

(a) A school district, principal or other person in charge of a public school, or teacher in a public school may not administer or permit to be administered in a school a questionnaire or survey, whether anonymous or not, that inquires into personal or private family affairs of the student not a matter of public record or subject to public observation unless written permission is obtained from the student's parent or legal guardian. (b) For an anonymous questionnaire or survey, written permission required under (a) of this section may be obtained annually and is valid until the commencement of the subsequent school year or until the parent or legal guardian who gave permission submits a written withdrawal of permission to the school principal. The school shall provide each student's parent or legal guardian at least two weeks' notice before administering a questionnaire or survey described under this subsection. (c) If a school administers to a student a questionnaire or survey that is not anonymous, the school shall obtain the written permission required under (a) of this section from the student's parent or legal guardian at least two weeks before the questionnaire or survey is administered. (d) The school shall give a student's parent or guardian an opportunity to review the questionnaire or survey described under (b) or (c) of this section and shall give the parent or guardian written notice regarding (1) how the questionnaire or survey will be administered to the student; (2) how the results of the survey or questionnaire will be used; and (3) who will have access to the questionnaire, survey, or results. (e) A student may refuse to participate in a questionnaire or survey administered in a public school. A student's parent or legal guardian may refuse to allow the student to participate in a specified questionnaire or survey. (f) In this section, “questionnaire or survey” means a list of questions to, or information collected from, a class or group of students.
AK Stat § 14.03.113 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 03. Public Schools Generally|Article 1. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.03.113. District determination of scholarship eligibility.

A school district shall determine whether a student who graduates from a high school in the district is eligible for an award of an Alaska performance scholarship under AS 14.43.810 - 14.43.849. If a student is eligible, the district shall state in the student's permanent record the highest level of funding for which the student is eligible. A district shall provide a student with an opportunity to request that the district correct an error in the eligibility determination.
AK Stat § 14.03.115 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 03. Public Schools Generally|Article 1. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.03.115. Access to school records by parent, foster parent, or guardian.

Upon request of a parent, foster parent, or guardian of a child under 18 years of age who is currently or was previously enrolled in a municipal school district or a school district that is a regional educational attendance area, the school district shall provide a copy of the child's record. This section does not apply to (1) a record of a child who is an emancipated minor; or (2) record information that consists of the child's address if the school district determines that the release of the child's address poses a threat to the health or safety of the child.