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AK Stat § 14.17.490 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools|Article 1. State Aid to Public Schools.|Sec. 14.17.490. Public school funding adjustments.

(a) Except as provided in (b) - (e) of this section, if, in fiscal year 1999, a city or borough school district or a regional educational attendance area would receive less public school funding under AS 14.17.410 than the district or area would have received as state aid, the district or area is, in each fiscal year, eligible to receive additional public school funding equal to the difference between the public school funding the district or area was eligible to receive under AS 14.17.410 in fiscal year 1999 and the state aid the district or area would have received in fiscal year 1999. (b) A city or borough school district is not eligible for additional funding authorized under (a) of this section unless, during the fiscal year in which the district receives funding under (a) of this section, the district received a local contribution equal to at least the equivalent of a 2.65 mill tax levy on the full and true value of the taxable real and personal property in the district as of January 1 of the second preceding fiscal year as determined by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development under AS 14.17.510 and AS 29.45.110. (c) For the purposes of the reduction required under AS 14.17.400(b), funding authorized under (a) of this section is treated the same as the state share of public school funding under AS 14.17.410. (d) Beginning in fiscal year 2000, if a district receives more public school funding under AS 14.17.410 than the district received in the preceding fiscal year, any amount received by the district under this section shall be reduced. The amount of the reduction required under this subsection is equal to the amount of increase from the preceding fiscal year in public school funding multiplied by 40 percent. In this subsection, “public school funding” does not include funding under this section. (e) Beginning in fiscal year 2000, in each fiscal year, the department shall compare each district's ADM with the district's ADM in fiscal year 1999. If the current fiscal year ADM is less than 95 percent of the district's ADM in fiscal year 1999, the department shall reduce the district's public school funding calculated under (a) of this section by a percentage equal to the percentage of decrease in the district's ADM. (f) For purposes of this section, “state aid” means state aid distributed under the provisions of AS 14.17, as those provisions read on January 1, 1998, and additional district support appropriated by the legislature for fiscal year 1998.
AK Stat § 14.17.500 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools|Article 2. Preparation of Public School Funding Budget.|Sec. 14.17.500. Student count estimate.

(a) A district shall prepare and submit to the department by November 5 of each fiscal year, in the manner and on forms prescribed by the department, an estimate of its ADM and other student count data, including per school student count data, for the succeeding fiscal year upon which computations can be made to estimate the amount of state aid for which the district may be eligible under AS 14.17.400 in the succeeding fiscal year. In making its report, the district shall consider its ADM, other student count data, the pattern of growth or decline of the student population in preceding years, and other pertinent information available to the district. (b) Part-time students shall be included in the student count data in accordance with regulations adopted by the department. (c) When reporting a district's ADM, a part-time student who is a correspondence student may not be counted as more than one full-time equivalent student.
AK Stat § 14.17.505 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools|Article 2. Preparation of Public School Funding Budget.|Sec. 14.17.505. Fund balance in school operating fund.

(a) A district may not accumulate in a fiscal year an unreserved portion of its year-end fund balance in its school operating fund, as defined by department regulations, that is greater than 10 percent of its expenditures for that fiscal year. (b) The department shall review each district's annual audit under AS 14.14.050 for the preceding fiscal year to ascertain its year-end operating fund balance. The amount by which the unreserved portion of that balance exceeds the amount permitted in (a) of this section shall be deducted from the state aid that would otherwise be paid to the district in the current fiscal year.
AK Stat § 14.17.510 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools|Article 2. Preparation of Public School Funding Budget.|Sec. 14.17.510. Determination of full and true value by Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.

(a) To determine the amount of required local contribution under AS 14.17.410(b)(2) and to aid the department and the legislature in planning, the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, in consultation with the assessor for each district in a city or borough, shall determine the full and true value of the taxable real and personal property in each district in a city or borough. If there is no local assessor or current local assessment for a city or borough school district, then the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall make the determination of full and true value guided by AS 29.45.110 and based on a determination of full and true value made by the state assessor at least every two years using the best information available, including on-site inspections made by the state assessor in each of those districts at least once every four years. For purposes of this subsection, the full and true value of taxable real and personal property in any area detached shall be excluded from the determination of the full and true value of the municipality from which the property was detached for the two years immediately preceding the effective date of the detachment. Also, in making the determination for a municipality that is a school district, or for a city that is within a borough school district, the assessed value of property taxable under AS 43.56 shall be excluded if a tax is not levied under AS 29.45.080 by the municipality that is the school district. The determination of full and true value shall be made by October 1 and sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, on or before that date to the president of the school board in each city or borough school district. Duplicate copies shall be sent to the commissioner. The governing body of a city or borough that is a school district may obtain judicial review of the determination. The superior court may modify the determination of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development only upon a finding of abuse of discretion or upon a finding that there is no substantial evidence to support the determination. (b) Motor vehicles subject to the motor vehicle registration tax under AS 28.10.431 shall be treated as taxable property under this section. (c) [Repealed, § 8 ch 19 SLA 2012.]
AK Stat § 14.17.600 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools|Article 3. Procedure for Payments of State Aid.|Sec. 14.17.600. Student count periods.

(a) Within two weeks after the end of the 20-school-day period ending the fourth Friday in October, each district shall transmit a report to the department that, under regulations adopted by the department, reports its ADM for that count period and other student count information that will aid the department in making a determination of its state aid under the public school funding program. For centralized correspondence study, the October report shall be based on the period from July 1 through the fourth Friday in October. The department may make necessary corrections in the report submitted and shall notify the district of changes made. The commissioner shall notify the governor of additional appropriations the commissioner estimates to be necessary to fully finance the public school funding program for the current fiscal year. (b) Upon written request and for good cause shown, the commissioner may permit a district to use a 20-school-day count period other than the period set out in (a) of this section. However, a count period approved under this subsection must be 20 consecutive school days unless one or more alternate count periods are necessary to permit a district to implement flexible scheduling that meets the district's needs and goals without jeopardizing the state aid for which the district would ordinarily be eligible under this chapter.
AK Stat § 14.17.610 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools|Article 3. Procedure for Payments of State Aid.|Sec. 14.17.610. Distribution of state aid.

(a) The department shall determine the state aid for each school district in a fiscal year on the basis of the district's student count data reported under AS 14.17.600. On or before the 15th day of each of the first nine months of each fiscal year, one-twelfth of each district's state aid shall be distributed on the basis of the data reported for the preceding fiscal year. On or before the 15th day of each of the last three months of each fiscal year, one-third of the balance of each district's state aid shall be distributed, after the balance has been recomputed on the basis of student count and other data reported for the current fiscal year. (b) Distribution of state aid under (a) of this section shall be made as required under AS 14.17.410. If a district receives more state aid than it is entitled to receive under this chapter, the district shall immediately remit the amount of overpayment to the commissioner, to be returned to the public education fund. The department may make adjustments to a district's state aid to correct underpayments made in previous fiscal years. (c) Upon an adequate showing of a cash flow shortfall of a district, and in the discretion of the commissioner, the department may make advance payments to a district. The total of advance payments may not exceed the amount of state aid for which the district is eligible for the fiscal year.
AK Stat § 14.17.900 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools|Article 4. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.17.900. Construction and implementation of chapter.

(a) This chapter does not create a debt of the state. Each district shall establish, maintain, and operate under a balanced budget. The state is not responsible for the debts of a school district. (b) Money to carry out the provisions of this chapter may be appropriated annually by the legislature into the public education fund. If the amount appropriated to the fund for the purposes of this chapter is insufficient to meet the allocations authorized under AS 14.17.400 - 14.17.470 for a fiscal year, state aid shall be reduced according to AS 14.17.400(b).
AK Stat § 14.17.905 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools|Article 4. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.17.905. Facilities constituting a school.

(a) For purposes of this chapter, the determination of the number of schools in a district is subject to the following: (1) a community with an ADM of at least 10, but not more than 100, shall be counted as one school; (2) a community with an ADM of at least 101, but not more than 425, shall be counted as (A) one elementary school, which includes those students in grades kindergarten through six; and (B) one secondary school, which includes students in grades seven through 12; (3) in a community with an ADM of greater than 425, each facility that is administered as a separate school shall be counted as one school, except that each alternative school with an ADM of less than 175 shall be counted as a part of the school in the district with the highest ADM. (b) Notwithstanding (a)(3) of this section and for purposes other than calculations under AS 14.17.450, a charter school shall be counted as a separate school if the charter school has an ADM of at least 150 students. (c) Notwithstanding (a)(2) and (a)(3) of this section, in a community with an ADM of greater than 425 that has only one facility administered as a school for students in grades kindergarten through 12, the number of schools for the community shall be counted under (a)(2) of this section.
AK Stat § 14.17.910 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools|Article 4. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.17.910. Restrictions governing receipt and expenditure of district money.

(a) Each district shall maintain complete financial records of the receipt and disbursement of state aid, money acquired from local effort, and other money received or held by the district. The records must be in the form required by the department and are subject to audit by the department at a time and place designated by the department. (b) State aid provided under this chapter is for general operational purposes of the district. All district money, including state aid, shall be received, held, allocated, and expended by the district under applicable local law and state and federal constitutional provisions, statutes, and regulations, including those related to ethical standards and accounting principles.
AK Stat § 14.17.920 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools|Article 4. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.17.920. Regulations.

The department shall adopt regulations necessary to implement this chapter.
AK Stat § 14.17.990 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools|Article 4. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.17.990. Definitions.

In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, (1) “ADM or average daily membership” means the aggregate number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in a school district during the student count period for which a determination is being made, divided by the actual number of days that school is in session for the student count period for which the determination is being made; (2) “district” means a city or borough school district or a regional educational attendance area; (3) “district adjusted ADM” means the number resulting from the calculations under AS 14.17.410(b)(1); (4) “district ADM” means the sum of the ADMs in a district; (5) “eligible federal impact aid” means the amount of federal impact aid received by a district as of March 1 of the fiscal year as a result of an application submitted in the preceding fiscal year, including advance payments and adjustments received since March 1 of the preceding fiscal year from prior year applications, under 20 U.S.C. 7701 - 7714, except payments received under former 20 U.S.C. 7703(f)(2)(B), to the extent the state may consider that aid as local resources under federal law; (6) “local contribution” means appropriations and the value of in-kind services made by a district; (7) “taxable real and personal property” means all real and personal property taxable under the laws of the state.
AK Stat § 14.20.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 1. Teacher Certification.|Sec. 14.20.010. Teacher certificate required.

A person may not be employed as a teacher in the public schools of the state unless that person possesses a valid teacher certificate except that a person who has made application to the department for a teacher certificate, including a preliminary teacher certificate under AS 14.20.015, or renewal of a teacher certificate that has not been acted upon by the department may be employed as a teacher in the public schools of the state until the department has taken action on the application, but in no case may employment without a certificate last longer than three months. A person who has made application for a certificate under this section may teach for an additional 60 days beyond three months without a certificate if the department grants a written extension. An extension may be granted under this section for not more than 60 days to the person solely due to delay in the department's receipt of criminal justice information under AS 12.62 or a national criminal history record check under AS 12.62.400.
AK Stat § 14.20.015 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 1. Teacher Certification.|Sec. 14.20.015. Recognition of certificates of out-of-state teachers.

(a) The department shall issue a preliminary teacher certificate to an out-of-state teacher who meets the requirements of this section. To be eligible for a preliminary teacher certificate, a person shall (1) have received at least a baccalaureate degree from an institution of higher education accredited by a recognized regional accrediting association or approved by the commissioner; (2) hold a valid teacher certificate issued by another state; (3) have submitted fingerprints to the department to be used for a criminal history background check and been found by the department to be suitable for employment as a teacher under AS 14.20.020(f); (4) have paid the fee required by the department under AS 14.20.020(c). (b) An out-of-state teacher who has been issued a preliminary teacher certificate under this section shall pass the competency examination designated by the board under AS 14.20.020(i) within one year after the date the preliminary teacher certificate was issued. If the teacher does not pass the examination, the department shall immediately revoke the teacher's preliminary teacher certificate. (c) The preliminary teacher certificate issued under this section must contain the same endorsements as those on the current valid teacher certificate issued by the other state. (d) A teacher holding a preliminary teacher certificate issued under this section may be employed to provide instructional services for a school district or regional educational attendance area only if the teacher certificate issued by the other state is valid at the time the teacher commences to provide instructional services for the school district or regional educational attendance area. (e) Employment under a preliminary teacher certificate shall be considered in determining whether a teacher qualifies for tenure under AS 14.20.150. However, a teacher may not be granted tenure unless the teacher holds a teacher certificate issued under AS 14.20.020. (f) A preliminary teacher certificate and any endorsements issued under this section are valid for three years and may not be renewed. The department may not issue a provisional certificate or a temporary certificate to a teacher who has held a preliminary teacher certificate.
AK Stat § 14.20.017 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 1. Teacher Certification.|Sec. 14.20.017. Grace period for issuance of regular teacher certificates to previously certificated teachers.

(a) The department shall issue a teacher certificate as described in AS 14.20.020, subject to revocation, to a teacher who meets the requirements of this section. To be eligible for a revocable teacher certificate under this section, a person shall (1) have held a valid teacher certificate issued under AS 14.20.020 that expired more than 12 months before the teacher applied for a certificate under this section; (2) have paid the fee required by the department under AS 14.20.020(c). (b) A revocable teacher certificate issued under this section is valid for one year, during which the teacher shall complete any requirements for the issuance of a regular teacher certificate under AS 14.20.020 that the teacher has not already met. The department shall expedite the procedures required of teachers holding revocable teacher certificates who are seeking certification under AS 14.20.020. (c) A teacher holding a revocable teacher certificate under this section who previously passed the competency examination designated by the board under AS 14.20.020(i) is not required to retake the examination before being eligible for a regular certificate under AS 14.20.020. A teacher holding a revocable teacher certificate who did not previously take or pass the competency examination shall take and pass the examination within one year after the date the revocable teacher certificate was issued. If the teacher does not pass the examination, the department shall immediately revoke the revocable teacher certificate. (d) A teacher holding a revocable teacher certificate under this section may not receive a teacher certificate issued under AS 14.20.020 until the teacher submits fingerprints to the department to be used for a criminal history background check and the teacher has been found by the department to be suitable for employment as a teacher under AS 14.20.020(f). (e) The revocable teacher certificate issued under this section must contain the same endorsements as those on the teacher's expired teacher certificate. (f) Employment on the basis of a revocable teacher certificate issued under this section shall be considered in determining whether a teacher qualifies for tenure under AS 14.20.150. (g) A revocable teacher certificate and any endorsements issued under this section are valid for one year and may not be renewed under this section. The department may not issue a provisional certificate or a temporary certificate to a teacher who has held a teacher certificate issued under this section.
AK Stat § 14.20.025 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 1. Teacher Certification.|Sec. 14.20.025. Limited teacher certificates.

Notwithstanding AS 14.20.020(b), a person may be issued a limited certificate, valid only in the area of expertise for which it is issued, to teach Alaska Native language or culture, military science, or a vocational or technical course for which the board determines by regulation that baccalaureate degree training is not sufficiently available. A limited certificate may be issued under this section only if the school board of the district or regional educational attendance area in which the person will be teaching has requested its issuance. A person who applies for a limited certificate shall demonstrate, as required by regulations adopted by the board, instructional skills and subject matter expertise sufficient to ensure the public that the person is competent as a teacher. The board may require a person issued a limited certificate to undertake academic training as may be required by the board by regulation and make satisfactory progress in the academic training.
AK Stat § 14.20.027 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel|Article 1. Teacher Certification.|Sec. 14.20.027. Reporting of and access to social security numbers.

Notwithstanding AS 14.20.010 - 14.20.040, the department may not issue a teacher certificate under AS 14.20.020 or a limited teacher certificate under AS 14.20.025 unless the applicant has supplied the department with the applicant's social security number. Upon request, the department shall provide the social security number to the child support services agency created in AS 25.27.010, or the child support enforcement agency of another state, for child support purposes authorized under law.