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AK Stat § 14.43.406 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 43. Financial Aid Programs for Postsecondary Students|Article 8. Alaska Education Grant Program.|Sec. 14.43.406. Applicability of other laws.

(a) To the extent they are not in conflict with the provisions of AS 14.43.400 - 14.43.420, the provisions of AS 14.43.162(b), 14.43.910, and 14.43.920 apply to a grant made under AS 14.43.400 - 14.43.420. (b) In determining a student's eligibility for a grant under AS 14.43.400 - 14.43.420, the executive director of the commission shall apply the standards contained in the definitions of “full-time student,” “half-time student,” and “school year” in AS 14.43.160 as if those provisions were applicable to application for the grant.
AK Stat § 14.43.415 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 43. Financial Aid Programs for Postsecondary Students|Article 8. Alaska Education Grant Program.|Sec. 14.43.415. Eligibility; priority.

(a) For an applicant to be eligible for a grant under AS 14.43.400 - 14.43.420, the applicant must be (1) a resident of this state; (2) enrolled or about to be enrolled (A) at an institution located in the state that is (i) accredited by an institutional accrediting body recognized by the United States Secretary of Education; or (ii) approved to participate in the Alaska performance scholarship program as a qualified postsecondary institution under AS 14.43.830; and (B) on at least a half-time basis; and (3) able to demonstrate financial need in accordance with standards for determining financial need established by the commission. (b) [Repealed, § 45 ch 89 SLA 2014.]  (c) The commission shall adopt regulations to establish terms and conditions for awarding grants under AS 14.43.400 - 14.43.420 and to establish the amounts to be awarded for on-time, full-time, and half-time student status.
AK Stat § 14.43.420 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 43. Financial Aid Programs for Postsecondary Students|Article 8. Alaska Education Grant Program.|Sec. 14.43.420. Limitation on grants.

(a) A grant made under AS 14.43.400 - 14.43.420 may not be in an amount that exceeds $4,000 for each school year. (b) [Repealed, § 31 ch 63 SLA 2004.]  (c) A student may receive not more than a total of $16,000 in grants awarded under AS 14.43.400 - 14.43.420. (d) The commission may apply the amounts awarded under AS 14.43.400 - 14.43.420 to a state match required by federal grant programs under 20 U.S.C. 1070c-2.
AK Stat § 14.43.600 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 43. Financial Aid Programs for Postsecondary Students|Article 10. Teacher Education Loan Program.|Sec. 14.43.600. Findings and intent.

(a) The legislature finds that there is a wide and unacceptable disparity between the distribution of Native teachers and Native students in rural elementary and secondary schools in the state. Many rural schools have virtually no Native teachers and no non-Native students. The undesirable effects of this disparity include the following: (1) there is a serious weakness in the ability of teaching staffs in rural schools to foster a sense of Native traditions and cultures in the Native students; (2) many rural students are forced to exist in two entirely separate situations: the essentially traditional atmosphere of many Native homes, and the essentially modern atmosphere of the classroom; (3) almost no Native students return to rural schools to teach, continuing the imbalance and exacerbating its effects; and (4) there is an annual turnover of 40 percent among teachers in regional educational attendance areas in the state. (b) The legislature further finds that existing programs have failed to increase the proportion of Natives teaching in rural schools. Therefore, it is the intent of the legislature to establish the teacher education loan program to encourage rural high school graduates to return to rural schools as teachers and relieve the conditions described in this section.
AK Stat § 14.43.610 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 43. Financial Aid Programs for Postsecondary Students|Article 10. Teacher Education Loan Program.|Sec. 14.43.610. Program established.

There is established the teacher education loan program to provide an incentive for rural high school graduates to pursue teaching careers in rural elementary and secondary schools in the state.
AK Stat § 14.43.620 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 43. Financial Aid Programs for Postsecondary Students|Article 10. Teacher Education Loan Program.|Sec. 14.43.620. Teacher education revolving loan fund.

(a) The teacher education revolving loan fund is created for the purpose of making education loans to students selected under AS 14.43.600 - 14.43.700. The fund consists of money or assets appropriated or transferred to the commission for deposit into the fund, money or assets deposited into the fund by the commission, and earnings on investments of money held in the fund. (b) [Repealed, § 45 ch 89 SLA 2014.]  (c) The commission may make a new loan under this section only if sufficient money or assets are available in the fund established under (a) of this section. If no new loans are issued in a fiscal year under this subsection, the commission shall use deposits for the year in the succeeding year.
AK Stat § 14.43.630 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 43. Financial Aid Programs for Postsecondary Students|Article 10. Teacher Education Loan Program.|Sec. 14.43.630. Administration.

(a) The teacher education loan program shall be administered by the commission in accordance with regulations adopted by the commission. The commission shall (1) allocate the loan awards available for teacher education loans annually to local school boards giving a preference to rural school districts; and (2) develop and distribute to the local school boards an application form for teacher education loans; the form must include a requirement that the applicant supply a high school academic transcript and a statement of intent to enter a teaching career at the elementary or secondary school level in the state. (b) The local school boards shall select the recipients of the teacher education loans according to the criteria in AS 14.43.650.
AK Stat § 14.43.640 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 43. Financial Aid Programs for Postsecondary Students|Article 10. Teacher Education Loan Program.|Sec. 14.43.640. Conditions of and limitations on loans.

(a) To the extent that they are not in conflict with the provisions of AS 14.43.600 - 14.43.700, the provisions of AS 14.43.100 - 14.43.160 are applicable to loans made under AS 14.43.600 - 14.43.700. (b) If a borrower meets the conditions provided in (a) of this section and is employed as a teacher in a rural elementary or secondary school, the portion of the loan that shall be paid by the state is the following percentages of the total loan received plus interest up to a total of 100 percent of the total loan: (1) one year employment, 15 percent; (2) two years employment, an additional 15 percent; (3) three years employment, an additional 15 percent; (4) four years employment, an additional 25 percent; (5) over four years employment, an additional 30 percent. (c) A loan may not exceed $7,500 in a school year, exclusive of loan guarantee fees. (d) Proceeds from a teacher education loan may be used only for undergraduate expenses of books, tuition, required fees, loan guarantee fees, room and board, and the transportation expense for two round trips between the loan recipient's home and school. (e) Teacher education loans made to a student may not exceed a total of $37,500. (f) Notwithstanding (b) of this section, a borrower who fails to qualify for loan payment by the state because the borrower is required to reside in an urban area of the state in order to receive medical treatment is still entitled to receive loan payments by the state under (b) of this section if the medical condition for which the borrower is receiving treatment did not exist before the borrower received the teacher education loan and the borrower is employed as a teacher in an urban elementary or secondary school. (g) The commission shall set the interest rate on a teacher education loan made from the teacher education revolving loan fund established under AS 14.43.620.
AK Stat § 14.43.650 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 43. Financial Aid Programs for Postsecondary Students|Article 10. Teacher Education Loan Program.|Sec. 14.43.650. Selection criteria.

(a) To be eligible for a teacher education loan, a student must (1) be a graduate of a public or private high school in the state, with sufficient credits to be admitted to an accredited college or university; (2) be enrolled in or show evidence of intent to enroll in a degree program directed at a teaching career at the elementary or secondary school level; (3) meet the conditions set by the student's local school board with respect to the district's requirements for teachers in particular subject areas; (4) submit to the local school board an application provided by the commission under AS 14.43.630(a)(2); an application may be submitted six months before graduation from high school; and (5) not have a past due child support obligation established by court order or by the child support services agency under AS 25.27.160 - 25.27.220 at the time of application. (b) A local school board shall award teacher education loans giving a preference to applicants from rural schools who meet the qualifications for a loan and taking into account the applicants' academic records. (c) A student may not be awarded a teacher education loan under AS 14.43.600 - 14.43.700 if the student receives a loan under AS 14.43.170 - 14.43.175 for the same period of attendance.
AK Stat § 14.43.700 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 43. Financial Aid Programs for Postsecondary Students|Article 10. Teacher Education Loan Program.|Sec. 14.43.700. Definition.

In AS 14.43.600 - 14.43.700, “rural” means a community with a population of 5,500 or less that is not connected by road or rail to Anchorage or Fairbanks or with a population of 1,500 or less that is connected by road or rail to Anchorage or Fairbanks.
AK Stat § 14.43.710 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 43. Financial Aid Programs for Postsecondary Students|Article 11. Alaska Family Education Loan Program.|Sec. 14.43.710. Program established.

The Alaska family education loan program is established to provide low interest loans to families to assist in paying the costs of postsecondary education for family members.
AK Stat § 14.43.720 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 43. Financial Aid Programs for Postsecondary Students|Article 11. Alaska Family Education Loan Program.|Sec. 14.43.720. Family education loan account.

(a) The family education loan account is created within the education loan fund (AS 14.42.210). The account shall be used to make family education loans to families selected under AS 14.43.710 - 14.43.750, to pay the costs of collecting family education loans that are in default if those costs are not recovered from the family, and to pay the costs of administering the account. Unless the instrument evidencing the family education loan has been sold or assigned to the Alaska Student Loan Corporation, repayments of principal and interest on family education loans shall be paid into the family education loan account. If estimated funds available from family education loan repayments are inadequate to fully fund estimated family education loans in a fiscal year, additional funding from the general fund may be requested and appropriated for that year. (b) The commission may sell or assign notes and other instruments evidencing family education loans to the Alaska Student Loan Corporation and enter into agreements with the corporation relating to loans, the administration of the education loan fund created under AS 14.42.210, and the payment of and security for bonds of the corporation. Proceeds from the sale or assignment of notes and other instruments shall be deposited in the family education loan account.
AK Stat § 14.43.740 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 43. Financial Aid Programs for Postsecondary Students|Article 11. Alaska Family Education Loan Program.|Sec. 14.43.740. Loan terms, limits, and conditions.

(a) The provisions of AS 14.43.100, 14.43.120(a) - (c), (m), and (r) - (u), 14.43.122, 14.43.135, 14.43.145 - 14.43.155, 14.43.173, and 14.43.910 - 14.43.990 apply to a loan made under AS 14.43.710 - 14.43.750. (b) [Repealed, § 18 ch 54 SLA 1997.]  (c) The corporation shall set the interest rate on a loan made under AS 14.43.710 - 14.43.750, but the annual rate may not exceed 8.25 percent. (d) Repayment of the principal and interest on a loan made under AS 14.43.710 - 14.43.750 begins on the first of the month immediately following loan disbursement. The loan may be cancelled without prejudice at any time before actual disbursement. The loan shall provide for repayment of the total amount owed in periodic installments in not more than 10 years from the commencement of repayment. If the commission and the borrower agree to a different repayment schedule, the borrower shall repay the loan in accordance with the agreement. (e) Provision shall be made for payment by the borrower of fees and costs incurred in collection of delinquent or defaulted loans. (f) The commission may withhold disbursement of a loan if the borrower or family member is no longer eligible under AS 14.43.750. (g) [Repealed, § 45 ch 89 SLA 2014.]
AK Stat § 14.43.750 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 43. Financial Aid Programs for Postsecondary Students|Article 11. Alaska Family Education Loan Program.|Sec. 14.43.750. Eligibility.

(a) A person may apply for and obtain a family education loan on behalf of a family member if (1) the borrower and the family member (A) are residents of the state at the time of application for the loan; for purposes of this paragraph, a borrower and family member qualify as residents of the state if the borrower and the family member have been physically present in the state for at least one year immediately before the time of application for the loan with the intent to remain indefinitely or, if not physically present in the state, the borrower and family member have not declared or established residency in another state, intend to return permanently to the state, and the absence meets the requirements imposed under AS 14.43.125(a)(3)(C)(i) - (vi); (B) satisfy the requirements of AS 14.43.125(a)(6) - (9); (2) the family member (A) is enrolled as a full-time student in a career education, associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degree program; or (B) is a graduate of a high school or the equivalent, or scheduled for graduation from a high school within six months, who, at the time of loan disbursement, will be enrolled in compliance with (A) of this paragraph; and (3) neither the borrower nor the family member (A) is delinquent or has ever been in default on a loan previously awarded by the commission unless the defaulted loan has been voluntarily paid in full; (B) is past due on a child support obligation established by court order or by the child support services agency under AS 25.27.160 - 25.27.220 at the time of application or loan disbursement; (C) has, within the previous five years, had a loan discharged or written off by the commission for any reason. (b) [Repealed, § 26 ch 5 SLA 1996.]
AK Stat § 14.43.810 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 43. Financial Aid Programs for Postsecondary Students|Article 12. Alaska Performance Scholarship Program.|Sec. 14.43.810. Alaska performance scholarship program established; regulations.

(a) The Alaska performance scholarship program is established to provide scholarships for high school graduates who are Alaska residents to attend a qualified postsecondary institution in the state. (b) The department shall, in consultation with the commission, adopt regulations necessary to implement the Alaska performance scholarship program. The commission shall administer the daily operations of the Alaska performance scholarship program and financing of the Alaska performance scholarship program, including the procedures for applying for the scholarships, establishing standards for and ensuring continuing compliance with programmatic standards, and requiring students to apply for other nonloan financial aid, consistent with federal law.
AK Stat § 14.43.825 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 43. Financial Aid Programs for Postsecondary Students|Article 12. Alaska Performance Scholarship Program.|Sec. 14.43.825. Maximum annual awards.

(a) The maximum annual awards for the Alaska performance scholarships are as follows: (1) the first award level is $4,755 and requires a (A) 3.5 grade-point average or above; and (B) very high minimum score on a college entrance examination; (2) the second award level is $3,566 and requires a (A) 3.0 grade-point average or above; and (B) high minimum score on a college entrance examination; (3) the third award level is $2,378 and requires a (A) 2.5 grade-point average or above; and (B) moderately high minimum score on a college entrance examination. (b) A student's eligibility for a scholarship terminates six years after the date the student graduates from high school unless the student qualifies for an extension of time allowed by the department by regulation. (c) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a student receiving a scholarship may remain eligible for up to eight semesters of enrollment in good standing at a qualified university or college, which may include graduate courses. (d) Scholarships may be awarded to a full-time student or, if a student is enrolled part time, prorated based on the number of credits. In this subsection, “full time” means enrollment in a course of study that is not less that 12 credits, and “part time” means enrollment in a course of study that is not less than six credits but less than 12 credits. (e) The amount of a scholarship award may not exceed the amount of the student's costs of attendance as certified by the postsecondary institution for the purposes of federal financial aid, less any other scholarships or nonloan financial aid awarded to the student. (f) Payment of a scholarship is subject to appropriation and the availability of funds for expenditure under AS 37.14.750. If insufficient funds are appropriated or available in a fiscal year to pay all eligible scholarships, the commission may not award a scholarship to a new applicant, and the commission shall pay existing awards on a pro rata basis for that fiscal year.
AK Stat § 14.43.830 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 43. Financial Aid Programs for Postsecondary Students|Article 12. Alaska Performance Scholarship Program.|Sec. 14.43.830. Qualified postsecondary institutions.

(a) The following institutions are qualified postsecondary institutions for purposes of awarding an Alaska performance scholarship: (1) a university or college physically located in the state that (A) is authorized to operate in the state under AS 14.48.020 or is exempt from authorization under AS 14.48.030(b)(1); (B) is accredited by a regional or national accreditation association; (C) has an advisory program established for incoming students that provides counseling related to course selection, career choice, and personal challenges; and (D) provides courses and credits that can result in the issuance of a degree or certificate available at the institution within a time frame expected for that degree or certificate; (2) a career and technical school program physically located in the state that meets the standards established in (a)(1)(C) and (D) of this section and that has been included on a list of certified career and technical school programs received from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; the commission shall publish the list on or before June 30 of the year preceding enrollment. (b) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall, in consultation with the Department of Education and Early Development, adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) establishing criteria under which the Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall certify career and technical school programs in the state as eligible to participate in the Alaska performance scholarship program.
AK Stat § 14.43.840 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 43. Financial Aid Programs for Postsecondary Students|Article 12. Alaska Performance Scholarship Program.|Sec. 14.43.840. Report to the legislature.

(a) To the extent permitted under law, the department, the commission, the University of Alaska, and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall share data necessary to prepare public reports regarding the program. (b) Not more than 10 days after the convening of each regular legislative session, the department, the commission, the University of Alaska, and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall present an annual report to the public, the governor, and the legislature containing information of public interest regarding the program, including (1) the number of applicants and number and types of scholarships awarded; (2) the dollar amount of scholarships awarded in past years and the dollar amount expected to be awarded for the next year; and (3) data and trends in the data regarding high school and postsecondary student performance, programmatic changes, and retention and graduation rates over time.
AK Stat § 14.43.849 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 43. Financial Aid Programs for Postsecondary Students|Article 12. Alaska Performance Scholarship Program.|Sec. 14.43.849. Definitions.

In AS 14.43.810 - 14.43.849, unless the context requires otherwise, (1) “department” means the Department of Education and Early Development; (2) “grade-point average” means the average of all grades on a four-point scale, or five-point scale for advanced placement classes, obtained by the student in high school; (3) “high school” means a public or accredited secondary school in the state and a home school program that is approved by the department; (4) “program” means the Alaska performance scholarship program established under AS 14.43.810 - 14.43.849; (5) “school district” means a borough school district, a city school district, a regional educational attendance area, and a state boarding school.
AK Stat § 14.43.910 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 43. Financial Aid Programs for Postsecondary Students|Article 13. General Provisions.|Sec. 14.43.910. Confidentiality of financial need information.

All information submitted in support of a determination of financial need as provided in this chapter is confidential. However, an applicant may inspect or copy information from the applicants' application, or records relating to the applicant's own application, or authorize release of the application or records to designated individuals or organizations.