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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 07. Administration of Public Schools › Article 2. State Board of Education and Early Development. › Sec. 14.07.170. Additional powers and duties of board.

(a) The board may
(1) appoint unpaid advisory commissions;
(2) require school boards or school personnel to submit to the department, in the form the board may require, the district budget or any information or reports that are reasonably necessary to assist the department in carrying out its functions.
(b) The board shall review grant applications recommended under AS 14.11.013 and may approve grant applications under AS 14.11.015.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 07. Administration of Public Schools › Article 2. State Board of Education and Early Development. › Sec. 14.07.182. Curriculum improvement and best practices fund.

(a) The curriculum improvement and best practices fund is established. The fund consists of appropriations, not to exceed $19,500,000, for distribution to school districts.
(b) Money appropriated to the fund may be expended by the department as provided under AS 14.07.180, without further appropriation.
(c) Nothing in this section creates a dedicated fund.
(d) Appropriations to the fund do not lapse.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 08. Education in the Unorganized Borough › Sec. 14.08.011. Purpose.

(a) It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for public education in the unorganized borough and the military reservations in the state.
(b) Nothing in this chapter prohibits an organized borough, city, village, community, or settlement in an unorganized area of the state from becoming part of or being formed into an organized political subdivision authorized under AS 29.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 08. Education in the Unorganized Borough › Sec. 14.08.031. Regional educational attendance areas.

(a) The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development in consultation with the Department of Education and Early Development and local communities shall divide the unorganized borough into educational service areas using the boundaries or sub-boundaries of the regional corporations established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, unless by referendum a community votes to merge with another community contiguous to it but within the boundaries or sub-boundaries of another regional corporation.
(b) An educational service area established in the unorganized borough under (a) of this section constitutes a regional educational attendance area. As far as practicable, each regional educational attendance area shall contain an integrated socio-economic, linguistically and culturally homogeneous area. In the formation of the regional educational attendance areas, consideration shall be given to the transportation and communication network to facilitate the administration of education and communication between communities that comprise the area. Whenever possible, municipalities, other governmental or regional corporate entities, drainage basins, and other identifiable geographic features shall be used in describing the boundaries of the regional school attendance areas.
(c) Military reservation schools shall be included in a regional educational attendance area. However, operation of military reservation schools by a city or borough school district may be required by the department under AS 14.12.020(a) and AS 14.14.110. Where the operation of the military reservation schools in a regional educational attendance area by a city or borough school district is required by the department, the military reservation is not considered part of the regional educational attendance area for the purposes of regional school board membership or elections.
(d) [Repealed, § 42 ch 12 SLA 2006.]
(e) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, Rampart School is part of the Yukon-Koyukuk School District regional educational attendance area for all purposes.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 08. Education in the Unorganized Borough › Sec. 14.08.041. Regional school boards.

(a) A regional educational attendance area shall be operated on an areawide basis under the management and control of a regional school board.
(b) The qualified voters of the communities receiving educational services in each regional educational attendance area shall elect a regional school board of not less than five nor more than eleven members to be elected for the same term, in the same manner, and with the same qualifications as a city or borough school district board under AS 14.12. The initial number of regional school board members shall be determined by the department in consultation with the local communities in the regional educational attendance areas. However, the qualified voters in a regional educational attendance area may increase or decrease the number of regional school board members established under this section by placing the question on the ballot at a regular school board election in the manner prescribed by law. A change in the number of school board members is not effective until the next regular school board election.
(c) A regional school board shall consist of five, seven, nine or 11 members.
(d) Subject to (f) of this section, a regional school board member shall be elected at large by the qualified voters of the communities receiving educational services in the entire regional educational attendance area. However, each seat on the regional school board shall be designated by letter or number, and when the declaration of candidacy or other nomination papers of a candidate for the regional school board are filed those papers must indicate the seat that the candidate seeks. A newly elected board member takes office at the first regional school board meeting after certification of the election. If no candidate files for election to a seat on the regional school board, the seat is considered vacant at the time a newly elected member would have taken office.
(e) [Repealed, § 8 ch 129 SLA 1990.]
(f) The voters residing within a regional educational attendance area may petition in accordance with AS 14.08.051(b) to have each regional school board member elected from a section of the area by the voters of that section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 08. Education in the Unorganized Borough › Sec. 14.08.045. Vacancies.

(a) The regional school board shall declare a regional school board seat vacant when the person elected
(1) fails to qualify within 30 days of certification of the election;
(2) notifies the school board in writing of the person's refusal to take office;
(3) resigns and the resignation is accepted by the school board;
(4) is convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude or of an offense involving a violation of the oath of office while serving as a school board member; or
(5) no longer physically resides within the boundaries of the regional educational attendance area, or if the regional educational attendance area has been divided into sections, within the section from which the person was elected, and the school board by a two-thirds vote, declares the seat vacant.
(b) A vacancy on a regional school board shall be filled under AS 14.12.070.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 08. Education in the Unorganized Borough › Sec. 14.08.061. Term of office.

(a) Members elected to a regional school board shall serve staggered three-year terms. However,
(1) the term of office of all of the members of a regional school board elected from the same multi-member section may not expire at the same time; and
(2) for the first board elected, the term of office of each member shall be determined by lot, according to the following schedule:
(A) the members of the first five-member school board shall hold office for terms as follows: one member for a one-year term; two for a two-year term and two for a three-year term;
(B) the members of the first seven-member school board hold office for terms as follows: two members for a one-year term; two for a two-year term and three for a three-year term;
(C) the members of the first nine-member school board hold office for terms as follows: three for a one-year term; three for a two-year term and three for a three-year term;
(D) the members of the first 11-member school board hold office for terms as follows: three for a one-year term, four for a two-year term and four for a three-year term.
(b) If a regional educational attendance area is divided into sections under AS 14.08.051 where the school board formerly was elected at large, or if the number of regional school board members is increased or decreased by the qualified voters in the regional educational attendance area under AS 14.08.041(b), the term of office of all members of the existing board shall terminate on the date on which the new board members take office, and the provisions of (a) of this section are applicable to the determination of the terms of office of the new members of the regional school boards.
(c) Nothing in this section precludes a board member from being reelected.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 08. Education in the Unorganized Borough › Sec. 14.08.071. Elections; advisory votes.

(a) In each regional educational attendance area in the unorganized borough, the lieutenant governor, within not less than 60, nor more than 90 days after the establishment of the regional educational attendance area, shall provide for the election of a regional school board.
(b) Except for the first election of regional school board members under (a) of this section, elections shall be held annually on the first Tuesday in October. Elections shall be supervised by the director of elections in the office of the lieutenant governor, but shall be administered within second class cities as part of the regular municipal election. The lieutenant governor shall adopt regulations for the conduct of the election of regional school board members comparable, as far as practicable, to those prescribed for election of school board members under AS 14.12 and AS 29.20.300 except that the majority election requirements of AS 29.26.060 do not apply to, nor may the regulations require runoff elections for, the first election of regional school board members under (a) of this section or, if a school board by resolution so requests, to subsequent elections in the regional educational attendance area served by that school board.
(c) The cost of each regional school board election, or recall election under AS 14.08.081, shall be borne by the state.
(d) If a regional school board adopts a resolution requesting that an advisory question relating to education be placed on that regional school board's next election ballot, the division of elections shall place the advisory question on that regional school board's next election ballot. A resolution described in this subsection must be filed with the division of elections on or before the first Friday in August of the year in which the advisory question is required to be placed on the ballot. An advisory question authorized under this subsection may not consist of more than 100 words and shall be worded in a manner that allows the advisory question to be answered with a “yes” to favor the question or “no” to oppose the question.
(e) The lieutenant governor may provide for the election of an advisory school board established under AS 14.08.115. An election conducted under this subsection shall be held on the first Tuesday in October. The lieutenant governor may adopt regulations governing an election conducted under this subsection.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 08. Education in the Unorganized Borough › Sec. 14.08.081. Recall.

The members of a regional school board are subject to recall in accordance with AS 29.26.240 - 29.26.360, except that the director of elections shall perform the functions of a municipal clerk, the lieutenant governor shall perform the functions of the assembly or council under those sections, and the last regular election is the last regularly scheduled election held within the regional educational attendance area.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 08. Education in the Unorganized Borough › Sec. 14.08.091. Organization; oath and bond.

(a) The regional school boards shall be organized in accordance with AS 14.14.070, and, before taking office, each school board member shall take and sign the oath or affirmation prescribed by AS 14.12.090.
(b) The officer of the board responsible for the custody of regional educational attendance area funds shall execute a bond of $50,000 with the commissioner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 08. Education in the Unorganized Borough › Sec. 14.08.101. Powers.

A regional school board may
(1) sue and be sued;
(2) contract with the department, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or any other school district, agency, or regional board for the provision of services, facilities, supplies, or utilities;
(3) determine its own fiscal procedures, including policies and procedures for the purchase of supplies and equipment; the regional school boards are exempt from AS 37.05 (Fiscal Procedures Act) and AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code);
(4) appoint, compensate, and otherwise control all school employees in accordance with this title; these employees are not subject to AS 39.25 (State Personnel Act);
(5) adopt regulations governing organization, policies, and procedures for the operation of the schools;
(6) establish, maintain, operate, discontinue, and combine schools subject to the approval of the commissioner;
(7) recommend to the department projects for construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of schools and education-related facilities as specified in AS 14.11.011(b), and plan, design, and construct the project when the responsibility for it is assumed under AS 14.11.020;
(8) by resolution adopted by a majority of all the members of the board and provided to the commissioner of the department, assume ownership of all land and buildings used in relation to the schools in the regional educational attendance area, as provided for in AS 14.08.151(b);
(9) provide housing for rental to teachers, by leasing existing housing from a local agency or individual, by entering into contractual arrangements with a local agency or individual to lease housing that will be constructed by the local agency or individual for that purpose, or, without using for the purpose that portion of public school funding that consists of state aid provided under AS 14.17, by constructing or otherwise acquiring housing that is owned and managed by the regional educational attendance area for rental to teachers;
(10) employ a chief school administrator;
(11) apply for and use the proceeds of a loan from the Alaska energy efficiency revolving loan fund (AS 18.56.855);
(12) exercise those other functions that may be necessary for the proper performance of its responsibilities.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 11. Construction, Rehabilitation, and Improvement of Schools and Education-Related Facilities › Article 1. Public School Facilities in General. › Sec. 14.11.005. School construction grant fund.

There is created a school construction grant fund as an account in the general fund. The fund shall be used to make grants for the costs of school construction. Legislative appropriations for school construction shall be deposited in the fund, and the proceeds from the sale of general obligation bonds for school construction may be deposited in the fund.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 11. Construction, Rehabilitation, and Improvement of Schools and Education-Related Facilities › Article 1. Public School Facilities in General. › Sec. 14.11.007. Major maintenance grant fund.

There is created a major maintenance grant fund as an account in the general fund. The fund shall be used to make grants for the costs of school major maintenance. Legislative appropriations for school major maintenance shall be deposited in the fund.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 11. Construction, Rehabilitation, and Improvement of Schools and Education-Related Facilities › Article 1. Public School Facilities in General. › Sec. 14.11.008. School district participation in grant program.

(a) In order to receive a grant under this chapter or an appropriation under AS 37.05.560, a district must provide a percentage share of the project cost, as determined under (b) or (c) of this section. Except as provided in (d) or (g) of this section, a district shall provide the required participating share within three years after the date that the appropriation bill funding the grant is passed by the legislature.
(b) The required participating share for a municipal school district is based on the district's full value per average daily membership (ADM), which is calculated by dividing the full and true value of the taxable real and personal property in the district, calculated as described in AS 14.17.510, by the district ADM as defined in AS 14.17.990, for the same fiscal year for which the valuation was made. The municipal district's full value per ADM determines the district's required participating share, as follows:
Full Value Per ADMDistrict Participating Share
$1 - $150,0005 percent
150,001 - 275,00010 percent
275,001 - 500,00020 percent
500,001 - 800,00030 percent
over 800,00035 percent.
(c) The required participating share for a regional educational attendance area is two percent. The participating share for any district may be satisfied by money from federal, local, or other sources, or with locally contributed labor, material, or equipment.
(d) If a district with full value per ADM of $200,000 or less can demonstrate in writing that it is unable to provide the required participating share or that the participating share required under this section will jeopardize receipt of federal assistance, the commissioner may waive all or a portion of the required participating share.
(e) State funds provided under this chapter may not be a source of the participating share required under (b) or (c) of this section.
(f) [Repealed, § 11 ch 3 SSSLA 2002.]
(g) The commissioner may extend the time allowed for a district to provide the required participating share for an additional period of not more than seven years if the district applies to the commissioner in writing to request an extension and demonstrates good cause for the requested extension. The commissioner may find good cause if
(1) a request for extension identifies a project constraint that requires a reasonable extension of time;
(2) the extension will not jeopardize the successful completion of the project as described in a grant agreement under AS 14.11.017;
(3) the extension will not result in an increase of state funding of the project cost; and
(4) the district demonstrates a good faith effort to secure funding for its participating share within the time required by (a) of this section and reasonably expects to secure the funding within the additional time requested by the extension.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 11. Construction, Rehabilitation, and Improvement of Schools and Education-Related Facilities › Article 1. Public School Facilities in General. › Sec. 14.11.011. Grant applications.

(a) A municipality that is a school district or a regional educational attendance area may submit a request to the department for a grant under this chapter.
(b) For a municipality that is a school district or a regional educational attendance area to be eligible for a grant under this chapter, the district shall submit
(1) a six-year capital improvement plan that includes a description of the district's fixed asset inventory system and preventive maintenance program no later than September 1 of the fiscal year before the fiscal year for which the request is made; the six-year plan must contain for each proposed project a detailed scope of work, a project budget, and documentation of conditions justifying the project;
(2) evidence that the district has secured and will maintain adequate property loss insurance for the replacement cost of all facilities for which state funds are available under AS 14.11.005 or 14.11.007 or has a program of insurance acceptable to the department;
(3) evidence acceptable to the department that the proposed project should be a capital improvement project and not part of a preventive maintenance program or regular custodial care program; and
(4) evidence acceptable to the department that the district
(A) has a preventive maintenance plan that
(i) includes a computerized maintenance management program, cardex system, or other formal systematic means of tracking the timing and costs associated with planned and completed maintenance activities, including scheduled preventive maintenance;
(ii) addresses energy management for buildings owned or operated by the district;
(iii) includes a regular custodial care program for buildings owned or operated by the district;
(iv) includes preventive maintenance training for facility managers and maintenance employees;
(v) includes renewal and replacement schedules for electrical, mechanical, structural, and other components of facilities owned or operated by the district; and
(B) is adequately adhering to the preventive maintenance plan.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 11. Construction, Rehabilitation, and Improvement of Schools and Education-Related Facilities › Article 1. Public School Facilities in General. › Sec. 14.11.014. Bond reimbursement and grant review committee.

(a) The commissioner shall establish a bond reimbursement and grant review committee for the purpose described in (b) of this section. In making selections to the committee, the commissioner shall seek to maintain a regional statewide balance on the committee. The committee shall consist of the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, two members of the legislature selected by the presiding officers of the house and senate, and six other people selected by the commissioner as follows:
(1) two persons shall have professional degrees and experience in school construction;
(2) two persons shall have experience in urban or rural school facilities management;
(3) two persons shall represent the public.
(b) The committee shall
(1) review the department's priorities among projects for which school construction grants are requested;
(2) make recommendations to the board concerning school construction grants and make recommendations to the commissioner concerning projects for which bond reimbursement is requested;
(3) develop criteria for construction of schools in the state; criteria developed under this paragraph must include requirements intended to achieve cost-effective school construction;
(4) analyze existing prototypical designs for school construction projects;
(5) establish a form for grant applications;
(6) establish a method of ranking grant projects;
(7) recommend to the board necessary changes to the approval process for school construction grants and for projects for which bond reimbursement is requested;
(8) set standards for energy efficiency for school construction and major maintenance to provide energy efficiency benefits for all school locations in the state and that address energy efficiency in design and energy systems that minimize long-term energy and operating costs.
(c) Members of the committee serve without compensation, but members who are not representing the department are entitled to per diem and travel expenses authorized for boards and commissions under AS 39.20.180.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the committee may not recommend for approval an application for bond debt reimbursement made by a municipality for school construction or major maintenance for indebtedness authorized by the qualified voters of the municipality on or after January 1, 2015, but before July 1, 2025.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 11. Construction, Rehabilitation, and Improvement of Schools and Education-Related Facilities › Article 1. Public School Facilities in General. › Sec. 14.11.015. Approval of grant applications.

(a) The board shall review grant applications that have been recommended by the department under AS 14.11.013, and may approve a grant application if the board determines that the project meets the criteria specified in AS 14.11.013(a)(1) and 14.11.014. The department may not award a grant unless the grant application is approved by the board.
(b) To the extent that money is available in the appropriate fund, the department shall award grants approved under (a) of this section in the order of the projects' priority on the date the appropriation bill funding the appropriate grant fund is passed by the legislature, regardless of any appeal pending under AS 14.11.016. Appeals pending under AS 14.11.016 at the time that grants are awarded may not delay the funding of grants awarded under this section.
(c) If a project is assigned a new priority ranking under AS 14.11.016 after the date of passage by the legislature of the appropriation bill for the appropriate grant fund, the project must be funded from the appropriate fund in accordance with the new priority ranking at the next time that grants are awarded.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 11. Construction, Rehabilitation, and Improvement of Schools and Education-Related Facilities › Article 1. Public School Facilities in General. › Sec. 14.11.017. Grant conditions.

(a) The department shall require in the grant agreement that a municipality that is a school district or a regional educational attendance area
(1) agree to construction of a facility of appropriate size and use that meets criteria adopted by the department if the grant is for school construction;
(2) provide reasonable assurance by a means acceptable to the department, that the cost of the project will be uniform with the costs of the most current construction or major maintenance projects, as appropriate, in the area;
(3) agree to limit equipment purchases to that required for the approved project plan submitted under (5) of this subsection and account for all equipment purchased for the project under a fixed asset inventory system approved by the department;
(4) submit project budgets for department approval and agree that the grant amount may, at the discretion of the department, be reduced or increased by amounts equal to the amounts by which contracts vary from the budget amounts approved by the department; and
(5) submit to the department for approval, before award of the contract, a plan for the project that includes educational specifications, final drawings, and contract documents.
(b) The cost of any school construction or major maintenance activity encompassed by the definition of “costs of school construction” under AS 14.11.135 is payable under a grant awarded from the appropriate fund under AS 14.11.015 without regard to whether the costs were incurred before the
(1) award of the grant;
(2) approval of the grant application by the board; or
(3) effective date of an appropriation to the appropriate grant fund for the year in which the grant is funded.
(c) The department, by regulation, may establish the time period in which activities described in (b) of this section must have occurred in order to be paid under a grant.
(d) The department shall develop and periodically update regionally based model school construction standards that describe acceptable building systems and anticipated costs and establish school design ratios to achieve efficient and cost-effective school construction. In developing the standards, the department shall consider the standards and criteria developed under AS 14.11.014(b).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 11. Construction, Rehabilitation, and Improvement of Schools and Education-Related Facilities › Article 1. Public School Facilities in General. › Sec. 14.11.019. Grant appropriations.

Within the appropriation bill authorizing capital expenditures submitted to the legislature under AS 37.07.020(a)(3), the governor shall include an appropriation for grants in the succeeding fiscal year as determined by the six-year capital improvement project grant schedule prepared under AS 14.11.013.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 11. Construction, Rehabilitation, and Improvement of Schools and Education-Related Facilities › Article 1. Public School Facilities in General. › Sec. 14.11.020. Assumption of responsibilities.

(a) The assembly or council of a municipality that is a school district or a regional school board may, by resolution or majority vote of the body, assume the responsibilities relating to the planning, design, and construction of a school or an education-related facility located within the boundaries or operating area of the municipality or regional educational attendance area. After receipt of a request by an assembly or council under this subsection, the department shall provide for the assumption of the responsibilities requested. After receipt of a request by a regional school board under this subsection, the department may provide for the assumption of the responsibilities requested.
(b) If a municipality that is a school district or a regional educational attendance area assumes the responsibilities under this section, the department shall grant to the municipality or regional educational attendance area money appropriated for the school or education-related facility. The department may transfer the appropriations to a special construction account in the state treasury. Under the fiscal control of the department, a municipality or regional educational attendance area that assumes responsibilities for the project as provided in this section may draw on the account for costs of the project.
(c) The construction management costs of a project assumed under this section may not exceed four percent of the amount of appropriations for the facility if the amount of appropriations is $500,000 or less. The construction management costs of a project assumed under this section may not exceed three percent of the amount of appropriations for the facility if the amount of appropriations is over $500,000 but less than $5,000,000. The construction management costs of a project assumed under this section may not exceed two percent of the amount of appropriations for the facility if the amount of appropriations is $5,000,000 or more. For purposes of this subsection “construction management” means management of the project's schedule, quality, and budget during any phase of the planning, design, and construction of the facility by a private contractor engaged by the municipality or regional educational attendance area.
(d) The commissioner shall adopt necessary regulations implementing this section, and setting out the requirements for agreements between the department and a municipality or regional educational attendance area relating to the assumption by the municipality or regional educational attendance area of responsibilities for the planning, design, and construction of a project.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 11. Construction, Rehabilitation, and Improvement of Schools and Education-Related Facilities › Article 1. Public School Facilities in General. › Sec. 14.11.025. State aid for school construction in regional educational attendance areas and small municipal school districts.

(a) In addition to other appropriations and funding sources, the department may provide grant funding from the fund established under AS 14.11.030 to a school district that is a regional educational attendance area or a small municipal school district.
(b) The amount of money available each fiscal year for expenditure under (a) of this section shall be the annual debt service on debt incurred under AS 14.11.100(a) divided by the percentage of all schools that are located in a city or borough school district that is not a small municipal school district, the quotient of which is to be multiplied by .244.
(c) In this section, “small municipal school district” means a city or borough school district in the state that has an ADM of not more than 300 and in which the district's full value per ADM is not more than $500,000. In this subsection, the district's full value per ADM is determined by dividing the full and true value of the taxable real and personal property in the district, calculated as described in AS 14.17.510, by the district ADM, as defined in AS 14.17.990, for the same fiscal year for which the valuation was made.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 11. Construction, Rehabilitation, and Improvement of Schools and Education-Related Facilities › Article 1. Public School Facilities in General. › Sec. 14.11.030. Regional educational attendance area and small municipal school district school fund.

(a) The regional educational attendance area and small municipal school district school fund is created as an account in the general fund to be used, in addition to other funding sources, to fund projects approved under AS 14.11.025 for the costs of school construction and major maintenance in regional educational attendance areas and small municipal school districts. The primary function of the fund is to fund school construction projects.
(b) Legislative appropriations, including appropriations of interest earned on the fund, shall be deposited in the fund established under this section. The unobligated and unexpended cash balance of the fund may not exceed $70,000,000.
(c) Money appropriated to the fund does not lapse except to the extent money in the fund exceeds the maximum fund balance specified in (b) of this section.
(d) In this section, “small municipal school district” has the meaning given in AS 14.11.025.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 11. Construction, Rehabilitation, and Improvement of Schools and Education-Related Facilities › Article 1. Public School Facilities in General. › Sec. 14.11.035. Report on school construction and major maintenance funding.

Every February, the department shall provide to the governor and the legislature an annual report on the effectiveness of the school construction and major maintenance grants, state aid for school construction and major maintenance in regional educational attendance areas, and state aid for costs of school construction debt under this chapter. The report must include an analysis of funding sources and the short-term and long-term fiscal effects of the funding on the state. Copies of the report shall be made available to the public and to the legislature.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 11. Construction, Rehabilitation, and Improvement of Schools and Education-Related Facilities › Article 1. Public School Facilities in General. › Sec. 14.11.102. Allocation requests.

(a) A request for an allocation of funds under AS 14.11.100 must be submitted to the department by the school district not later than October 15 of the fiscal year before the fiscal year for which the request is made.
(b) The department shall evaluate projects for which retirement of school construction debt is requested. In evaluating projects for bond reimbursement as required under this section, the department shall evaluate all of the following factors, without establishing an absolute priority for any one factor:
(1) emergency requirements;
(2) priorities assigned by the district to the projects requested;
(3) new local elementary and secondary facilities;
(4) existing regional, community, and school facilities, and their condition; this paragraph does not include administrative facilities;
(5) the amount of district operating funds expended for maintenance; and
(6) other program options for accomplishing the project's objectives.
(c) The commissioner may not allocate funds to a municipality under AS 14.11.100 for the retirement of the principal of and interest on outstanding tax- exempt bonds, notes, or other indebtedness authorized by the qualified voters of the municipality on or after January 1, 2015, but before July 1, 2025.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 11. Construction, Rehabilitation, and Improvement of Schools and Education-Related Facilities › Article 2. Charter School Facilities. › Sec. 14.11.121. Supplemental charter school facilities construction, lease, and major maintenance grant program.

(a) The department shall establish a charter school facilities construction, lease, and major maintenance grant program that supplements grant aid otherwise available under this chapter and that is based on a per pupil funding formula.
(b) The department shall apply for available federal funding and award federal funding made available under the grant program established under (a) of this section for not more than five years for approved projects for charter school facilities construction, lease, or major maintenance as follows:
(1) 90 percent of the allowable costs for the first fiscal year for the approved project;
(2) 80 percent of the allowable costs for the second fiscal year for the approved project;
(3) 60 percent of the allowable costs for the third fiscal year for the approved project;
(4) 40 percent of the allowable costs for the fourth fiscal year for the approved project; and
(5) 20 percent of the allowable costs for the fifth fiscal year for the approved project.
(c) The grant program established in this section is subject to legislative appropriation and available funding and must be consistent with applicable federal and state requirements.
(d) A school district or regional educational attendance area that submits an application for a proposed project under AS 14.11.011 for funding under this section that is approved for funding by the department shall provide a participating share that is equal to the difference between the allowable costs of a project and the combined available federal funding and the state aid provided under AS 14.11.126. Allowable costs for a project approved under this section shall be based on the adjusted student count for a charter school calculated under AS 14.17.450(a) and (c), as determined by the commissioner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 11. Construction, Rehabilitation, and Improvement of Schools and Education-Related Facilities › Article 2. Charter School Facilities. › Sec. 14.11.126. State aid for costs of charter school facilities construction, lease, and major maintenance.

During each fiscal year, the state shall allocate to a school district and regional educational attendance area that is approved for a charter school facilities construction, lease, or major maintenance grant under AS 14.11.121 an amount that is not less than $1 for each pupil enrolled in the charter school.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 11. Construction, Rehabilitation, and Improvement of Schools and Education-Related Facilities › Article 3. General Provisions. › Sec. 14.11.130. Construction of chapter.

This chapter may not be construed to prevent a municipality that is a school district or a regional educational attendance area from using other revenue to include additional or expanded facilities as part of approved school construction projects.