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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 4. Psychiatric and Behavioral Evaluations and Treatments. › Sec. 14.30.174. Compliance with federal education law.

(a) Notwithstanding AS 14.30.171(a)(3) and (5), a behavioral or mental health professional working within a public school system may, in compliance with federal education law or applicable state law,
(1) recommend, but not require, a psychiatric or behavioral health evaluation of a child; and
(2) recommend, but not require, psychiatric, psychological, or behavioral treatment for a child.
(b) In this section,
(1) “behavioral health professional” means a person who has a master's degree in psychology, social work, counseling, or a related field with specialization or experience in working with children experiencing behavioral, physical, and emotional disabilities, and is working within the scope of the person's training and experience;
(2) “federal education law” means 20 U.S.C. 1400 - 1482 (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), 20 U.S.C. 7101 - 7143 (Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994), 29 U.S.C. 794 (nondiscrimination under federal grants and programs), and 42 U.S.C. 12101 - 12213 (equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities);
(3) “mental health professional” has the meaning given in AS 47.30.915.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 4. Psychiatric and Behavioral Evaluations and Treatments. › Sec. 14.30.176. List of community resources.

(a) Notwithstanding AS 14.30.171(a)(4), a school district may make available to an interested parent or guardian a list of community resources, including mental health services if the list conspicuously states the following: “This list is provided as a resource to you. The school neither recommends nor requires that you use this list or any of the services provided by individuals or entities on the list. It is for you to decide what services, if any, to use and from whom you wish to obtain them.”
(b) A list provided under (a) of this section must include the name, specialty, and credential of each mental health service provider listed.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 4. Psychiatric and Behavioral Evaluations and Treatments. › Sec. 14.30.177. Violations.

Each school board shall adopt a policy that provides that an employee violating AS 14.30.171 - 14.30.176 may be subject to disciplinary action.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 4. Psychiatric and Behavioral Evaluations and Treatments. › Sec. 14.30.179. Definition.

In AS 14.30.171 - 14.30.179, “public school” means a school operated by publicly elected or appointed school officials in which the program and activities are under the control of those officials and that is supported by public funds.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities. › Sec. 14.30.180. Purpose.

It is the purpose of AS 14.30.180 - 14.30.350 to
(1) provide an appropriate public education for each child with a disability in the state who is at least three years of age but less than 22 years of age;
(2) allow procedures and actions necessary to comply with the requirements of federal law, including 20 U.S.C. 1400 - 1482 (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities. › Sec. 14.30.186. Coverage; regulations.

(a) Special education and related services shall be provided by
(1) a borough or city school district for a child with a disability residing within the district;
(2) the board of a regional educational attendance area operating a school in the area for a child with a disability residing in the area served by the school;
(3) the borough, city school district, or regional educational attendance area in which a treatment institution, as that term is defined in AS 47.14.990, juvenile detention facility or juvenile treatment facility, as those terms are defined in AS 47.12.990, or a correctional facility is located for a child with a disability placed at the facility;
(4) a state boarding school established under AS 14.16 for a child with a disability enrolled at a state boarding school; or
(5) a school district that provides a statewide correspondence study program for a child with a disability who is enrolled in the program.
(b) [Repealed, § 41 ch 67 SLA 2001.]
(c) [Repealed, § 19 ch 147 SLA 1984.]
(d) [Repealed, § 19 ch 147 SLA 1984.]
(e) If the parent of a child with a disability elects to educate the child as allowed under AS 14.30.010(b), the child may not be compelled to receive the special education and related services provided under AS 14.30.180 - 14.30.350.
(f) The department shall, by regulation, establish standards for the allocation of financial responsibilities and the coordination of the provision of special education and related services among the educational agencies listed in (a) of this section when more than one educational agency is responsible for providing those services.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities. › Sec. 14.30.191. Educational evaluation and placement.

(a) A school district shall obtain the written informed consent of the child's parent before an initial evaluation or placement of a child with a disability in a program of special education and related services.
(b) After initial placement in a program of special education and related services and not less than once every three years for as long as the child is assigned to the program, a child with a disability shall receive an educational evaluation.
(c) Before a school district initiates or refuses a change in the placement or educational program of a child with a disability, the district shall notify the child's parent.
(d) Upon completion of an evaluation or reevaluation under this section, the school district shall provide to the parent of each child evaluated under this section an opportunity to participate in the determination of the
(1) child's eligibility for special education and related services; and
(2) educational placement of the child if the child is determined to be eligible for special education and related services.
(e) A parent may obtain an independent educational evaluation by choosing a person from a list provided by the district or by choosing a person by agreement between the parent and the school district, at the expense of the school district, if the parent disagrees with an evaluation obtained by the school district. The school district may initiate a hearing to show that its evaluation is appropriate. If the hearing officer determines that the evaluation is appropriate, the school district may not be required to pay for the independent educational evaluation.
(f) If the parent obtains an independent educational evaluation at private expense, the results of the evaluation
(1) must be considered by the school district in a decision made with respect to the provision of an appropriate public education to the child;
(2) may be presented as evidence at a hearing regarding the child.
(g) If a hearing officer requests an independent educational evaluation as part of a hearing, the school district shall pay for the evaluation.
(h) A school district shall provide written notice of its decision under this section to the parent of the child. The notice must include a description of the procedural safeguards available to the parent and child under federal law.
(i) In this section, “hearing” means a due process hearing under AS 14.30.193.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities. › Sec. 14.30.194. Mediation.

(a) The department shall, by regulation, establish and implement a voluntary mediation process in conformance with the requirements of federal law, including 34 C.F.R. 300.506. The department shall encourage the use of mediation for settlement of disputes under AS 14.30.180 - 14.30.350.
(b) The department shall
(1) maintain a list of individuals who are qualified mediators knowledgeable in the federal and state statutes and regulations relating to the provision of special education and related services; and
(2) provide for qualification of mediators through a training program that is open to all individuals who meet the criteria set by the department by regulation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities. › Sec. 14.30.231. Advisory panel.

The Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education established under AS 4.29.600 shall serve as the state advisory panel, the function of which is to provide information and guidance for the development of appropriate programs of special education and related services for children with disabilities.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities. › Sec. 14.30.255. Administrator qualifications.

A person may not be employed as an administrator of a program of special education and related services unless that person possesses a valid administrative certificate and, in addition, such training as the department may require by regulation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities. › Sec. 14.30.272. Procedural safeguards.

(a) A school district shall inform the parent of a child with a disability of the right
(1) to review the child's educational record;
(2) to review evaluation tests and procedures;
(3) to refuse to permit evaluation or a change in the child's educational placement;
(4) to be informed of the results of evaluation;
(5) to obtain an independent evaluation by choosing a person from a list provided by the school district or by choosing a person by agreement between the parent and school district;
(6) to request a due process hearing;
(7) to appeal a hearing officer's decision; and
(8) to give consent or deny access to others to the child's educational record.
(b) The department shall establish, by regulation, impartial procedures for a school district to follow for due process hearings to comply with requirements necessary to participate in federal grant-in-aid programs, including 20 U.S.C. 1400 - 1482 (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities. › Sec. 14.30.274. Identification of children with disabilities.

Each school district shall establish and implement written procedures to ensure that all children with disabilities under the age of 22 for whom the agency is responsible under AS 14.30.186 to provide special education and related services are identified and located for the purpose of establishing their need for special education and related services.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities. › Sec. 14.30.276. Least restrictive environment.

Each school district shall ensure that, to the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities, including children in public or private institutions or other care facilities, are educated with children who are not children with disabilities and that special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children with disabilities from the regular educational environment occurs only when the nature or severity of the child's disability is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities. › Sec. 14.30.278. Individualized education program; transition services.

(a) A school district shall develop an individualized education program for special education and related services for each eligible child with a disability. The plan must be completed not later than 30 days after the determination of the child's eligibility. Each individualized education program shall be developed and periodically reviewed and revised as necessary in conformance with federal requirements, including 34 C.F.R. 300.320 - 328.
(b) When providing transition services as defined in 20 U.S.C. 1401(34) to a child with a disability who is over 15 years of age as part of a program of special education and related services under AS 14.30.180 - 14.30.350, a school district's primary objective and preferred outcome is to help the child become gainfully employed in an integrated workplace where individuals with disabilities work with and alongside of individuals without disabilities, or become enrolled in postsecondary education.
(c) In this section, “gainfully employed” means employed full time or part time within one year of leaving high school.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities. › Sec. 14.30.285. Transfers of children with disabilities.

(a) The department shall institute a statewide program for the education of children with disabilities to ensure that whenever possible children are educated in the state at locations in or near their resident school district.
(b) An identified child with a disability may be sent to an educational program or residential school outside the child's community or school district if the child resides in a community or school district where an appropriate educational program cannot reasonably be made available and if the school district determines that provision of special education and related services in another educational program or residential school is appropriate. If the school district approves the enrollment of a child with a disability in another educational program or residential school outside the child's community or school district and the child is enrolled, the child's education expenses shall be paid as follows:
(1) except as otherwise provided by (2) of this subsection, the sending district shall pay all costs associated with the transfer;
(2) the department may provide financial assistance to the school district for a child's education provided for in (1) of this subsection under regulations adopted by the department.
(c) [Repealed, § 19 ch 147 SLA 1984.]
(d) For the purposes of this section a child's education expenses are limited to the actual cost of necessary care, transportation, and special education and related services, including room and board.
(e) The educational assessment of a child with a disability that indicates that the educational program that is locally available is inappropriate for the needs of the child must conform to the standards set out in AS 14.30.191.
(f) A school district shall obtain informed consent of the child's parent before a child may be transferred to a school outside the district in which the child resides.
(g) The withholding of informed consent by a parent for the transfer of a child with a disability under this section does not relieve a school district of the obligation to provide special education and related services to the child.
(h) The department shall make available to school districts an electronic system for managing student information and tracking records relating to individualized education programs for children with disabilities. The system must, to the extent permitted by federal law, allow school districts to transfer special education records for a student when the student transfers to a different school district. If the governing body of a school district elects to use the system selected by the department, the department shall provide the school district with the system, including any software necessary to implement the system, at no charge to the school district. The department may not require a school district to use the system selected by the department.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities. › Sec. 14.30.305. State support of programs for children hospitalized or confined to their homes.

A child who is hospitalized or confined to home and who receives at least 10 hours of special education and related services per week may be counted as a pupil in average daily membership when computing state support under the public school funding program.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities. › Sec. 14.30.325. Surrogate parents.

(a) The department shall by regulation provide for the appointment of surrogate parents to represent a child with a disability in matters relating to the provision of an appropriate public education.
(b) A surrogate parent is not liable for civil damages as a result of an act or omission committed in the surrogate parent's official capacity, except that a surrogate parent may be liable for civil damages as a result of gross negligence or intentional misconduct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities. › Sec. 14.30.335. Eligibility for federal funds.

Notwithstanding any other provision of AS 14.30.180 - 14.30.350, the department may do all things necessary to qualify for federal funds that are available to the state for the education of children with disabilities.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities. › Sec. 14.30.340. Provision of special education in a private school, home, or hospital setting.

(a) If a parent of a child with a disability enrolls the child in a private school, including a religious school, at the parent's expense or teaches the child at home, the school district in which the child resides shall make special education and related services available in conformance with federal requirements, including 34 C.F.R. 300.130 - 148. A parent teaching the parent's child at home may refuse special education and related services for the child.
(b) If a physician certifies in writing, and if the child's individualized education program under AS 14.30.278 provides that a child's bodily, mental, or emotional condition does not permit attendance at a school and the child's parents do not elect to teach the child at home as permitted under AS 14.30.010(b), the school district in which the child is located shall enroll the child in public school and provide the child with special education and related services in conformance with the child's individualized education program at the child's home or at a medical treatment facility.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities. › Sec. 14.30.347. Transportation of children with disabilities.

When transportation is required to be provided as a related service, a child with a disability shall be transported with children who are not children with disabilities if the district provides transportation to children in the district, except when the nature of the physical or mental disability is such that it is in the best interest of the child with a disability, as provided in the child's individualized education program, that the child be transported separately. State reimbursement for transportation of children with disabilities shall be as provided for transportation of all other pupils except that eligibility for reimbursement is not subject to restriction based on the minimum distance between the school and the residence of the child with a disability.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 5. Education for Children With Disabilities. › Sec. 14.30.350. Definitions.

In AS 14.30.180 - 14.30.350,
(1) “appropriate education” means personalized instruction with sufficient support services to permit a child to benefit educationally from the instruction;
(2) “child with a disability” means a child with one or more of the following:
(A) intellectual disability;
(B) learning disabilities;
(C) emotional disturbance;
(D) deafness;
(E) deaf-blindness;
(F) hearing impairment;
(G) orthopedic impairment;
(H) other health impairment;
(I) speech or language impairment;
(J) visual impairment;
(K) multiple disabilities;
(L) early childhood development delay;
(M) autism;
(N) traumatic brain injury;
(O) developmental disability;
(3) “due process hearing” means a hearing conducted under AS 14.30.193;
(4) “educational records” means those files, documents, records, and other material that contain information directly related to a student and are maintained by a school district or a person acting for a school district; the term “educational records” does not include the personnel records of the school district, maintained in the normal course of business, that relate exclusively to a person's capacity as an employee, or other records as designated by the department in regulation;
(5) “informed consent” means that
(A) a child's parent has been fully informed, in the parent's native language or other mode of communication, of all information relevant to the activity for which consent is sought;
(B) the parent understands and agrees in writing to the carrying out of the activity for which the parent's consent is sought;
(C) the consent describes that activity and lists any records that will be released and to whom; and
(D) the parent understands that the granting of consent is voluntary on the part of the parent and may be revoked at any time;
(6) “parent” means a
(A) child's natural or adoptive parent;
(B) child's guardian, but not the state if the child is in the legal custody of the state;
(C) person who is acting in the place of a child's natural or adoptive parent, such as a grandparent or stepparent with whom the child lives, or a person who is legally responsible for the child's welfare; and
(D) child's surrogate parent who has been appointed under AS 14.30.325;
(7) “related services” means services described in 34 C.F.R. 300.34;
(8) “school district” means a borough school district, a city school district, a regional educational attendance area, a state boarding school, and the state centralized correspondence study program;
(9) “special education” means an educational program described in 34 C.F.R. 300.39.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 6. Education for Gifted Children. › Sec. 14.30.352. Programs for gifted children.

(a) Every school district shall establish educational services for gifted children that provide for student identification, student eligibility, student learning plans, and parental and student participation, including an appropriate review process, consistent with regulations adopted by the department.
(b) State reimbursement for transportation of gifted children shall be as provided for transportation of all other pupils, except that eligibility for reimbursement is not limited to transportation between the child's residence and the school, but shall also include transportation between a school and another location of instruction as routinely required by the gifted education program of the district.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 7. Sexual Abuse and Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention › Sec. 14.30.355. Sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention.

(a) The governing body of each school district shall adopt and implement a policy, establish a training program for employees and students, and provide parent notices relating to sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention for students enrolled in grades kindergarten through 12.
(b) The policy, training, and notices adopted under this section must include
(1) age-appropriate information;
(2) warning signs of sexual abuse of a child;
(3) referral and resource information;
(4) available student counseling and educational support;
(5) methods for increasing teacher, student, and parent awareness of issues regarding sexual abuse of children;
(6) actions that a child may take to prevent and report sexual abuse or sexual assault; and
(7) a procedure allowing a student to be excused from participating in training or from receiving notices under this section at the written request of a parent or guardian of the student, or of the student if the student is emancipated or 18 years of age or older.
(c) The training required for teachers under this section may be provided as a part of the continuing education required under AS 18.66.310.
(d) In this section,
(1) “school district” has the meaning given in AS 14.30.350;
(2) “sexual abuse” or “sexual assault” has the meaning given to “sexual abuse” in AS 47.10.990.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 7. Sexual Abuse and Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention › Sec. 14.30.356. Teen dating violence and abuse awareness and prevention program; training and notices.

(a) The department, in consultation with school districts, shall develop and approve a program relating to teen dating violence and abuse awareness and prevention for grades seven through 12. The program must
(1) include training for employees and students;
(2) provide parent notices; and
(3) be reviewed periodically by a qualified individual or committee for consistency with generally accepted standards for a teen dating violence and abuse awareness and prevention program.
(b) The training, notices, and instruction adopted under this section must include
(1) age-appropriate information;
(2) the warning signs of dating violence and abusive behavior;
(3) characteristics of healthy relationships;
(4) measures to prevent and stop dating violence and abuse;
(5) community resources available to victims of dating violence and abuse; and
(6) a procedure allowing a student to be excused from participating in training or from receiving notices under this section at the written request of a parent or guardian of the student, or of the student if the student is emancipated or 18 years of age or older.
(c) The training required for teachers under this section may be provided as a part of the continuing education required under AS 18.66.310.
(d) In this section,
(1) “dating violence and abuse” means a pattern of behavior in which one person threatens to use, or actually uses, physical, sexual, verbal, emotional, or psychological abuse to control the person's dating partner;
(2) “school district” has the meaning given in AS 14.30.350.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 8. Health, Safety, and Physical Education. › Sec. 14.30.360. Health education curriculum; physical activity guidelines.

(a) Each district in the state public school system shall be encouraged to initiate and conduct a program in health education for kindergarten through grade 12. The program should include instruction in physical health and personal safety including alcohol and drug abuse education, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), early cancer prevention and detection, dental health, family health including infant care, environmental health, the identification and prevention of child abuse, child abduction, neglect, sexual abuse, and domestic violence, and appropriate use of health services.
(b) The state board shall establish guidelines for a health and personal safety education program. Personal safety guidelines shall be developed in consultation with the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. Upon request, the Department of Education and Early Development, the Department of Health, and the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault shall provide technical assistance to school districts in the development of personal safety curricula. A school health education specialist position shall be established and funded in the department to coordinate the program statewide. Adequate funds to enable curriculum and resource development, adequate consultation to school districts, and a program of teacher training in health and personal safety education shall be provided.
(c) In addition to the health education program encouraged under (a) of this section, a school district shall establish guidelines for schools in the district to provide opportunities during each full school day for students in grades kindergarten through eight for a minimum of 90 percent of the daily amount of physical activity recommended for children and adolescents in the physical activity guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Department of Health and Human Services. The time provided for physical activity under this subsection may include physical education classes and opportunities for unstructured physical activity, such as recess. A school district shall adopt guidelines under this subsection that
(1) allow a student to be excused from the physical activity opportunities if the student is unable to participate for a medical reason; and
(2) provide an exemption from the physical activity opportunities under this subsection for health and safety reasons, such as inclement weather.
(d) In this section, “district” has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 8. Health, Safety, and Physical Education. › Sec. 14.30.361. Sex education, human reproductive education, and human sexuality education.

(a) A person may only teach a class or program in sex education, human reproduction education, or human sexuality education if the person
(1) possesses a valid teacher certificate issued under AS 14.20 and is employed under a contract with the school; or
(2) is supervised by a person who meets the requirements under (1) of this subsection.
(b) Before curriculum, literature, or materials related to sex education, human reproduction education, or human sexuality education may be used in a class or program or distributed in a school, the curriculum, literature, or materials must be
(1) approved by the school board; and
(2) available for parents to review.
(c) Before a person teaches a class or program under (a)(2) of this section,
(1) the person must be approved by the school board; and
(2) the person's credentials must be available for parents to review.
(d) The requirements under (a) of this section do not apply to
(1) sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention training required under AS 14.30.355; or
(2) dating violence and abuse awareness and prevention training required under AS 14.30.356.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 8. Health, Safety, and Physical Education. › Sec. 14.30.362. Suicide awareness and prevention training.

(a) A school district and the department shall provide youth suicide awareness and prevention training approved by the commissioner to each teacher, administrator, counselor, and specialist who is employed by the district or department to provide services to students in a public school in the state at no cost to the teacher, administrator, counselor, or specialist.
(b) The commissioner shall approve youth suicide awareness and prevention training provided under this section if the training meets standards for professional continuing education credit in the state and is periodically reviewed by a qualified person or committee for consistency with generally accepted principles of youth suicide awareness and prevention. The training may be offered through videoconferencing or an individual program of study of designated materials.
(c) A person may not bring a civil action for damages against the state or a school district, or an officer, agent, or employee of the state or a school district, for a death, personal injury, or property damage that results from an act or omission in performing or failing to perform activities or duties authorized under this section. This subsection does not apply to a civil action for damages as a result of intentional misconduct with complete disregard for the safety and property of others.
(d) The training under this section shall be provided according to the schedule adopted by the governing body of a school district.
(e) The training provided or the failure to provide training under this section may not be construed to impose a specific duty of care on any person.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 8. Health, Safety, and Physical Education. › Sec. 14.30.365. Interscholastic activities; eligibility.

(a) A full-time student who is eligible under (b) of this section who is enrolled in grades nine through 12 in an alternative education program that is located in the state and that does not offer interscholastic activities is eligible to participate in any interscholastic activities program available in a public school
(1) that, based on the residence of the parent or legal guardian, the student would be eligible to attend were the student not enrolled in an alternative education program; or
(2) at which the student requests to participate, if
(A) the student shows good cause; and
(B) the governing body of the school approves.
(b) A student is eligible to participate in interscholastic activities under this section if the student
(1) is otherwise eligible to participate in interscholastic activities under requirements established by the school, the school district, and the statewide interscholastic activities governing body;
(2) provides documentation, including academic transcripts, proof of full-time enrollment, and applicable disciplinary records, and, if required for participation in an activity by the school, requested medical records, to the school providing the interscholastic activities program; and
(3) claims the same school for interscholastic activities eligibility purposes during a school year.
(c) In this section,
(1) “alternative education program” means a public secondary school that provides a nontraditional education program, including the Alaska Military Youth Academy; a public vocational, remedial, or theme-based program; a home school program that is accredited by a recognized accrediting body; a charter school authorized under AS 14.03.250 - 14.03.290; and a statewide correspondence school that enrolls students who reside outside of the district in which the student resides and provides less than three hours a week of scheduled face-to-face student interactions in the same location with a teacher who is certified under AS 14.20.020;
(2) “district” has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990;
(3) “full-time student” means a student who
(A) is enrolled in not less than five classes in grades nine through 11 and not less than four classes in grade 12; and
(B) is on track to graduate from secondary school in not more than four years of attendance in secondary school;
(4) “interscholastic activities” means preparation for and participation in events or competitions involving another school when the preparation or participation
(A) is sanctioned or supported by the statewide interscholastic activities governing body;
(B) is conducted outside of the regular school curriculum; and
(C) does not involve participation in student government at a school;
(5) “located in the state” means that the alternative education program is accessed by a student who is located in the state and provides for all instructional hours to take place at a site in the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 8. Health, Safety, and Physical Education. › Sec. 14.30.370. Evaluation.

Health education programs conducted under AS 14.30.360 shall be evaluated by the department in the same manner as other curriculum programs are evaluated, except that the evaluation shall also include changes in the health status of the pupils as determined by physical and dental examinations conducted under AS 14.30.070.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 9. Environmental Education. › Sec. 14.30.380. Environmental education.

The board shall encourage each school board to initiate and conduct a program of environmental education for kindergarten through grade 12. The program should include, but is not limited to, education regarding the need to balance resource development with environmental safeguards, the dependence of the state on resource development, and the opportunity for pollution prevention, waste reduction, and recycling. A school board may implement environmental education as a part of regular classroom studies.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 10. Bilingual-Bicultural Education. › Sec. 14.30.400. Bilingual-bicultural education.

City or borough district school boards and regional educational attendance area boards shall provide a bilingual-bicultural education program for each school in a city or borough school district or regional educational attendance area that is attended by at least eight pupils of limited English-speaking ability and whose primary language is other than English. A bilingual-bicultural education program shall be provided under a plan of service that has been developed in accordance with regulations adopted by the department. Nothing in this section precludes a bilingual-bicultural education program from being provided for less than eight pupils in a school.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 10. Bilingual-Bicultural Education. › Sec. 14.30.410. Bilingual-bicultural education funds.

(a) [Repealed, § 12 ch 42 SLA 1997.]
(b) The department shall adopt regulations for the determination of entitlement and the distribution of bilingual-bicultural funds to city and borough school districts and regional educational attendance areas.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 10. Bilingual-Bicultural Education. › Sec. 14.30.420. Native language education.

(a) A school board shall establish a local Native language curriculum advisory board for each school in the district in which a majority of the students are Alaska Natives and any school district with Alaska Native students may establish a local Native language curriculum advisory board for each school with Alaska Native students in their district. If the local Native language curriculum advisory board recommends the establishment of a Native language education curriculum for a school, the school board may initiate and conduct a Native language education curriculum within grades K through 12 at that school. The program, if established, must include Native languages traditionally spoken in the community in which the school is located. Each school board conducting a program of Native language education shall implement the program as a part of regular classroom studies and shall use
(1) instructors who are certified under AS 14.20.020 or 14.20.025; and
(2) to the maximum extent possible
(A) instructors and instructional materials available through the University of Alaska; and
(B) audio-visual, computer, and satellite technology.
(b) In this section,
(1) “district” has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990;
(2) “Native” means a person of one-fourth degree or more Alaskan Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut blood.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 11. Adventure-Based Education. › Sec. 14.30.500. Adventure-based education program.

An adventure-based education program is a program designed to bring adventure-based education to high school students and appropriate juvenile offenders. A program shall include provisions for the following phases:
(1) Phase I: Basic Skills Learning
(A) physical conditioning: running, hiking, swimming, and other related activities;
(B) technical training: the use of specialized tools and equipment, camping, cooking, map reading, navigation, life saving, drown proofing, and solo survival;
(C) safety training: first aid skills, emergency care, preventive medicine, nutrition, health, and personal hygiene care;
(D) team training: rescue techniques, evacuation exercises, and fire fighting;
(E) solo: solitary living for a short period with minimal equipment;
(F) interpersonal skills training: coping skills, individual and group problem solving, and societal communication skills;
(G) culturally relevant activities: traditional modes of subsistence living, traveling and surviving in wilderness areas and communities in Alaska, and cross-cultural experiences.
(2) Phase II: Skills Generalization
(A) vocational counseling and placement;
(B) family and interpersonal counseling;
(C) community systems utilization:
(i) transportation,
(ii) community services systems,
(iii) community problem solving.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 12. Special Education Service Agency. › Sec. 14.30.620. Employees.

Employees of the agency are not in the state service and are not subject to AS 39.25 (State Personnel Act). However, employees of the agency shall be members of either the Teachers' Retirement System (AS 14.25) or the Public Employees' Retirement System (AS 39.35).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 12. Special Education Service Agency. › Sec. 14.30.630. Powers and duties.

(a) The agency may
(1) receive and expend public and private funds to carry out the purposes of the agency;
(2) contract with the department and other public or private agencies for the provision of special education or related services;
(3) do whatever is necessary to carry out the purposes of AS 14.30.600 - 14.30.660.
(b) The agency shall
(1) provide special education services including
(A) itinerant outreach services to students who are deaf, deaf-blind, intellectually disabled, developmentally disabled, hearing impaired, blind and visually impaired, orthopedically disabled, health-impaired in other ways, and severely emotionally disturbed, and to students with multiple disabilities;
(B) special education instructional support and training of local school district special education personnel; and
(C) other services appropriate to special education needs;
(2) provide for an annual audit of the agency;
(3) provide the department with a two-year plan of operation including a description of the services to be offered by the agency, the method by which the services will be evaluated, information on the number of students and school district personnel to be served, a schedule of funds available to the agency from all sources, and other information that may be required by the department by regulation;
(4) present an annual budget to the department.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 12. Special Education Service Agency. › Sec. 14.30.640. Eligibility for service.

The services of the agency shall be available to school districts that serve children whose special education needs occur infrequently, who require specialized services not normally available in the school district, and who cannot be easily served by local school district personnel because of the low number of students in the district in need of the particular service. The agency may provide services to a child with a disability, as that term is defined in AS 14.30.350.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 12. Special Education Service Agency. › Sec. 14.30.650. Funding.

Each fiscal year, the department shall allocate to the agency not less than $23.13 times the number of students in the state in average daily membership in the preceding fiscal year as determined under AS 14.17.600. Money to carry out the provisions of this section may be appropriated annually by the legislature. If amounts are insufficient to meet the allocation authorized under this section for a fiscal year, the allocation shall be reduced pro rata.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 13. Records of Certain Missing or Transferred Children. › Sec. 14.30.700. Records of missing children.

Upon notification by the Department of Public Safety of a child's disappearance, a school or school district in which the child is currently or was previously enrolled shall flag the school record of that child in a manner that, when a copy or information regarding the record is requested, the school or school district shall be alerted to the fact that the record is that of a missing child. The school or school district shall immediately report to the Department of Public Safety a request regarding flagged records, including any knowledge as to the whereabouts of the child. Upon notification by the Department of Public Safety that the person who was listed as a missing child has been found, the school or school district shall remove the flag from the person's record.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 13. Records of Certain Missing or Transferred Children. › Sec. 14.30.710. Required records upon transfer.

Within 14 days after enrolling a child as a transfer student from this or another state in an elementary or secondary school, the school or school district shall request directly from the child's previous school a certified copy of the child's record. An elementary or secondary school or a school district in this state requested to forward a copy of a transferring child's record to another school shall comply with the request within 10 days after receiving the request unless the record has been flagged under AS 14.30.700. Upon receipt of a request for a record that has been flagged, the school or school district shall immediately notify the Department of Public Safety. Unless directed to do so by the Department of Public Safety, a school or a school district may not forward a copy of a flagged record. In this section, “record” includes information about the child's commission of an offense that is punishable as a felony or that involved the use of a deadly weapon, as that term is defined in AS 11.81.900(b).