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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement › Article 3. Teachers First Hired on or after July 1, 2006. › Sec. 14.25.350. Contributions by employers.

(a) An employer shall contribute to each member's individual account an amount equal to seven percent of the member's compensation from July 1 to the following June 30.
(b) An employer shall also contribute an amount equal to a percentage, as approved by the board, of each member's compensation from July 1 to the following June 30 to pay for retiree major medical insurance. This contribution shall be paid into the Alaska retiree health care trust established by the commissioner of administration under AS 39.30.097(b) and shall be accounted for in accordance with regulations adopted by the commissioner.
(c) Notwithstanding (b) of this section, the employer contribution for retiree major medical insurance for fiscal year 2007 shall be 1.75 percent of each member's compensation from July 1 to the following June 30.
(d) An employer shall also make contributions to the health reimbursement arrangement plan under AS 39.30.370.
(e) An employer shall make annual contributions to a trust account in the plan, applied as a percentage of each member's compensation from July 1 to the following June 30, in an amount determined by the board to be actuarially required to fully fund the cost of providing occupational disability and occupational death benefits under AS 14.25.310 - 14.25.590.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement › Article 3. Teachers First Hired on or after July 1, 2006. › Sec. 14.25.360. Rollover contributions and distributions.

(a) A teacher entering the plan may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the administrator, to have all or part of a direct rollover distribution from an eligible retirement plan owned by the member paid directly into the member's individual account.
(b) Rollover contributions do not count as a purchase of membership service for the purpose of determining years of service.
(c) A distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the administrator, to have all or part of a direct rollover distribution paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee in the direct rollover.
(d) In this section,
(1) “direct rollover” means the payment of an eligible rollover distribution by the plan to an eligible retirement plan specified by a distributee who is eligible to elect a direct rollover;
(2) “distributee” means a member, or a beneficiary who is the surviving spouse of the member, or an alternate payee;
(3) “eligible retirement plan” means
(A) an individual retirement account described in 26 U.S.C. 408(d)(3)(A);
(B) an annuity plan described in 26 U.S.C. 403(a);
(C) a qualified trust described in 26 U.S.C. 401(a);
(D) an annuity plan described in 26 U.S.C. 403(b);
(E) a governmental plan described in 26 U.S.C. 457(b);
(F) an individual retirement annuity described in 26 U.S.C. 408(b); or
(G) on or after January 1, 2008, a Roth IRA described in 26 U.S.C. 408A;
(4) “eligible rollover distribution” means a distribution of all or part of a total account to a distributee, except for
(A) a distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal installments payable not less frequently than annually over the life expectancy of the distributee or the joint and last survivor life expectancy of the distributee and the distributee's designated beneficiary, as defined in 26 U.S.C. 401(a)(9);
(B) a distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal installments payable not less frequently than annually over a specified period of 10 years or more;
(C) a distribution that is required under 26 U.S.C. 401(a)(9);
(D) the portion of any distribution that is not includable in gross income; however, a portion under this subparagraph may be transferred only to an individual retirement account or annuity described in 26 U.S.C. 408(a) or (b), to a qualified plan described in 26 U.S.C. 401(a) or 403(a), or to an annuity contract described in 26 U.S.C. 403(b), that agrees to separately account for amounts transferred, including separately accounting for the portion of the distribution that is includable in gross income and the portion of the distribution that is not includable in gross income; and
(E) other distributions that are reasonably expected to total less than $200 during a year.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement › Article 3. Teachers First Hired on or after July 1, 2006. › Sec. 14.25.370. Transmittal of contributions; claims against funds of an employer; use of contributions.

(a) All contributions deducted in accordance with AS 14.25.310 - 14.25.590 shall be transmitted to the plan for deposit in the appropriate account or trusts as soon as administratively feasible, but in no event later than 15 days following the close of the payroll period, with the final contributions due for any school year transmitted no later than July 15.
(b) If contributions are not transmitted within the prescribed time limit, interest shall be assessed on the outstanding contributions at the rate established under AS 14.25.065 from the date that contributions were originally due. Amounts due from an employer and interest as prescribed in this subsection may be claimed by the administrator from any agency of the state or political subdivision that has in its possession funds of the employer or that is authorized to disburse funds to the employer that are not restricted by statute or appropriation to a specific purpose. The amount claimed shall be certified by the administrator as sufficient to pay the contributions and interest due from the employer. The amount claimed shall be submitted to the administrator for deposit in the appropriate account or trusts.
(c) An employer is responsible for administrative fees, investment fees, and investment losses charged to accounts established under AS 14.25.340 resulting from contribution adjustments because the employer enrolled a member in the plan before the member was eligible for membership. Contributions made by an employee shall be returned to the employer by reducing future employee contributions due. Contributions, net of fees and investment losses, made by an employer shall be used to reduce future employer contributions due.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement › Article 3. Teachers First Hired on or after July 1, 2006. › Sec. 14.25.380. Limitations on contributions and benefits.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this plan, the annual additions to each member's individual account under this plan and under all defined contribution plans of the employer required to be aggregated with the contributions from this plan under the provisions of 26 U.S.C. 415 may not exceed, for any limitation year, the amount permitted under 26 U.S.C. 415(c) at any time. If the amount of a member's individual account contributions exceeds the limitation of 26 U.S.C. 415(c) for any limitation year, the administrator shall take any necessary remedial action to correct an excess contribution. A fixed benefit provided under this plan may not exceed, for or during a limitation year, the amount permitted under 26 U.S.C. 415(b). If a fixed benefit provided under this plan exceeds, for or during a limitation year, the amount permitted under 26 U.S.C. 415(b), the administrator shall take remedial action necessary to comply with the limits on the benefit amount in 26 U.S.C. 415(b). The provisions of 26 U.S.C. 415, and the regulations adopted under that statute, as applied to qualified plans of governmental employers are incorporated as part of the terms and conditions of the plan.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement › Article 3. Teachers First Hired on or after July 1, 2006. › Sec. 14.25.390. Vesting.

(a) A participating member is immediately and fully vested in that member's contributions and related earnings.
(b) A member is fully vested in the employer contributions made on that member's behalf, and related earnings, after five years of service. A member is partially vested in the employer contributions made on that member's behalf, and the related earnings, in the ratio of
(1) 25 percent with two years of service;
(2) 50 percent with three years of service; and
(3) 75 percent with four years of service.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement › Article 3. Teachers First Hired on or after July 1, 2006. › Sec. 14.25.400. Investment of individual accounts.

(a) The board shall provide a range of investment options and permit a participant to exercise investment control over the participant's assets in the member's individual account as provided in this section. If a participant exercises control over the assets in the individual account, the participant is not considered a fiduciary for any reason on the basis of exercising that control.
(b) A participant may direct investment of plan funds held in an account among available investment funds in accordance with rules established by the board.
(c) A participant may elect to change or transfer all or a portion of the participant's existing account balance among available investment funds not more often than once each day in accordance with the rules established by the administrator. Only the last election received by the administrator before the transmittal of contributions to the trust fund for allocation to the individual account will be used to direct the investment of the contributions received.
(d) Except to the extent clearly set out in the terms of the investment plans offered by the employer to the employee, the employer is not liable to the participant for investment losses if the prudent investment standard has been met.
(e) The employer, administrator, state, board, or a person or entity who is otherwise a fiduciary is not liable by reason for any participant's investment loss that results from the participant's directing the investment of plan assets allocated to the participant's account.
(f) To the extent that a member's individual account has been divided as provided in a qualified domestic relations order between participants, each participant shall be treated as the holder of a separate individual account for purposes of investment yields, decisions, transfers, and time limitations imposed by this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement › Article 3. Teachers First Hired on or after July 1, 2006. › Sec. 14.25.410. Distribution election at termination.

(a) A member is eligible to elect distribution of the member's account in accordance with this section 60 days after termination of employment.
(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, distribution of all or a portion of the individual account of a member may take place before the 60th day after the termination of employment with the approval of the administrator if the member makes a written request for a distribution under this subsection. The member's spouse must consent to the request in writing if the member is married. Distribution of an individual account may only be made on account of an immediate and heavy financial need of the member for the following reasons and in the amount the need is demonstrated for
(1) medical care described in 26 U.S.C. 213(d) incurred by the member, the member's spouse, or the member's dependent, or necessary to obtain that medical care;
(2) the purchase of a principal residence for the member;
(3) postsecondary education tuition and related educational fees for the next 12-month period for the member, the member's spouse, or a dependent of the member; in this paragraph, “dependent” has the meaning given in 26 U.S.C. 152;
(4) prevention of the eviction of the member from the member's principal residence or foreclosure on the mortgage of the member's principal residence; or
(5) any need prescribed by the United States Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, in a revenue ruling, notice, or other document of general applicability that satisfies the safe harbor definition of hardship under regulations adopted under 26 U.S.C. 401(k).
(c) If a member dies before benefits commence, the member's beneficiary is immediately eligible to elect distribution of the member's share of the member's individual account.
(d) Distributions are payable to an alternate payee in accordance with the terms and conditions of a qualified domestic relations order that is received and approved by the administrator as specified in AS 14.25.460.
(e) Distributions that are being paid to a member may not be affected by the member's subsequent reemployment with the employer. Upon reemployment, a new individual account shall be established for the member to which any future contributions shall be allocated. Upon subsequent termination of employment, the member's new individual account shall be distributed in accordance with this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement › Article 3. Teachers First Hired on or after July 1, 2006. › Sec. 14.25.420. Forms of distribution.

(a) A participant may elect to receive distribution of the participant's share of the individual account in a
(1) lump sum payment, which is a single payment of the entire balance in the account;
(2) periodic lump sum payment, which is a payment of a portion of the balance in the account, not more than twice each year;
(3) period certain annuity payment, which is an annuity payable in a fixed number of monthly installments for a duration of 60, 120, or 180 months;
(4) life annuity with a period certain payment, which is an annuity payable until the later of the first day of the month in which the annuitant's death occurs, or the date on which the payment of a fixed number of monthly installments is completed; the period certain for installments is 120 or 180 months;
(5) single life annuity payment, which is an annuity payable monthly until the first of the month in which the annuitant's death occurs;
(6) joint and survivor annuity payment, which is an annuity payable monthly to the member until the first of the month in which the member's death occurs; after the member's death, a survivor annuity equal to 50 percent or 100 percent of the member's benefit, as previously elected by the member, shall be paid monthly to the joint annuitant for the remainder of the survivor's lifetime; or
(7) payment as authorized by a regulation adopted by the commissioner of administration.
(b) Upon the death of an annuitant whose payments have commenced, an annuitant's beneficiary shall receive further payments only to the extent provided in accordance with the form of payment that was being made to the annuitant. The remaining portion of the interest shall continue to be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used before the annuitant's death.
(c) If a participant dies before the distribution commencement date, distribution of the participant's entire interest to a beneficiary shall be payable in any form other than a joint and survivor annuity.
(d) If an unmarried member or other participant fails to elect a form of payment before the distribution commencement date, the account shall be paid to a beneficiary in the form of a lump sum to the extent required by the minimum distribution requirements set out in the Internal Revenue Code. If a married member fails to elect a form of payment before the distribution commencement date, the account shall be paid in the form of a 50 percent joint and survivor annuity, with the member's spouse as the joint annuitant.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement › Article 3. Teachers First Hired on or after July 1, 2006. › Sec. 14.25.430. Manner of electing distributions.

(a) Any election or any alteration or revocation of a prior election by a participant for any purpose under this plan shall be on forms or made in a manner prescribed for that purpose by the plan administrator. To be effective, the forms required or the required action for any purpose under this plan must be completed and received in accordance with regulations adopted by the commissioner of administration.
(b) At any time, but not less than seven days before the distribution commencement date, a member, alternate payee, or beneficiary may change
(1) the form of payment election;
(2) an election to commence benefits; or
(3) the joint annuitant designation.
(c) Changes in elections are not allowed on or after seven days before the distribution commencement date.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement › Article 3. Teachers First Hired on or after July 1, 2006. › Sec. 14.25.460. Rights under qualified domestic relations order.

(a) Notwithstanding the nonalienation provisions in AS 14.25.500(a), the administrator may direct that benefits be paid to someone other than a member or beneficiary under a valid qualified domestic relations order that is executed by the judge of a competent court in accordance with applicable state law and that has been accepted by the administrator.
(b) The administrator shall determine whether an order meets the requirements of this section within a reasonable period after receiving an order. The administrator shall notify the member and any alternate payee that an order has been received and indicate to the member and any alternate payee when the order is accepted. A separate account for the alternate payee portion shall be established as soon as administratively feasible after the order has been accepted by the administrator.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement › Article 3. Teachers First Hired on or after July 1, 2006. › Sec. 14.25.470. Eligibility for retirement and medical benefits.

(a) In order to obtain medical benefits under AS 14.25.480, a member must retire directly from the plan. A member is eligible to retire from the plan if the member has been an active member for at least 12 months before application for retirement and
(1) the member has at least 30 years of service; or
(2) the member reaches the normal retirement age and has at least 10 years of service.
(b) The normal retirement age is the age set for Medicare eligibility at the time the member retires.
(c) A member's surviving spouse is eligible to elect medical benefits under AS 14.25.480 if the member had retired, or was eligible for retirement and medical benefits at the time of the member's death.
(d) A member shall apply for retirement and medical benefits on the forms and in the manner prescribed by the administrator.
(e) Participation in the retiree major medical insurance plan is not required in order to participate in the health reimbursement arrangement.
(f) A person eligible for retirement and medical benefits is not required to participate in the health reimbursement arrangement in order to elect participation in the retiree major medical insurance plan.
(g) An eligible person shall make the irrevocable election to participate or not participate in the retiree major medical insurance plan by reaching 70 1/2 years of age, or upon application for retirement and medical benefits, whichever is later.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement › Article 3. Teachers First Hired on or after July 1, 2006. › Sec. 14.25.486. Disability benefit adjustment.

(a) Once each year, the administrator shall increase disability benefits. The amount of the increase is a percentage of the current disability benefit equal to the lesser of 75 percent of the increase in the cost of living in the preceding calendar year or nine percent.
(b) If a disabled member was not receiving a benefit during the entire preceding calendar year, the increase in the benefit under this section shall be adjusted by multiplying it by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months for which the benefit was received in the preceding calendar year and the denominator of which is 12.
(c) An increase in benefit payments under this section is effective July 1 of each year and is based on the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers for Anchorage, Alaska, during the previous calendar year, as determined by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
(d) Benefit adjustments under this section shall terminate the last day of the month following the date on which a disabled member is no longer receiving a disability benefit under AS 14.25.485.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement › Article 3. Teachers First Hired on or after July 1, 2006. › Sec. 14.25.488. Survivors' pension adjustment.

(a) Once each year, the administrator shall increase payments to a person 60 years of age or older receiving a survivor's pension under AS 14.25.485(i) or 14.25.487(c) and to a person who has received a survivor's pension under AS 14.25.485(i) or 14.25.487(c) for at least eight years, who is not otherwise eligible for an increase under this section.
(b) The amount of the increase is a percentage of the current survivor's pension equal to the lesser of 50 percent of the increase in the cost of living in the preceding calendar year or six percent.
(c) If a survivor was not receiving a pension during the entire preceding calendar year, the increase in the survivor's pension under this section shall be adjusted by multiplying it by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months for which the pension was received in the preceding calendar year and the denominator of which is 12.
(d) The administrator shall increase the initial survivor's pension paid to a survivor of a member who died while receiving disability benefits by a percentage equal to the total cumulative percentage that has been applied to the member's disability benefit under AS 14.25.486.
(e) An increase in benefit payments under this section is effective July 1 of each year and is based on the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers for Anchorage, Alaska, during the previous calendar year, as determined by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
(f) Pension adjustments under this section shall terminate the last day of the month following the date on which a survivor is no longer receiving a survivor's pension under AS 14.25.485(i) or 14.25.487(c).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement › Article 3. Teachers First Hired on or after July 1, 2006. › Sec. 14.25.489. Premiums for retiree major medical insurance coverage upon termination of disability benefits or survivor's pension.

The premium for retiree major medical insurance coverage payable by a member whose disability benefit is terminated under AS 14.25.485(g) or by an eligible survivor whose survivor pension is terminated under AS 14.25.485(i) or 14.25.487(e) when the member would have been eligible for normal retirement if the member had survived shall be determined under AS 14.25.480(g)(2) as if the member or survivor were eligible for Medicare.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement › Article 3. Teachers First Hired on or after July 1, 2006. › Sec. 14.25.490. Amendment and termination of plan.

(a) The state has the right to amend the plan at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, including the right to make retroactive amendments referred to in 26 U.S.C. 401(b).
(b) The plan administrator may not modify or amend the plan retroactively in such a manner as to reduce the benefits of any member accrued to date under the plan by reason of contributions made before the modification or amendment except to the extent that the reduction is permitted by the Internal Revenue Code.
(c) The state may, in its discretion, terminate the plan in whole or part at any time without liability for the termination. If the plan is terminated, all investments remain in force until all individual accounts have been completely distributed under the plan, and, after all plan liabilities are satisfied, excess assets revert to the employer.
(d) Any contribution made by an employer to the plan because of a mistake of fact must be returned to the employer by the administrator within one year after the contribution or discovery, whichever is later.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement › Article 3. Teachers First Hired on or after July 1, 2006. › Sec. 14.25.500. Exclusive benefit.

(a) The corpus or income of the assets held in trust as required by the plan may not be diverted or used for other than the exclusive benefit of the participants.
(b) If plan benefits are provided through the distribution of annuity or insurance contracts, any refunds or credits in excess of plan benefits due to dividends, earnings, or other experience rating credits, or surrender or cancellation credits, shall be paid to the trust fund.
(c) The assets of the plan may not be used to pay premiums or contributions of the employer under another plan maintained by the employer.
(d) The administrator shall use forfeitures in the fixed benefit account of the plan that arise for any reason, including from termination of employment or death, to reduce employer contributions. Forfeitures may not be applied to increase the benefits of any member.
(e) The administrator shall determine the amount of any fixed benefit that is determined on the basis of actuarial tables using assumptions approved by the commissioner. The amount of benefits is not subject to employer discretion.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement › Article 3. Teachers First Hired on or after July 1, 2006. › Sec. 14.25.510. Nonguarantee of returns, rates, or benefit amounts.

The plan created by AS 14.25.310 - 14.25.590 is, with respect to individual accounts, treated as a defined contribution plan, and not a defined benefit plan. The amount of money in the individual account of a participant depends on the amount of contributions and the rate of return from investments of the account that varies over time. If benefits are paid in the form of an annuity, the benefit amount payable is dependent on the amount of money in the account and the interest rates applied and service fees charged by the annuity payor at the time the annuity is purchased from the carrier and benefits are first paid. Nothing in this plan guarantees a participant
(1) a rate of return or interest rate other than that actually earned by the account of the participant, less applicable administrative expenses; or
(2) an annuity based on interest rates or service charges other than interest rates available from and service charges by the annuity payor in effect at the time the annuity is paid.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement › Article 3. Teachers First Hired on or after July 1, 2006. › Sec. 14.25.520. Nonguarantee of employment.

The provisions of AS 14.25.310 - 14.25.590 are not a contract of employment between an employer and an employee, nor do they confer a right of an employee to be continued in the employment of an employer, nor are they a limitation of the right of an employer to discharge an employee with or without cause.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement › Article 3. Teachers First Hired on or after July 1, 2006. › Sec. 14.25.530. Fraud.

(a) A person who knowingly makes a false statement or falsifies or permits to be falsified a record of this plan in an attempt to defraud the plan is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(b) In this section, “knowingly” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900(a).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement › Article 3. Teachers First Hired on or after July 1, 2006. › Sec. 14.25.550. Membership in teachers' and public employees' retirement systems.

A person who is employed at least half-time in the public employees' defined contribution retirement plan (AS 39.35.700 - 39.35.990) during the same period that the person is employed at least half-time in a position in the teachers' defined contribution retirement plan (AS 14.25.310 - 14.25.590) shall receive credited service under each plan for half-time employment. However, the amount of credited service a person receives under the public employees' defined contribution retirement plan during a school year may not exceed the amount necessary, when added to the amount of credited service earned during the school year under the teachers' defined contribution retirement plan, to equal one year of credited service.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement › Article 3. Teachers First Hired on or after July 1, 2006. › Sec. 14.25.560. Legislators who have been teachers.

(a) A state legislator who was an active member of the defined contribution plan under other sections of AS 14.25.310 - 14.25.590 within the 12 months immediately preceding election to office may, subject to the requirements of (b) of this section, elect to be an active member of the teachers' defined contribution retirement plan for as long as the state legislator serves continuously as a state legislator if, within 90 days after taking the oath of office,
(1) the state legislator directs the employer in writing to
(A) pay into this plan the employer contributions required for a member under AS 14.25.310 - 14.25.590; and
(B) deduct from the state legislator's salary and pay into this plan
(i) the employee contributions required for a member under AS 14.25.310 - 14.25.590; and
(ii) an amount equal to the difference between the total employer and state contributions required for a member under AS 14.25.310 - 14.25.590 and the employer contributions that would be required under the public employees' defined contribution retirement plan (AS 39.35.700 - 39.35.990) if the legislator were covered under that plan; and
(2) notice is given the administrator in writing.
(b) A state legislator is not entitled to elect membership under (a) of this section if the state legislator is covered for the same period of service under the public employees' defined contribution retirement plan (AS 39.35.700 - 39.35.990). An election of membership under (a) of this section is retroactive to the date the state legislator took the oath of office. A state legislator may not receive membership credit under (a) of this section for legislative service performed before the legislative session during which the state legislator elected membership under (a) of this section. In order to continue in membership service under (a) of this section, the state legislator must earn at least 0.3 years of membership service under other sections of AS 14.25.310 - 14.25.590 during each five-year period.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement › Article 3. Teachers First Hired on or after July 1, 2006. › Sec. 14.25.580. Participation by Special Education Service Agency employees.

An employee of the Special Education Service Agency may participate in the system under this chapter if the employee possesses or is eligible to possess a teacher certificate under AS 14.20.020.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 25. Teachers' Retirement › Article 3. Teachers First Hired on or after July 1, 2006. › Sec. 14.25.582. Special rules for treatment of qualified military service.

(a) Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of AS 14.25.310 - 14.25.590, with respect to qualified military service, contributions shall be made and benefits and service credit shall be provided in accordance with 26 U.S.C. 414(u).
(b) To the extent required by 26 U.S.C. 401(a)(37), if a member dies while performing qualified military service, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 43, the survivors of the member are entitled to any additional benefits that would have been provided to the survivors under the plan had the member resumed employment and then terminated employment on account of death. For purposes of this section, periods of qualified military service are not included in calculations of credited service.
(c) Consistent with and to the extent required by 26 U.S.C. 414(u)(12), a member receiving differential wage payments from an employer shall be treated as employed by that employer, and the differential wage payment shall be treated as compensation for purposes of applying the limits on annual additions under 26 U.S.C. 415(c). For purposes of this subsection, “differential wage payment” means any payment that
(1) is made by an employer to an individual with respect to any period during which the individual is performing service in the uniformed services, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 43, while on active duty for a period of more than 30 days; and
(2) represents all or a portion of the wages the individual would have received from the employer if the individual were performing service for the employer.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 1. Compulsory Education. › Sec. 14.30.020. Violations.

A person who knowingly fails to comply with AS 14.30.010 is guilty of a violation. Each five days of unlawful absence under AS 14.30.010 is a separate violation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 1. Compulsory Education. › Sec. 14.30.045. Grounds for suspension or denial of admission.

A school age child may be suspended from or denied admission to the public school that the child is otherwise entitled to attend only for the following causes:
(1) continued wilful disobedience or open and persistent defiance of reasonable school authority;
(2) behavior that is inimicable to the welfare, safety, or morals of other pupils or a person employed or volunteering at the school;
(3) a physical or mental condition that in the opinion of a competent medical authority will render the child unable to reasonably benefit from the programs available;
(4) a physical or mental condition that in the opinion of a competent medical authority will cause the attendance of the child to be inimicable to the welfare of other pupils;
(5) conviction of a felony that the governing body of the district determines will cause the attendance of the child to be inimicable to the welfare or education of other pupils.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 1. Compulsory Education. › Sec. 14.30.047. Admission or readmission when cause no longer exists.

(a) A child who has been suspended from or denied admittance to a school under AS 14.30.045(3) or (4) shall be permitted to attend school when the child is obviously recovered or presents to the governing body a statement in writing from a competent medical authority that the child is no longer afflicted with, or suffering from, the physical or mental condition to the extent that it is a cause for suspension or denial of admission under AS 14.30.045(3) or (4).
(b) A child who has been suspended from or denied admittance to a school for any other cause provided by AS 14.30.045 shall be permitted to attend school when it reasonably appears that the cause has been remedied.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 2. Physical Examinations and Screening Examinations. › Sec. 14.30.065. Supervision.

The program of physical examination and immunizations prescribed by AS 14.30.065 - 14.30.127 shall be under the general supervision and in accordance with regulations of the Department of Health.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 2. Physical Examinations and Screening Examinations. › Sec. 14.30.070. Physical examination required.

(a) [Repealed, §§ 25, 29 ch 2 SSSLA 2015.]
(b) The Department of Health may require the district to conduct physical examinations that it considers necessary, and may reimburse the district for the examinations on the basis and to the extent the commissioner of health prescribes by regulation.
(c) Examinations shall be made by a competent physician or, within the scope of chiropractic practice, by a chiropractor, except that if the services of a physician or chiropractor cannot be obtained or if authorized by the commissioner of health examinations may be made by a nurse.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 2. Physical Examinations and Screening Examinations. › Sec. 14.30.075. Physical examinations for teachers.

(a) A school district may require physical examinations of teachers as a condition of employment. A school district is not required to pay the cost of physical examinations for teachers. This section does not affect the coverage of any health insurance benefits that a school district provides to teachers.
(b) In this section, “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 2. Physical Examinations and Screening Examinations. › Sec. 14.30.125. Immunization.

If in the judgment of the commissioner of health it is necessary for the welfare of the children or the general public in an area, the governing body of the school district shall require the children attending school in that area to be immunized against the diseases the commissioner of health may specify.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 2. Physical Examinations and Screening Examinations. › Sec. 14.30.127. Vision and hearing screening examinations.

(a) A vision and hearing screening examination shall be given to each child attending school in the state. The examination shall be made when the child enters school or as soon thereafter as is practicable, and at regular intervals specified by regulation by the governing body of the district.
(b) The Department of Health shall
(1) set standards for the performance of vision and hearing screening;
(2) train and certify public health nurses and school district employees to conduct hearing and vision screening tests;
(3) assist with referral and follow-up of children needing professional examination or treatment; and
(4) assist with maintenance and repair of screening equipment.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 3. Pupil Health. › Sec. 14.30.141. Self-administration and documentation of medication.

(a) A public school shall permit the self-administration of medication by a pupil for asthma or anaphylaxis if, during the current school year, the pupil's parent or guardian provides the school
(1) written authorization for the self-administration of the medication;
(2) written certification from the pupil's health care provider that the pupil
(A) has asthma or a condition that may lead to anaphylaxis;
(B) has received instruction in the proper method of self-administration of the medication; and
(C) has demonstrated to the health care provider the skill level necessary to use the medication and any device that is necessary to administer the medication as prescribed;
(3) a release of liability for the school and its employees or agents for injury arising from the self-administration or storage of the medication;
(4) an agreement to indemnify and hold harmless the school and its employees or agents for any claims arising out the self-administration or storage of the medication;
(5) a written treatment plan for the pupil that is signed by the pupil's health care provider for managing asthma or anaphylaxis episodes, a list and dosage of medications needed during school hours, and permission for and instruction on storage of the medication at school; and
(6) any other documentation required by the school that is consistent with this section.
(b) The public school shall provide written notification to the pupil's parent or guardian of the school's absence of liability related to the self-administration of medication under this section.
(c) A pupil who is permitted to self-administer medication under this section shall be permitted to carry and to store with the school nurse or other designated school official an inhaler or autoinjectable epinephrine, or both, at all times.
(d) If a student uses the student's prescribed medication in a manner other than as prescribed, disciplinary action according to school codes may be imposed upon the student. The imposed disciplinary action may not limit or restrict the student's immediate access to the student's prescribed medication.
(e) In this section, “health care provider” means a licensed physician, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, village health aide, or pharmacist operating within the scope of the health care provider's authority.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 3. Pupil Health. › Sec. 14.30.142. Concussions in student athletes: prevention and reporting.

(a) The governing body of a school district shall consult with the Alaska School Activities Association to develop and publish guidelines and other information to educate coaches, student athletes, and parents of student athletes regarding the nature and risks of concussions. Guidelines developed under this section must include a description of the risks of return to play and standards for return to play, including the procedures required under (c) and (d) of this section.
(b) A school shall annually provide to a student and the parent or guardian of a student who is under 18 years of age written information on the nature and risks of concussions. A student may not participate in school athletic activities unless the student and the parent or guardian of a student who is under 18 years of age have signed a verification of receipt of the information required under this subsection.
(c) A student who is suspected of having sustained a concussion during a practice or game shall be immediately removed from the practice or game.
(d) A student who has been removed from participation in a practice or game for suspicion of concussion may not return to participation in practice or game play until the student has been evaluated and cleared for participation in writing by an athletic trainer or other qualified person who has received training, as verified in writing or electronically by the qualified person, in the evaluation and management of concussions. In this subsection, “qualified person” means either a
(1) health care provider who is licensed in the state or exempt from licensure under state law; or
(2) person who is acting at the direction and under the supervision of a physician who is licensed in the state or exempt from licensure under AS 08.64.370(1), (2), (4), or (6).
(e) A person who conducts an evaluation under (d) of this section and who is not paid for conducting the evaluation may not be held liable for civil damages resulting from an act or omission during the evaluation, except that the person may be held liable for reckless or intentional misconduct and for gross negligence.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 30. Pupils and Educational Programs for Pupils › Article 3. Pupil Health. › Sec. 14.30.143. Concussions in student athletes: school district immunity.

(a) A school district may not be held liable for an injury to or the death of a person caused by a concussion and resulting from the action or inaction of a person employed by or under contract with a nonprofit youth organization if
(1) the action or inaction occurred during the delivery of services by the district or organization in compliance with AS 14.30.142;
(2) the organization is under contract with the district to provide the services; and
(3) before the provision of services, the organization provided to the district written verification of
(A) a valid insurance policy covering the injury or death in an amount not less than $50,000 for each person and $100,000 for each incident;
(B) compliance with the protocol for prevention and reporting of concussions required in AS 14.30.142.
(b) This section may not be construed to impair or modify the ability of a person to recover damages for harm caused by the negligent or reckless actions of an employee or contractor of a school district or by the existence of a condition, equipment, program, or structure known by the school district or organization to be unsafe.
(c) In this section, “youth organization” means a public or private entity qualified to do business in the state that provides a program or service to persons under 19 years of age.
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. 14.30.171. Prohibited actions.

(a) Except as provided in AS 14.30.172 - 14.30.176, school personnel may not, unless otherwise authorized by law or a specific policy adopted by a governing body of a school district,
(1) recommend to a parent or guardian that a child take or continue to take a psychotropic drug as a condition for attending a public school;
(2) require that a child take or continue to take a psychotropic drug as a condition for attending a public school, except when, in the opinion of the child's treating physician,
(A) the medication is necessary for the mental health of the child; or
(B) the child poses a risk of harm to self or others without the medication;
(3) conduct a psychiatric evaluation of a child;
(4) recommend a specific licensed physician, psychologist, or other health specialist to a parent or guardian for a child; or
(5) recommend that a parent or guardian seek or use for a child
(A) a psychotropic medication; or
(B) a psychiatric or psychological treatment.
(b) As used in this section, “school personnel” means persons employed by a public school or school district to work in a public school, except for a person who holds a special services type C certificate issued under AS 14.20 that qualifies the person to be employed to provide related services to students, as described in regulations adopted by the board.
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. 14.30.172. Communication not prohibited.

(a) Nothing in AS 14.30.171 may be construed to prohibit school personnel from
(1) consulting or sharing classroom-based observations with parents or guardians regarding a student's academic and functional performance, behavior in the classroom or school, or the need for evaluation for special education or related services as long as school personnel do not make an assertion or recommendation that violates AS 14.30.171; or
(2) exercising their authority relating to the placement within the school or readmission of a child who may be or has been suspended or expelled for a violation of a school disciplinary and safety program adopted under AS 14.03.160, AS 14.30.045, or AS 14.33.110 - 14.33.140.
(b) Nothing in AS 14.30.171 may be construed to prevent teachers or other school personnel from complying with the requirements of AS 47.17.020(a) or (b) or from filing a report to authorities if a child poses a serious and imminent risk to the child's or another person's safety.