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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 2. Board of Regents and President of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.170. Duties and powers of Board of Regents.

(a) The Board of Regents shall
(1) appoint the president of the university by a majority vote of the whole board, and the president may attend meetings of the board;
(2) fix the compensation of the president of the university, all heads of departments, professors, teachers, instructors, and other officers;
(3) confer appropriate degrees as it may determine and prescribe;
(4) have the care, control, and management of
(A) all the real and personal property of the university; and
(B) land
(i) conveyed to the Board of Regents by the commissioner of natural resources in the settlement of the claim of the University of Alaska to land granted to the state in accordance with the Act of March 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1214), as amended, and in accordance with the Act of January 21, 1929(45 Stat. 1091), as amended; and
(ii) conveyed to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska by the commissioner of natural resources under AS 14.40.365;
(5) keep a correct and easily understood record of the minutes of every meeting and all acts done by it in pursuance of its duties;
(6) under procedures to be established by the commissioner of administration, and in accordance with existing procedures for other state agencies, have the care, control, and management of all money of the university and keep a complete record of all money received and disbursed;
(7) adopt reasonable rules for the prudent trust management and the long-term financial benefit to the university of the land of the university;
(8) provide public notice of sales, leases, exchanges, and transfers of the land of the university or of interests in land of the university;
(9) administer, manage, market, and promote an education savings program, including the Education Trust of Alaska under AS 14.40.802 and the Alaska advance college tuition savings fund under AS 14.40.803 - 14.40.817;
(10) designate buildings owned by the university as covered buildings for purposes of paying the costs of use, management, operation, maintenance, and depreciation from the fund established under AS 37.05.555.
(b) The Board of Regents may
(1) adopt reasonable rules, orders, and plans with reasonable penalties for the good government of the university and for the regulation of the Board of Regents;
(2) determine and regulate the course of instruction in the university with the advice of the president;
(3) set student tuition and fees;
(4) receive university receipts and, subject to legislative appropriation, expend university receipts in accordance with AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act);
(5) apply for and use the proceeds of a loan from the Alaska energy efficiency revolving loan fund (AS 18.56.855).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 2. Board of Regents and President of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.175. Indemnification.

The Board of Regents shall insure or indemnify and protect the Board of Regents, any member of the Board of Regents, or any agent or employee of the University of Alaska or of the Board of Regents against financial loss and expense, including reasonable legal fees and costs arising out of any claim, demand, suit, or judgment by reason of alleged negligence, alleged violation of civil rights, or alleged wrongful act resulting in death or bodily injury to any person or accidental damage to or destruction of property, inside or outside the university premises, if the Board of Regents member, agent or employee, at the time of the occurrence, was acting under the direction of the Board of Regents within the course or scope of the duties of the member, agent, or employee.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 2. Board of Regents and President of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.190. Report.

(a) The Board of Regents shall prepare a written report at the beginning of each regular session of the legislature of the condition of the university property, of all receipts and expenditures, including the administration and disposition of appropriated and restricted funds and information required under AS 37.25.010(d), and of the educational and other work performed during the preceding fiscal year. The board shall notify the legislature that the report is available.
(b) In addition to the report required under (a) of this section, the Board of Regents shall prepare and present to the legislative committees having jurisdiction over education a biennial report, not later than the 30th legislative day of the first session of each legislature, titled “Alaska's University for Alaska's Schools” that describes the efforts of the university to attract, train, and retain qualified public school teachers. The report must include an outline of the university's current and future plans to close the gap between known teacher employment vacancies in the state and the number of state residents who complete teacher training. The information reported under this subsection may also include short-term and five-year strategies with accompanying fiscal notes and outcome measures.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 2. Board of Regents and President of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.200. Quorum.

Corporate business may not be transacted at any meeting of the Board of Regents unless at least six regents are present, the majority of the whole board to approve the same.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 2. Board of Regents and President of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.210. Powers and duties of president of the university; research and development.

(a) The president of the University of Alaska may
(1) give general direction to the work of the University of Alaska in all its departments subject to the approval of the Board of Regents;
(2) appoint the deans, heads of departments, professors, assistants, instructors, tutors, and other officers of the University of Alaska to the positions established by the Board of Regents;
(3) establish procedures for receipt, expenditure, and fiscal year reporting of university receipts;
(4) approve a contract between the University of Alaska and an employee that authorizes the employee to conduct research or other development of intellectual property and to develop, operate, or own a business related to or resulting from the research conducted during the employment; a business described under this paragraph may be jointly owned by the employee and the University of Alaska.
(b) The president of the University of Alaska shall separately account for university receipts deposited in the treasury of the university. The annual estimated balance in the account may be used by the legislature to make appropriations to the university to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(c) The president of the University of Alaska shall implement a policy and procedure for the acceptance of academic credit toward a degree or technical program offered by the university if an applicant provides satisfactory evidence of successful completion of relevant military education, training, or service as a member of the armed forces of the United States, the United States Reserves, the National Guard of any state, the Military Reserves of any state, or the Naval Militia of any state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 2. Board of Regents and President of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.220. Duty of president to define duties and supervise appointees.

The president shall define the duties and supervise the performance of those persons who are appointed by the president to positions established by the Board of Regents.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 2. Board of Regents and President of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.230. Powers of regents to remove officers.

The Board of Regents may remove from office any officer of the University of Alaska by a majority vote of the whole board when in its judgment the good of the university requires it.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 2. Board of Regents and President of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.240. Power of president to suspend and expel students.

The power to suspend and expel a student for misconduct or other cause and to reinstate the student is vested solely in the president of the University of Alaska. The president may delegate the exercise of the power to the chancellor or another official on each campus of the university or to the administrative head or director of a community college or other campus or extended unit of the university.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.250. Regents to act as trustees and administer money or property.

The Board of Regents may receive, manage, and invest money or other real, personal, or mixed property for the purpose of the University of Alaska, its improvement or adornment, or the aid or advantage of students or faculty, and, in general, may act as trustee on behalf of the University of Alaska for any of these purposes. The regents shall prepare a written report, in accordance with AS 14.40.190(a), as to the administration and disposition of money received under this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.251. Default on tuition, fees, and charges.

(a) For the purposes of this chapter, tuition, a fee, or another charge to an individual by the University of Alaska is in default after payment has become 180 or more days past due. Upon default, the university may take the individual's permanent fund dividend under AS 43.23.190.
(b) The University of Alaska shall notify the individual of the default and the consequences of default imposed under (a) of this section by mailing a notice to the individual's most recent address provided to the university by the individual or obtained by the university.
(c) An individual may appeal a notice of default by filing a statement with the chief finance officer of the University of Alaska within 30 days after the date of the notice, requesting that the default status be reviewed. AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) does not apply to the review of default under this section. Within 40 days after receiving a written request for review, the chief finance officer shall inform the individual in writing of the decision. The decision of the chief finance officer is a final decision that may be appealed to the superior court under the Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.253. Financing notice and approval.

If the University of Alaska intends to enter into an obligation, except for refinancing obligations, under AS 14.40.040(a)(5) with an annual payment by the university anticipated to exceed $2,500,000, the university shall provide notice to the legislature. The notice must include the anticipated annual payment amount, the anticipated financing, and the total construction, acquisition, or other costs of the project. The university may not enter into an obligation requiring a financing notice under this section, other than a refinancing obligation, unless the project has been approved by the legislature by law. An appropriation for the project does not constitute approval of the project for the purpose of this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.254. University revenue bonds.

(a) Subject to AS 14.40.253, the board may issue revenue bonds to pay the cost of acquiring, constructing, or equipping a facility that the board determines is necessary.
(b) The board may enter into an agreement with a trustee or bond owner for the purpose of securing payment of revenue bonds issued by the University of Alaska to acquire, construct, or equip a facility that the board determines is necessary. The agreement may include the fixing and collection of fees, charges, or rentals pledged to secure payment of the revenue bonds and agreement regarding the use of the proceeds of the revenue bonds.
(c) The state pledges not to limit or alter rights vested under this section in the University of Alaska to fulfill the terms of a contract with revenue bond owners.
(d) The board may pledge revenue received by the University of Alaska as fees, charges, or rentals in order to secure payment of the revenue bonds. A pledge of revenue received by the University of Alaska is considered a perfected security interest and is valid and binding from the time the pledge is made. The pledge creates an immediate lien against property pledged without physical delivery or other act.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.255. Investment of surplus money.

If the Board of Regents determines that there is a surplus of money, received in the form of state and federal appropriations, above the amount sufficient to meet current and projected cash expenditure needs of the university, the surplus must be invested as set out in AS 37.10.071. Income earned on investments made under this section may be retained by the university and expended in accordance with AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act.)
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.257. Reimbursement for costs of capital projects.

(a) Subject to appropriations for the purpose, during each fiscal year, the legislature may appropriate an amount to reimburse the University of Alaska for the cost to be paid by the university during that same fiscal year for the principal and interest on outstanding debt for the projects listed in (b) of this section.
(b) An appropriation under this section may be used only for reimbursement of costs incurred for acquisition, construction, and renovation of the following projects and only for reimbursement of total project costs incurred up to the following amounts:
PROJECTUniversity of Alaska, Anchorage Community and Technical $14,000,000College CenterJuneau Readiness Center/UAS Joint Facility (Juneau) 5,470,000 (c) The University of Alaska is authorized to incur debt for the projects listed under (b) of this section. AS 14.40.253 does not apply to the projects listed in (b) of this section or to obligations incurred by the university to finance those projects.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.280. Endowments and donations.

(a) Title to and control or possession of land, personal property, money, and other property that is devised, bequeathed, or given to the university shall be taken by the university in its corporate capacity acting by and through the Board of Regents or an authorized agent and shall be entered in the perpetual inventory of the university established in AS 14.40.330.
(b) All monetary gifts, bequests, or endowments that are made to the University of Alaska for the purpose of the separate endowment trust fund established under AS 14.40.400 shall be deposited into that endowment trust fund.
(c) Except as provided by (b) of this section, the monetary gifts, bequests, or endowments that are made to the University of Alaska shall be managed and invested by the Board of Regents. In carrying out its management and investment responsibilities under this subsection, the Board of Regents has the same powers and duties with respect to the gifts, bequests, and endowments of the University of Alaska as are provided or required under AS 37.10.071 and AS 13.65 (Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act). Notwithstanding any other provision of law, AS 37.10.071 governs the management and investment responsibilities established under this subsection if
(1) both AS 37.10.071 and AS 13.65 apply to the management and investment responsibilities established under this subsection; and
(2) AS 37.10.071 conflicts with AS 13.65.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.282. Endowment for the physical sciences.

(a) The Board of Regents shall establish an endowment for the physical sciences at the University of Alaska campus in Fairbanks. The endowment shall be managed as a perpetual trust. The income of the endowment shall be used to pay the salary and related expenses of the person appointed under (b) of this section for research, teaching, and advanced studies in one or more physical science disciplines.
(b) The Board of Regents shall appoint a person who is distinguished in one or more physical science disciplines to be paid from the endowment for the physical sciences. The tenure and the duties of the appointee shall be established by the Board of Regents based on the need for
(1) teaching, research, and studies in physical sciences of special interest in the state; and
(2) advancement of scientific study at the University of Alaska.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.290. Property and funds generally.

(a) Federal grants and appropriations paid to the commissioner of revenue under AS 14.40.380, 14.40.410, or 14.40.430, or from a source described in AS 14.40.450, shall be transferred to the state treasury under AS 37.10.060. The Department of Administration, upon requisitions by the Board of Regents signed by its president and secretary, shall pay to the treasurer of the Board of Regents all federal land grant college funds coming into the possession of the Department of Administration and subject to requisition by the Board of Regents and shall disburse federal funds in aid of land grant colleges in accordance with the federal statute providing for disbursement.
(b) [Repealed, § 10 ch 46 SLA 1977.]
(c) [Repealed, § 1 ch 38 SLA 1968.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.291. Land of the University of Alaska not public domain land.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, university-grant land, state replacement land that becomes university-grant land on conveyance to the university, land conveyed to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska under AS 14.40.365, and any other land owned by the university is not and may not be treated as state public domain land. Land conveyed to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska under AS 14.40.365 shall be managed as nontaxable trust land under AS 14.40.365 - 14.40.367 and policies of the Board of Regents.
(b) Title to or interest in land described in (a) of this section may not be acquired by adverse possession, prescription, or in any other manner except by conveyance from the university.
(c) The land described in (a) of this section is subject to condemnation for public purpose in accordance with law.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.296. Working capital reserve fund.

(a) There is established in the treasury of the University of Alaska the University of Alaska working capital reserve fund. The fund consists of money appropriated by the legislature for the purpose of providing nonlapsing current working capital for the University of Alaska and is not available for appropriation by the Board of Regents.
(b) [Repealed, § 19 ch 6 SLA 1998.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.300. Creation and appointment of comptroller.

The Board of Regents shall create the office of comptroller of the university, fix the salary, and determine the duties of the office. The Board of Regents shall fill the office. The comptroller shall report directly to the Board of Regents.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.325. Reallocation within state appropriations.

Notwithstanding the provisions of AS 37.07.080(e), each appropriation to the University of Alaska is subject to reallocation by the university administration under procedures established by the Board of Regents and the office of management and budget in the Office of the Governor. Transfers may not be made between appropriations except as provided in an act making transfers between appropriations.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.350. Board of Regents authorized to lease land.

The Board of Regents may execute leases for mining, agriculture, or other purposes to the land granted for the benefit of an agricultural college and school of mines for Alaska by the Act of Congress approved March 4, 1915, for such time and at such rent or royalty as may seem just and as provided by law.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.360. Board of Regents authorized to select and to sell or lease land granted by Act of Congress.

The Board of Regents may select the land granted to Alaska by the Act of Congress approved January 21, 1929, as amended, may sell or lease the land, and shall deposit the net income as provided in AS 14.40.400(a) in conformity with that Act.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.366. Management requirements for university land.

(a) Before the conveyance or the disposal of an interest in the land to a third party, land conveyed to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska under AS 14.40.365 shall be managed in a manner that, to the extent practicable, permits reasonable activities of the public, including historic recent public uses, that do not interfere with the use or management of the land by the university.
(b) For land conveyed to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska under AS 14.40.365, the Board of Regents shall
(1) seek public comment on proposals for land development, exchange, or sale; and
(2) adopt policies that require the preparation of land development plans and land disposal plans.
(c) Before the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska offers a parcel of land for sale under this section, the board shall offer first refusal to the closest municipality.
(d) The Board of Regents shall adopt policies requiring public notice before approval of land development plans and land disposal plans. The policies must require that the notice be provided not less than 30 days before the proposed action and that the notice be
(1) sent to local legislators, municipalities, and legislative information offices in the vicinity of the action and at other locations as the university may designate;
(2) published in newspapers of general circulation in the vicinity of the proposed action at least once each week for two consecutive weeks; and
(3) published on state and university public notice Internet websites.
(e) In this section, “development, exchange, or sale” does not include the grant of an easement or right-of-way or the development of a campus facility.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.367. Confidential records relating to university land and interests in land.

Notwithstanding AS 40.25.100 - 40.25.295, on a determination that it is in the best interest of the University of Alaska or on the request of the person who has provided the information, the president of the university may keep the following confidential:
(1) the name of a person applying for the sale, lease, or other disposal of university land or an interest in university land;
(2) before the issuance of a notice of intent to award a contract relating to a sale, lease or disposal of university land or an interest in university land, the names of the participants and the terms of their offers;
(3) all geological, well, geophysical, engineering, architectural, sales, market, cost, appraisal, timber cruise, gross receipts, net receipts, or other financial information relating to university land or an interest in university land and considered for, offered for, or currently subject to disposal or a contract;
(4) cost data and financial information submitted by an applicant in support of applications for bonds, leases, or other information in offerings and ongoing operations relating to management of university land;
(5) applications for rights-of-way or easements across university land; and
(6) requests for information about or applications by public agencies for university land that is being considered for use for a public purpose.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.380. Assent of legislature to federal land and money grants.

The state assents to the provisions and accepts the benefits of the Act of Congress approved March 4, 1915, and the Acts of Congress approved August 30, 1890, and March 4, 1907, in behalf of the University of Alaska, and the commissioner of revenue is designated as the officer to whom the money shall be paid.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.390. Federal land grants to Agricultural College and School of Mines reaccepted for university.

The state assents to the provisions and accepts the benefits of the grants of land authorized by the Act of Congress of January 21, 1929, 45 Stat. 1091 - 1093, as amended by the Act of Congress of September 19, 1966, 80 Stat. 811, for the Agricultural College and School of Mines as integral parts of the University of Alaska, and the University of Alaska is designated the beneficiary under that Act.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.400. Fund for money from sale or lease of land granted by Act of Congress.

(a) The Board of Regents shall establish a separate endowment trust fund in which shall be held in trust in perpetuity all
(1) net income derived from the sale or lease of the land granted under the Act of Congress approved January 21, 1929, as amended;
(2) net income derived from the sale, lease, or management of the land conveyed to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska under AS 14.40.365; however, the amount deposited in the endowment trust fund under this paragraph resulting from mineral lease royalties and royalty sales proceeds may not be less than 25 percent of all such mineral lease royalties and royalty sales proceeds received by the university; and
(3) monetary gifts, bequests, or endowments made to the University of Alaska for the purpose of the fund.
(b) The Board of Regents is the fiduciary of the fund. The Board of Regents shall account for and invest the fund. In carrying out its investment responsibilities under this subsection, the Board of Regents has the same powers and duties with respect to the fund as are provided or required under AS 37.10.071 and AS 13.65 (Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act). Notwithstanding any other provision of law, AS 37.10.071 governs the investment responsibilities established under this subsection if
(1) both AS 37.10.071 and AS 13.65 apply to the investment responsibilities established under this subsection; and
(2) AS 37.10.071 conflicts with AS 13.65.
(c) The total return from the fund shall be used exclusively for the University of Alaska, as the successor under AS 14.40.030 of the Agricultural College and School of Mines.
(d) The proceeds arising from the sale or disposal of land granted under the Act of Congress approved January 21, 1929, as amended, may not be used for the support of a sectarian or denominational college or school.
(e) [Repealed, § 14 ch 9 SLA 1997.]
(f) In this section,
(1) “fund” means the separate endowment trust fund established under (a) of this section;
(2) “total return” means the total earning of the fund, including current yield, gains, and capital appreciation, less all costs, expenses, losses, and capital depreciation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.410. Federal grants of money to establish agricultural experiment stations.

The state assents to the provisions and accepts the benefits of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States under the provisions of an Act approved July 2, 1862, and of the Acts supplementary thereto”approved March 2, 1887, as amended and supplemented and known as the Hatch Act, and extended to Alaska by an Act of Congress entitled “An Act to extend the benefits of the Hatch Act and the Smith-Lever Act to the Territory of Alaska,” approved February 23, 1929, in behalf of the University of Alaska, except that no substations may be established by the Board of Regents except by direct authority of the legislature. The commissioner of revenue is designated as the officer to whom the money shall be paid.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.420. University designated as beneficiary under Hatch Act and empowered to establish Agricultural Experiment Station.

The University of Alaska is designated as the beneficiary under the provisions of the Hatch Act and may establish a department to be known as the Agricultural Experiment Station.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.430. Acceptance of federal appropriation for agricultural extension work.

The state assents to the provisions and accepts the benefits of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide for cooperative extension work between agricultural colleges in the United States receiving the benefits of an Act of Congress approved July 2, 1862, and of Acts supplementary thereto and the United States Department of Agriculture” approved May 8, 1914, as amended and supplemented and known as the Smith-Lever Act and extended to Alaska by an Act of Congress entitled “An Act to extend the benefits of the Hatch Act and the Smith-Lever Act to the Territory of Alaska” approved February 23, 1929, in behalf of the University of Alaska. The commissioner of revenue is designated as the officer to whom the appropriations shall be paid.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.440. University designated beneficiary of Smith-Lever Act and empowered to carry on agricultural extension work.

The University of Alaska is designated as the beneficiary under the provisions of the Smith-Lever Act, and may administer and carry on agricultural extension work in the state in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.450. Governor authorized to make certificates to obtain federal grants of money.

The governor is authorized to make all certificates required by law or the regulations of the Department of Agriculture or of the Department of the Interior necessary to be made to entitle the state to grants of money for the benefits of state colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts authorized under any Act of Congress.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.453. Confidentiality of research.

The public records inspection requirements of AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.121 do not apply to writings or records that consist of intellectual property or proprietary information received, generated, learned, or discovered during research conducted by the University of Alaska or its agents or employees until publicly released, copyrighted, or patented, or until the research is terminated, except that the university shall make available the title and a description of all research projects, the name of the researcher, and the amount and source of funding provided for each project.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.458. University corporate interests.

(a) The university may purchase an interest in a corporation if the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska authorizes the purchase and the purchase advances a public purpose of the university.
(b) If the university purchases an interest in a corporation, the corporation is not considered to be a part of the university for any purpose, except to the extent that both the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska and the corporation's articles of incorporation state otherwise.
(c) Notwithstanding AS 09.50.250 and any other law, the University of Alaska is not liable for the obligations of a corporation that the University of Alaska has purchased an interest in under (a) of this section,
(1) except to the extent that the president of the university signs a written agreement on behalf of the university that expressly states that the university is liable for the obligations of the corporation and the obligations for which the university is liable are identified in the written agreement; or
(2) unless the university has engaged in fraudulent or other wrongful conduct relating to an obligation of the corporation or to the assets of the corporation that may be used to pay the obligation.
(d) In this section,
(1) “corporation” means a for-profit corporation, a nonprofit corporation, or a limited liability company, whether or not the corporation or company is organized in this state;
(2) “interest” means a membership, or a share or other ownership interest;
(3) “nonprofit corporation” means a corporation that qualifies for exemption from taxation under 26 U.S.C. 501(c) (Internal Revenue Code);
(4) “university” means the University of Alaska.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.461. University research forest.

(a) For the purpose of advancing research into forest practices, ecology, wildlife management, and recreation, a university research forest is established on land described as the “University Research Forest” and identified for conveyance to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska in the document titled “University of Alaska Land Grant List 2005,” dated January 12, 2005.
(b) Before conveyance of university research forest land to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska under AS 14.40.365(b), the commissioner of natural resources shall manage the university research forest to accomplish the purposes of this section and in accordance with state land use plans adopted under AS 38.04.065, forest management plans adopted under AS 41.17.230, and other provisions of law applicable to state-owned land.
(c) Notwithstanding the limitations of AS 14.40.365(l), on or before the date a parcel is required to be conveyed to the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska under AS 14.40.365(b), the commissioner of natural resources may
(1) convey an irrevocable interest in land located in the research forest that terminates or returns to the state on or before the date the parcel is required to be conveyed under AS 14.40.365(b);
(2) sell timber rights and dispose of other renewable resources located in the research forest.
(d) After conveyance of university research forest land to the Board of Regents in trust for the university under AS 14.40.365(b), the Board of Regents may disestablish some or all of the university research forest established by this section, and dispose of, or develop, land within the former research forest, if the Board of Regents first
(1) provides to the public and the commissioner of natural resources reasonable notice and an opportunity for comment on the board's proposed decision regarding disestablishment;
(2) considers comments received from the public and the commissioner of natural resources under (1) of this subsection;
(3) evaluates whether the objectives of advancing research into forest practices, ecology, wildlife management, and recreation can be accomplished without retaining some or all of the research forest;
(4) determines, following notice and any public comment by local timber industry representatives, that disposal of the land will not interfere with commercially viable timber harvest resource development; and
(5) concludes that it is in the best interest of the university to disestablish some or all of the research forest.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. › Sec. 14.40.491. Definition of university receipts.

In AS 14.40.120 - 14.40.491, “university receipts” includes
(1) student fees, including tuition;
(2) receipts from university auxiliary services;
(3) recovery of indirect costs of university activities;
(4) receipts from sales and rentals of university property;
(5) federal receipts;
(6) gifts, grants, and contracts;
(7) receipts from sales, rentals, and the provision of services of educational activities; and
(8) receipts attributable to amounts distributed from university endowments established and managed under AS 14.40.280 and from the endowment trust fund established and managed under AS 14.40.400.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 4. Community Colleges. › Sec. 14.40.560. Authority to cooperate.

A qualified school district or political subdivision may make an agreement with the University of Alaska for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of a community college. A qualified school district or qualified political subdivision shall pay all instructional and administrative costs for nondegree college programs and activities offered.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 4. Community Colleges. › Sec. 14.40.570. Authority of board.

(a) Since academic education beyond the high school level is a statewide responsibility, the board, in its discretion and as the need arises, may cooperate with the federal government and qualified school districts and political subdivisions in the establishment of appropriate higher educational programs and activities. The board is responsible for the selection of all community college instructors, part and full-time, for the academic degree programs and activities, and shall pay all instructional and administrative costs, including cost of special equipment and instructional materials, for academic degree programs and activities offered.
(b) Selected upper division and graduate level courses of instruction, offered by the university through its off-campus instructional program to meet local needs, may be coordinated through the office of the director of a community college.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 4. Community Colleges. › Sec. 14.40.580. Use of joint facilities.

(a) If facilities used by the community college are owned by the school district or political subdivision, the board, subject to availability of appropriated funds, may reimburse the school district for all expenses directly related to facilities for academic degree programs and activities. The school district or political subdivision shall bear all expenses directly related to nondegree programs and activities.
(b) If separate facilities are financed, constructed, or maintained from federal, state, or private funds for either academic degree or nonacademic degree programs and activities of the community college, then the board has title to and control of the separate facilities used for these purposes. If separate facilities are financed, constructed, or maintained from school district or political subdivision funds for either degree or nondegree programs and activities, the school district or political subdivision has title to and control of the separate facilities used for these purposes.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 4. Community Colleges. › Sec. 14.40.590. Director.

The administrative head of a community college established by the University of Alaska in cooperation with school districts or political subdivisions is a director. The director shall be selected by the board, subject to approval by the governing body of the school district or political subdivision.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 4. Community Colleges. › Sec. 14.40.600. Regulations.

A community college established by the university in cooperation with school districts or political subdivisions shall be established, maintained, and operated under rules and regulations adopted by the board. The selection and academic qualifications for personnel and the curriculum of a community college, insofar as it pertains to academic degree programs and activities, is the responsibility of the board. The selection and qualifications of personnel for nondegree programs and activities of the community college are the responsibility of the governing body of the school district or political subdivision.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 4. Community Colleges. › Sec. 14.40.610. Disposition of income.

(a) [Repealed, § 12 ch 42 SLA 1997.]
(b) All money, including tuition and fees received before or after April 10, 1962, from the operations of a community college established, operated, and maintained under AS 14.40.560 - 14.40.640 and directly related or attributable to nondegree programs and activities of the community college, shall be placed in the appropriate fund of the qualified school district or political subdivision cooperating with the university in the establishment of the community college.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 4. Community Colleges. › Sec. 14.40.620. Savings clause.

An agreement between the University of Alaska and a community college in effect on April 10, 1962, shall remain in effect until its agreed expiration unless, before the agreed expiration, it is mutually cancelled or modified by the contracting parties.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 40. The University of Alaska and the Community Colleges › Article 4. Community Colleges. › Sec. 14.40.630. Definitions.

In AS 14.40.560 - 14.40.640, unless the context otherwise requires,
(1) “board of regents” or “board” means the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska;
(2) “community college” means a program of education established by the University of Alaska in cooperation with qualified school districts or qualified political subdivisions of the state, including both academic degree and nondegree programs;
(3) “qualified school district” or “qualified political subdivision” means a school district or political subdivision organized under the laws of the state, or a group of two or more contiguous school districts or political subdivisions of the state, or a combination of each, which combination, considered as a unit, meets the following minimum requirements for the establishment of a community college:
(A) makes application to the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska for participation in the community college program;
(B) satisfies educational standards of the University of Alaska according to criteria established by the Board of Regents;
(C) has had an average daily membership during the previous school year of at least 75 high school students, grades 9-12;
(D) has established to the satisfaction of the Board of Regents the practical need for a community college within the district or political subdivision; and
(E) makes arrangements for defraying its proper share of the costs of the operation and maintenance of a community college, as provided by the terms of AS 14.40.560 - 14.40.640.