2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 42. Postsecondary Education Commission and Loan Corporation › Article 1. Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education. › Sec. 14.42.015. Creation, composition, appointment of members.

(a) There is in the Department of Education and Early Development the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education consisting of
(1) two members of the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska designated by the members of that body;
(2) one person representing private nonprofit higher education in the state appointed by the governor;
(3) one person representing the Department of Education and Early Development selected by the state Board of Education and Early Development;
(4) four persons broadly and equitably representative of the general public appointed by the governor;
(5) one member of the Alaska Workforce Investment Board established by AS 23.15.550 designated by the members of that body;
(6) one person from the members of the local community college advisory councils appointed by the governor;
(7) two members from the legislature, one of whom shall be appointed by the president of the senate and one by the speaker of the house of representatives;
(8) one person appointed in accordance with (e) of this section who is a full-time student as defined in AS 14.43.160;
(9) one administrator appointed by the governor from a proprietary institution of postsecondary education that has an authorization to operate in the state issued under AS 14.48.
(b) No governing body member, trustee, official, or employee of either a public, private, or proprietary institution of postsecondary or higher education in the state may be appointed to membership on the commission as representative of the general public for the purpose of (a)(4) of this section.
(c) The governor's appointees are subject to confirmation by the legislature and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor for four-year staggered terms. Members appointed or designated by bodies or agencies other than the governor serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointment.
(d) A full-time postsecondary student shall be appointed to the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education from a list of nominees submitted to the governor. The governor shall make the appointment from the list within 60 days after it is submitted. The list must consist of the names of two or more nominees from private nonprofit institutions of higher education in the state and two nominees from each campus of the University of Alaska. The nominees shall be selected by the students at private nonprofit institutions of higher education and each campus of the University of Alaska by an election held on each campus. Elections under this subsection shall be held concurrently with student regent elections required under AS 14.40.150(b) and conducted under rules established by the Office of the Governor. If a private nonprofit institution of higher education in the state does not have an organized student governance structure to hold elections, the institution's governing board may nominate a full-time student and forward the name to the governor for consideration. The term of office of the student member of the commission is two years and begins June 1 of the year in which the appointment is made. Membership on the commission is immediately forfeited by a student member who ceases to be a full-time student. Within 60 days after a vacancy occurs, the governor shall appoint a successor from those students appearing on the list of nominees to serve for the unexpired term of the original appointee. The term “campus” used in this subsection means a portion of the University of Alaska designated as a “campus” by the Board of Regents.
(e) For the purpose of (a)(4) of this section, “broadly and equitably representative of the general public” means that the public membership of the commission shall include adequate representation both on the basis of sex and on the basis of the significant racial, ethnic, geographic, and economic groups in the state.