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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools › Article 1. State Aid to Public Schools. › Sec. 14.17.450. School size factor.

(a) For purposes of calculating a school's ADM to determine state aid, the ADM of each school in a district shall be computed by applying the following formula:
If the student count in a school isThe adjusted student count is
At leastBut less thanBaseMultiplierThe number of students in excess of
10-2039.6
20-3039.6+(1.62x20)
30-7555.8+(1.49x30)
75-150122.85+(1.27x75)
150-250218.1+(1.08x150)
250-400326.1+(0.97x250)
400-750471.6+(0.92x400)
750 or over793.6+(0.84x750).
(b) If the ADM in a school is less than 10, those students shall be included in the ADM of the school in that district with the lowest ADM as determined by the most recent student count data for that district.
(c) Except as provided in (d) of this section, if the student count in a charter school is less than 150, the adjusted student count for the school shall be calculated by multiplying the student count by the student rate for a school that has a student count of 400.
(d) If a charter school has a student count of at least 75 but less than 150 for the current year and is in the first three years of operation or had a student count of at least 75 in the previous year of operation,
(1) the adjusted student count for the school shall be calculated by multiplying the student count by the student rate for a school that has a student count of 150; and
(2) not later than February 15, the charter school shall submit for approval of the governing board of the district a plan for the following school year that includes a statement about whether the school will continue to operate if the student count remains the same that year and, if so, a projection of the funding anticipated from the state and other sources, a proposed budget, and a description of anticipated changes to the school staff, program, and curriculum; if the school intends to close if the student count remains the same the following year, the plan must describe transfer plans for students, staff, facilities, and materials.
(e) If an alternative school has a student count of more than 120 but less than 175 for the current year and is in the first year of operation or had a student count of 175 or more in the previous year of operation, the adjusted student count for the school shall be calculated by multiplying the student count by 95 percent of the student rate for a school that has a student count of 175.
(f) In (c) - (e) of this section, “student rate” is calculated by adding the base and the multiplier provided under (a) of this section and dividing the sum by the student count.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools › Article 1. State Aid to Public Schools. › Sec. 14.17.460. District cost factors.

(a) For purposes of calculating a district's adjusted ADM under AS 14.17.410(b)(1), the district cost factor for a school district is (1) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, the factor set out under column (A) of this subsection, (2) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, the factor set out under column (B) of this subsection, (3) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, the factor set out under column (C) of this subsection, (4) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, the factor set out under column (D) of this subsection, and (5) for fiscal years ending on or after June 30, 2013, the factor set out under column (E) of this subsection:
DISTRICT COST FACTOR
DISTRICT(A)(B)(C)(D)(E)
Alaska Gateway1.4431.4811.5191.5571.594
Aleutians East1.7071.7781.8491.9201.991
Aleutians Region1.8381.8641.8901.9161.939
Anchorage1.0001.0001.0001.0001.000
Annette Island1.1751.2161.2571.2981.338
Bering Strait1.7621.8211.8801.9391.998
Bristol Bay1.3701.3971.4241.4511.478
Chatham1.3481.4051.4621.5191.576
Chugach1.3951.4201.4451.4701.496
Copper River1.2461.2641.2821.3001.316
Cordova1.1651.1821.1991.2161.234
Craig1.1081.1331.1581.1831.206
Delta/Greely1.1741.1911.2081.2251.241
Denali1.3231.3261.3291.3321.332
Dillingham1.3001.3121.3241.3361.346
Fairbanks1.0551.0591.0631.0671.070
Galena1.3701.3761.3821.3881.391
Haines1.1041.1281.1521.1761.200
Hoonah1.2271.2701.3131.3561.399
Hydaburg1.2951.3481.4011.4541.504
Iditarod1.6581.7051.7521.7991.846
Juneau1.0751.0931.1111.1291.145
Kake1.2421.2961.3501.4041.459
Kashunamiut1.5041.5331.5621.5911.619
Kenai Peninsula1.0881.1091.1301.1511.171
Ketchikan1.0851.1061.1271.1481.170
Klawock1.1601.1961.2321.2681.302
Kodiak Island1.1911.2161.2411.2661.289
Kuspuk1.5841.6221.6601.6981.734
Lake and Peninsula1.7761.8311.8861.9411.994
Lower Kuskokwim1.5771.5991.6211.6431.663
Lower Yukon1.6501.7031.7561.8091.861
Matanuska-Susitna1.0401.0481.0561.0641.070
Mt. Edgecumbe1.0981.1231.1481.1731.195
Nenana1.3041.3131.3221.3311.338
Nome1.3851.4021.4191.4361.450
North Slope1.6481.6841.7201.7561.791
Northwest Arctic1.6861.7201.7541.7881.823
Pelican1.3841.4081.4321.4561.477
Petersburg1.1221.1531.1841.2151.244
Pribilof1.5551.5891.6231.6571.691
Sitka1.0981.1231.1481.1731.195
Skagway1.1591.1631.1671.1711.174
Southeast Island1.2641.2991.3341.3691.403
Southwest Region1.5541.5871.6201.6531.685
St. Mary's1.4881.5221.5561.5901.624
Tanana1.6411.6771.7131.7491.786
Unalaska1.3431.3681.3931.4181.441
Valdez1.1331.1431.1531.1631.170
Wrangell1.0801.1001.1201.1401.159
Yakutat1.2291.2751.3211.3671.412
Yukon Flats1.8921.9482.0042.0602.116
Yukon/Koyukuk1.6691.7111.7531.7951.835
Yupiit1.5961.6281.6601.6921.723.
(b) The department shall monitor the cost factors established under (a) of this section and shall prepare and submit to the legislature by January 15 of every other fiscal year proposed district cost factors.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools › Article 1. State Aid to Public Schools. › Sec. 14.17.480. Quality school funding.

(a) As a component of public school funding, a district is eligible to receive a quality school funding grant not to exceed the district's adjusted ADM multiplied by $16. The department shall by regulation establish a grant process to implement this section.
(b) For purposes of the reduction required under AS 14.17.400(b), funding authorized under (a) of this section is treated the same as the state share of public school funding under AS 14.17.410.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools › Article 1. State Aid to Public Schools. › Sec. 14.17.490. Public school funding adjustments.

(a) Except as provided in (b) - (e) of this section, if, in fiscal year 1999, a city or borough school district or a regional educational attendance area would receive less public school funding under AS 14.17.410 than the district or area would have received as state aid, the district or area is, in each fiscal year, eligible to receive additional public school funding equal to the difference between the public school funding the district or area was eligible to receive under AS 14.17.410 in fiscal year 1999 and the state aid the district or area would have received in fiscal year 1999.
(b) A city or borough school district is not eligible for additional funding authorized under (a) of this section unless, during the fiscal year in which the district receives funding under (a) of this section, the district received a local contribution equal to at least the equivalent of a 2.65 mill tax levy on the full and true value of the taxable real and personal property in the district as of January 1 of the second preceding fiscal year as determined by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development under AS 14.17.510 and AS 29.45.110.
(c) For the purposes of the reduction required under AS 14.17.400(b), funding authorized under (a) of this section is treated the same as the state share of public school funding under AS 14.17.410.
(d) Beginning in fiscal year 2000, if a district receives more public school funding under AS 14.17.410 than the district received in the preceding fiscal year, any amount received by the district under this section shall be reduced. The amount of the reduction required under this subsection is equal to the amount of increase from the preceding fiscal year in public school funding multiplied by 40 percent. In this subsection, “public school funding” does not include funding under this section.
(e) Beginning in fiscal year 2000, in each fiscal year, the department shall compare each district's ADM with the district's ADM in fiscal year 1999. If the current fiscal year ADM is less than 95 percent of the district's ADM in fiscal year 1999, the department shall reduce the district's public school funding calculated under (a) of this section by a percentage equal to the percentage of decrease in the district's ADM.
(f) For purposes of this section, “state aid” means state aid distributed under the provisions of AS 14.17, as those provisions read on January 1, 1998, and additional district support appropriated by the legislature for fiscal year 1998.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools › Article 2. Preparation of Public School Funding Budget. › Sec. 14.17.500. Student count estimate.

(a) A district shall prepare and submit to the department by November 5 of each fiscal year, in the manner and on forms prescribed by the department, an estimate of its ADM and other student count data, including per school student count data, for the succeeding fiscal year upon which computations can be made to estimate the amount of state aid for which the district may be eligible under AS 14.17.400 in the succeeding fiscal year. In making its report, the district shall consider its ADM, other student count data, the pattern of growth or decline of the student population in preceding years, and other pertinent information available to the district.
(b) Part-time students shall be included in the student count data in accordance with regulations adopted by the department.
(c) When reporting a district's ADM, a part-time student who is a correspondence student may not be counted as more than one full-time equivalent student.
(d) [Effective July 1, 2023. See delayed amendment note.] Except as provided in (e) - (g) of this section, a student in a district-wide early education program provided by a school district and approved by the department under AS 14.07.020(a)(8) is counted as one-half of a full-time equivalent student.
(e) [Effective July 1, 2023. See delayed repeal note.] A school district may not include in a school's ADM students who are four and five years of age if the students are enrolled in an early education program that receives state or federal funding other than funding under this chapter.
(f) [Effective July 1, 2023. See delayed repeal note.] A school district may not include in a school's ADM students who are four and five years of age if inclusion of the students would result in an increase of total state aid attributable to district-wide early education programs approved under AS 14.03.410 of more than $3,000,000 from the previous fiscal year. The department shall prioritize the funding of district-wide early education programs, giving priority to school districts with lower performance, based on the department's ranking of districts under AS 14.03.410(c). When the number of students in a district-wide early education program will result in an increase of total state aid attributable to district-wide early education programs approved under AS 14.03.410 of more than $3,000,000 from the previous fiscal year, the department may identify the amount, up to $3,000,000, available for the district's district-wide early education program.
(g) [Effective July 1, 2023. See delayed repeal note.] For purposes of AS 14.09.010, a student in a district-wide early education program provided by a school district and approved by the department under AS 14.07.020(a)(8) is counted as a full-time equivalent student.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools › Article 2. Preparation of Public School Funding Budget. › Sec. 14.17.505. Fund balance in school operating fund.

(a) A district may not accumulate in a fiscal year an unreserved portion of its year-end fund balance in its school operating fund, as defined by department regulations, that is greater than 10 percent of its expenditures for that fiscal year.
(b) The department shall review each district's annual audit under AS 14.14.050 for the preceding fiscal year to ascertain its year-end operating fund balance. The amount by which the unreserved portion of that balance exceeds the amount permitted in (a) of this section shall be deducted from the state aid that would otherwise be paid to the district in the current fiscal year.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools › Article 2. Preparation of Public School Funding Budget. › Sec. 14.17.510. Determination of full and true value by Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.

(a) To determine the amount of required local contribution under AS 14.17.410(b)(2) and to aid the department and the legislature in planning, the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, in consultation with the assessor for each district in a city or borough, shall determine the full and true value of the taxable real and personal property in each district in a city or borough. If there is no local assessor or current local assessment for a city or borough school district, then the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall make the determination of full and true value guided by AS 29.45.110 and based on a determination of full and true value made by the state assessor at least every two years using the best information available, including on-site inspections made by the state assessor in each of those districts at least once every four years. For purposes of this subsection, the full and true value of taxable real and personal property in any area detached shall be excluded from the determination of the full and true value of the municipality from which the property was detached for the two years immediately preceding the effective date of the detachment. Also, in making the determination for a municipality that is a school district, or for a city that is within a borough school district, the assessed value of property taxable under AS 43.56 shall be excluded if a tax is not levied under AS 29.45.080 by the municipality that is the school district. The determination of full and true value shall be made by October 1 and sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, on or before that date to the president of the school board in each city or borough school district. Duplicate copies shall be sent to the commissioner. The governing body of a city or borough that is a school district may obtain judicial review of the determination. The superior court may modify the determination of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development only upon a finding of abuse of discretion or upon a finding that there is no substantial evidence to support the determination.
(b) Motor vehicles subject to the motor vehicle registration tax under AS 28.10.431 shall be treated as taxable property under this section.
(c) [Repealed, § 8 ch 19 SLA 2012.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools › Article 3. Procedure for Payments of State Aid. › Sec. 14.17.600. Student count periods.

(a) Within two weeks after the end of the 20-school-day period ending the fourth Friday in October, each district shall transmit a report to the department that, under regulations adopted by the department, reports its ADM for that count period and other student count information that will aid the department in making a determination of its state aid under the public school funding program. For centralized correspondence study, the October report shall be based on the period from July 1 through the fourth Friday in October. The department may make necessary corrections in the report submitted and shall notify the district of changes made. The commissioner shall notify the governor of additional appropriations the commissioner estimates to be necessary to fully finance the public school funding program for the current fiscal year.
(b) Upon written request and for good cause shown, the commissioner may permit a district to use a 20-school-day count period other than the period set out in (a) of this section. However, a count period approved under this subsection must be 20 consecutive school days unless one or more alternate count periods are necessary to permit a district to implement flexible scheduling that meets the district's needs and goals without jeopardizing the state aid for which the district would ordinarily be eligible under this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools › Article 3. Procedure for Payments of State Aid. › Sec. 14.17.610. Distribution of state aid.

(a) The department shall determine the state aid for each school district in a fiscal year on the basis of the district's student count data reported under AS 14.17.600. On or before the 15th day of each of the first nine months of each fiscal year, one-twelfth of each district's state aid shall be distributed on the basis of the data reported for the preceding fiscal year. On or before the 15th day of each of the last three months of each fiscal year, one-third of the balance of each district's state aid shall be distributed, after the balance has been recomputed on the basis of student count and other data reported for the current fiscal year.
(b) Distribution of state aid under (a) of this section shall be made as required under AS 14.17.410. If a district receives more state aid than it is entitled to receive under this chapter, the district shall immediately remit the amount of overpayment to the commissioner, to be returned to the public education fund. The department may make adjustments to a district's state aid to correct underpayments made in previous fiscal years.
(c) Upon an adequate showing of a cash flow shortfall of a district, and in the discretion of the commissioner, the department may make advance payments to a district. The total of advance payments may not exceed the amount of state aid for which the district is eligible for the fiscal year.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools › Article 4. General Provisions. › Sec. 14.17.900. Construction and implementation of chapter.

(a) This chapter does not create a debt of the state. Each district shall establish, maintain, and operate under a balanced budget. The state is not responsible for the debts of a school district.
(b) Money to carry out the provisions of this chapter may be appropriated annually by the legislature into the public education fund. If the amount appropriated to the fund for the purposes of this chapter is insufficient to meet the allocations authorized under AS 14.17.400 - 14.17.470 for a fiscal year, state aid shall be reduced according to AS 14.17.400(b).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools › Article 4. General Provisions. › Sec. 14.17.905. Facilities constituting a school.

(a) [See delayed amendment notes.] For purposes of this chapter, the determination of the number of schools in a district is subject to the following:
(1) a community with an ADM of at least 10, but not more than 100, shall be counted as one school;
(2) a community with an ADM of at least 101, but not more than 425, shall be counted as
(A) [See delayed amendment note.] one elementary school, which includes those students in grades kindergarten through six; and
(B) one secondary school, which includes students in grades seven through 12;
(3) in a community with an ADM of greater than 425, each facility that is administered as a separate school shall be counted as one school, except that each alternative school with an ADM of less than 175 shall be counted as a part of the school in the district with the highest ADM.
(b) Notwithstanding (a)(3) of this section and for purposes other than calculations under AS 14.17.450, a charter school shall be counted as a separate school if the charter school has an ADM of at least 150 students.
(c) Notwithstanding (a)(2) and (a)(3) of this section, in a community with an ADM of greater than 425 that has only one facility administered as a school, excluding charter schools, for students in grades kindergarten through 12, the number of schools for the community shall be counted under (a)(2) of this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools › Article 4. General Provisions. › Sec. 14.17.910. Restrictions governing receipt and expenditure of district money.

(a) Each district shall maintain complete financial records of the receipt and disbursement of state aid, money acquired from local effort, and other money received or held by the district. The records must be in the form required by the department and are subject to audit by the department at a time and place designated by the department.
(b) State aid provided under this chapter is for general operational purposes of the district. All district money, including state aid, shall be received, held, allocated, and expended by the district under applicable local law and state and federal constitutional provisions, statutes, and regulations, including those related to ethical standards and accounting principles.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 17. Financing of Public Schools › Article 4. General Provisions. › Sec. 14.17.990. Definitions.

In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) “ADM or average daily membership” means the aggregate number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in a school district during the student count period for which a determination is being made, divided by the actual number of days that school is in session for the student count period for which the determination is being made;
(2) “district” means a city or borough school district or a regional educational attendance area;
(3) “district adjusted ADM” means the number resulting from the calculations under AS 14.17.410(b)(1);
(4) “district ADM” means the sum of the ADMs in a district;
(5) “eligible federal impact aid” means the amount of federal impact aid received by a district as of March 1 of the fiscal year as a result of an application submitted in the preceding fiscal year, including advance payments and adjustments received since March 1 of the preceding fiscal year from prior year applications, under 20 U.S.C. 7701 - 7714, except payments received under former 20 U.S.C. 7703(f)(2)(B), to the extent the state may consider that aid as local resources under federal law;
(6) “local contribution” means appropriations and the value of in-kind services made by a district;
(7) “taxable real and personal property” means all real and personal property taxable under the laws of the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 18. Prohibition Against Discrimination Based on Sex or Race in Public Education › Sec. 14.18.010. Discrimination based on sex and race prohibited.

Recognizing the benefit to the state and nation of equal educational opportunities for all students, and equal employment opportunity for public education employees, discrimination on the basis of sex against an employee or a student in public education in Alaska and discrimination against an employee on the basis of race violate art. I, § 3 of the Alaska Constitution and are prohibited. A person in the state may not on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal or state financial assistance.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 18. Prohibition Against Discrimination Based on Sex or Race in Public Education › Sec. 14.18.020. Discrimination in employment prohibited.

The board, the Board of Regents, and each school board in the state shall
(1) allow no difference in conditions of employment, including hiring practices, credential requirements, leaves of absence, hours of employment, pay, employee benefits, and assignment of instructional and noninstructional duties based on sex or race; and
(2) provide the same opportunities for advancement to males and females.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 18. Prohibition Against Discrimination Based on Sex or Race in Public Education › Sec. 14.18.040. Discrimination in recreational and athletic activities prohibited.

(a) Equal opportunity for both sexes in athletics and in recreation shall be provided in a manner that is commensurate with the general interests of the members of each sex. Separate school-sponsored teams may be provided for each sex. A school that sponsors separate teams in a particular sport shall provide equipment and supplies, services, and opportunities, including use of courts, gymnasiums, and pools, to both teams with no disparities based on sex. A school that provides showers, toilets, or training-room facilities for athletic or recreational purposes shall provide comparable facilities for both sexes, either through the use of separate facilities or by scheduling separate use by each sex.
(b) A school shall divide available evening time for athletic events fairly between events for each sex.
(c) The board and the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska shall adopt procedures to determine on an annual basis student interest in male and female participation in specific sports, athletics, and recreation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 18. Prohibition Against Discrimination Based on Sex or Race in Public Education › Sec. 14.18.050. Discrimination in course offerings prohibited.

(a) Except as provided in (b) this section, all public education classes are available to all students without regard to sex, and curriculum requirements may not be differentiated on the basis of sex.
(b) Separation of the sexes is permitted during sex education programs and during participation in physical education activities if the purpose of the activity involves bodily contact.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 18. Prohibition Against Discrimination Based on Sex or Race in Public Education › Sec. 14.18.060. Discrimination in textbooks and instructional materials prohibited.

(a) School boards shall have textbooks and instructional materials reviewed for evidence of sex bias in accordance with AS 14.08.111(9) and AS 14.14.090(7). School boards shall use educationally sound, unbiased texts and other instructional materials as they become available. Nothing in this section prohibits use of literary works.
(b) The board shall establish by regulation standards for nondiscriminatory textbooks and educational materials. Each school board shall provide training for all its certificated personnel on a schedule adopted by the governing body of a school district in the identification and recognition of sex-biased materials.
(c) The Board of Regents shall establish and implement a policy under AS 14.40.170(b) for the guidance of officers and employees of the university on the selection of nondiscriminatory textbooks and educational materials.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 18. Prohibition Against Discrimination Based on Sex or Race in Public Education › Sec. 14.18.080. Implementation.

(a) The board shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) to implement this chapter.
(b) The Board of Regents shall adopt rules under AS 14.40.170(b)(1) to implement this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 18. Prohibition Against Discrimination Based on Sex or Race in Public Education › Sec. 14.18.090. Enforcement by board of education and early development.

(a) The board shall enforce compliance by school districts and regional educational attendance areas with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations and procedures adopted under it by appropriate order made in accordance with AS 44.62. After a hearing conducted by the office of administrative hearings (AS 44.64.010) and a finding by the board that a district or a regional educational attendance area is not in compliance with this chapter and is not actively working to come into compliance, the board shall institute appropriate proceedings to abate the practices found by the board to be a violation of this chapter.
(b) After a finding by the board that a district or regional educational attendance area has not complied with AS 14.18.020 - 14.18.070, and that the measures taken under (a) of this section have been ineffective, the board shall withhold state funds in accordance with AS 14.07.070.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 18. Prohibition Against Discrimination Based on Sex or Race in Public Education › Sec. 14.18.100. Remedies.

(a) A person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter or of a regulation or procedure adopted under this chapter as to primary or secondary education may file a complaint with the board and has an independent right of action in superior court for civil damages and for such equitable relief as the court may determine.
(b) A person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter or of a regulation or procedure adopted under this chapter as to postsecondary education has an independent right of action in superior court for civil damages and for such equitable relief as the court may determine.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel › Article 1. Teacher Certification. › Sec. 14.20.010. Teacher certificate required.

A person may not be employed as a teacher in the public schools of the state unless that person possesses a valid teacher certificate except that a person who has made application to the department for a teacher certificate or renewal of a teacher certificate that has not been acted on by the department may be employed as a teacher in the public schools of the state until the department has taken action on the application, but in no case may employment without a certificate last longer than three months. A person who has made application for a certificate under this section may teach for an additional 60 days beyond three months without a certificate if the department grants a written extension. An extension may be granted under this section for not more than 60 days to the person solely due to delay in the department's receipt of criminal justice information under AS 12.62 or a national criminal history record check under AS 12.62.400.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel › Article 1. Teacher Certification. › Sec. 14.20.015. Recognition of certificates of out-of-state teachers.

(a) Notwithstanding the requirements of AS 14.20.020, the department shall issue a teacher certificate to an out-of-state teacher who meets the requirements of this section. To be eligible for a teacher certificate under this section, a person shall
(1) have received at least a baccalaureate degree from an institution of higher education accredited by a recognized regional accrediting association or approved by the commissioner;
(2) hold a valid regular teacher certificate issued by another state;
(3) have submitted fingerprints to the department to be used for a criminal history background check and been found by the department to be suitable for employment as a teacher under AS 14.20.020(f);
(4) have paid the fee required by the department under AS 14.20.020(c).
(b) An out-of-state teacher who has been issued a teacher certificate under this section shall complete the education requirements under AS 14.20.020(h) within two years, and complete the training requirements under AS 14.20.020(k) within 90 days, after the date the teacher certificate was issued. If the teacher does not complete the education requirements within that two-year period or the training requirements within that 90-day period, the department shall immediately revoke the teacher's teacher certificate.
(c) [See delayed amendment notes.] The teacher certificate issued under this section must contain the same endorsements as those on the current valid regular teacher certificate issued by the other state.
(d) [Repealed, § 8 ch 69 SLA 2022.]
(e) [Repealed, § 8 ch 69 SLA 2022.]
(f) [Repealed, § 8 ch 69 SLA 2022.]
(g) The department shall by regulation adopt a process to expedite issuance of a certificate to the spouse of an active duty member of the armed forces of the United States.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel › Article 1. Teacher Certification. › Sec. 14.20.017. Grace period for issuance of regular teacher certificates to previously certificated teachers.

(a) The department shall issue a teacher certificate as described in AS 14.20.020, subject to revocation, to a teacher who meets the requirements of this section. To be eligible for a revocable teacher certificate under this section, a person shall
(1) have held a valid teacher certificate issued under AS 14.20.020 that expired more than 12 months before the teacher applied for a certificate under this section;
(2) have paid the fee required by the department under AS 14.20.020(c).
(b) A revocable teacher certificate issued under this section is valid for one year, during which the teacher shall complete any requirements for the issuance of a regular teacher certificate under AS 14.20.020 that the teacher has not already met. The department shall expedite the procedures required of teachers holding revocable teacher certificates who are seeking certification under AS 14.20.020.
(c) A teacher holding a revocable teacher certificate under this section who previously passed the competency examination designated by the board under AS 14.20.020(i) is not required to retake the examination before being eligible for a regular certificate under AS 14.20.020. A teacher holding a revocable teacher certificate who did not previously take or pass the competency examination shall take and pass the examination within one year after the date the revocable teacher certificate was issued. If the teacher does not pass the examination, the department shall immediately revoke the revocable teacher certificate.
(d) A teacher holding a revocable teacher certificate under this section may not receive a teacher certificate issued under AS 14.20.020 until the teacher submits fingerprints to the department to be used for a criminal history background check and the teacher has been found by the department to be suitable for employment as a teacher under AS 14.20.020(f).
(e) The revocable teacher certificate issued under this section must contain the same endorsements as those on the teacher's expired teacher certificate.
(f) Employment on the basis of a revocable teacher certificate issued under this section shall be considered in determining whether a teacher qualifies for tenure under AS 14.20.150.
(g) A revocable teacher certificate and any endorsements issued under this section are valid for one year and may not be renewed under this section. The department may not issue a provisional certificate or a temporary certificate to a teacher who has held a teacher certificate issued under this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel › Article 1. Teacher Certification. › Sec. 14.20.023. Limited language immersion teacher certificates.

(a) Notwithstanding AS 14.20.020(b), the department may issue a limited language immersion teacher certificate, valid only in the area of expertise for which it is issued, to a person qualified under (b) of this section to teach any subject if the language of instruction is not English and the instruction is provided only to students who are enrolled in a language immersion program.
(b) A person may apply for a limited language immersion teacher certificate under this section if the person is the subject of a request made under (c) of this section and demonstrates, as required by regulations adopted by the board, instructional skills and subject matter expertise sufficient to assure the public that the person is competent as a teacher. The board may require a person issued a limited language immersion teacher certificate under this section to undertake academic training as may be required by the board by regulation and make satisfactory progress in the academic training.
(c) The department may issue a limited language immersion teacher certificate under this section if the school board of the district or regional educational attendance area in which an applicant for a limited language immersion teacher certificate will be teaching submits a request to the department for the limited language immersion teacher certificate to be issued to the applicant. A request for a limited language immersion teacher certificate under this section must specify the school district or regional educational attendance area, subject, and instructional language for which the certificate is valid.
(d) The board may adopt regulations necessary to implement this section. The regulations may not require an applicant for a limited language immersion teacher certificate under this section to achieve a minimum score on an examination unless the examination is given in the instructional language for which the certificate is valid.
(e) A limited language immersion teacher certificate issued under this section is initially valid for one year. The department may, in accordance with regulations adopted by the board, extend or renew a limited language immersion teacher certificate issued to a person under this section if the school board of the district or regional educational attendance area in which the person is or will be teaching requests that the certificate be extended or renewed and certifies that the person has demonstrated skills in classroom instruction and student assessment.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel › Article 1. Teacher Certification. › Sec. 14.20.025. Limited teacher certificates.

Notwithstanding AS 14.20.020(b), a person may be issued a limited certificate, valid only in the area of expertise for which it is issued, to teach Alaska Native language or culture, military science, or a vocational or technical course for which the board determines by regulation that baccalaureate degree training is not sufficiently available. A limited certificate may be issued under this section only if the school board of the district or regional educational attendance area in which the person will be teaching has requested its issuance. A person who applies for a limited certificate shall demonstrate, as required by regulations adopted by the board, instructional skills and subject matter expertise sufficient to ensure the public that the person is competent as a teacher. The board may require a person issued a limited certificate to undertake academic training as may be required by the board by regulation and make satisfactory progress in the academic training.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel › Article 1. Teacher Certification. › Sec. 14.20.027. Reporting of and access to social security numbers.

Notwithstanding AS 14.20.010 - 14.20.040, the department may not issue a teacher certificate under AS 14.20.020 or a limited teacher certificate under AS 14.20.025 unless the applicant has supplied the department with the applicant's social security number. Upon request, the department shall provide the social security number to the child support services agency created in AS 25.27.010, or the child support enforcement agency of another state, for child support purposes authorized under law.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel › Article 1. Teacher Certification. › Sec. 14.20.030. Causes for revocation and suspension.

(a) The commissioner or the Professional Teaching Practices Commission may revoke or suspend a certificate only for the following reasons:
(1) incompetency, which is defined as the inability or the unintentional or intentional failure to perform the teacher's customary teaching duties in a satisfactory manner;
(2) immorality, which is defined as the commission of an act which, under the laws of the state, constitutes a crime involving moral turpitude;
(3) substantial noncompliance with the school laws of the state or the regulations of the department; or
(4) upon a determination by the Professional Teaching Practices Commission that there has been a violation of ethical or professional standards or contractual obligations.
(b) The commissioner or the Professional Teaching Practices Commission shall revoke for life the certificate of a person who has been convicted of a crime, or an attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit a crime, involving a minor under AS 11.41.410 - 11.41.460, AS 11.61.125, or 11.61.127, or a law or ordinance in another jurisdiction with elements similar to an offense described in this subsection.
(c) The commissioner or the Professional Teaching Practices Commission shall request the chief administrative law judge (AS 44.64.020), to appoint an administrative law judge employed by the office of administrative hearings to preside at a hearing conducted under this section. AS 44.64.060 and 44.64.070 do not apply to the hearing.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel › Article 1. Teacher Certification. › Sec. 14.20.035. Evaluation of training and experience.

In evaluating an applicant for a position in a district or regional educational attendance area, a district or regional educational attendance area shall give preference to those applicants who demonstrate training or experience that establishes that the applicant is likely to be sensitive to the traditions and culture of the cultural backgrounds represented in the student population.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel › Article 1. Teacher Certification. › Sec. 14.20.040. Applicability of the Administrative Procedure Act.

AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) applies to all proceedings under AS 14.20.030, and revocations and suspensions are final and reviewable in accordance with AS 44.62.560 - 44.62.570.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel › Article 2. Employment and Tenure. › Sec. 14.20.095. Right to comment and criticize not to be restricted.

A bylaw or regulation of the commissioner, a school board, or local school administrator may not restrict or modify the right of a teacher to engage in comment and criticism outside school hours, regarding school personnel, members of the governing body of any school or school district, any other public official, or any school employee, to the same extent that any private individual may exercise the right.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel › Article 2. Employment and Tenure. › Sec. 14.20.100. Unlawful to require statement of religious or political affiliation.

A school board, or a member of a school board, may not require or compel a person applying for the position of teacher in the public schools of the state to state a religious or political affiliation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel › Article 2. Employment and Tenure. › Sec. 14.20.120. Statement of qualifications.

A statement of the qualifications of each teacher and superintendent employed by the state or a school district shall be filed with the commissioner. The statement must contain the credits earned in college, normal school, or university, and the number of years of teaching experience both in the state and elsewhere in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel › Article 2. Employment and Tenure. › Sec. 14.20.130. Employment contracts.

An employer may, after January 1, issue contracts for the following school year to employees regularly qualified in accordance with the regulations of the department. The contract for a superintendent may be for more than one school year but may not exceed three consecutive school years.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel › Article 2. Employment and Tenure. › Sec. 14.20.136. Reemployment of member of teachers' retirement system.

(a) Subject to (b) - (d) of this section, a school district may reemploy a member who is retired under a retirement plan established in AS 14.25.009 - 14.25.220, or a member who is retired under a retirement plan established in AS 14.25.310 - 14.25.590. In this subsection, “school district” has the meaning given in AS 14.30.350.
(b) A member who is retired under AS 14.25.110(a) may not be reemployed under (a) of this section unless the member
(1) certifies that the member and the school district did not arrange before the member retired from the school district for the member to be reemployed by the school district after the member retired; and
(2) has been retired for at least
(A) 60 days if the member is at least 62 years of age; or
(B) six months if the member is less than 62 years of age.
(c) Before reemploying a retired member under (a) of this section to fill a position, a school district shall
(1) by resolution, adopt a policy that describes the circumstances of a shortage or anticipated shortage of applicants, other than retired members, who are qualified for particular positions and permits rehiring that complies with the requirements of this section; and
(2) publicly advertise the position for 10 business days and actively recruit to fill the position by hiring a person other than a member who is retired.
(d) A contract for reemployment under (a) of this section may not exceed 12 consecutive months.
(e) A school district that reemploys a member under this section who is retired under the defined benefit retirement plan established in AS 14.25.009 - 14.25.220 is required to
(1) provide the administrator with
(A) a copy of the resolution and policy adopted under (c) of this section; and
(B) for every retired member who is rehired, a report identifying the member by name and describing the
(i) circumstances of the shortage that necessitated the rehire; and
(ii) actions taken by the school district to comply with school district policy adopted under (c) of this section and the requirements of this section; and
(2) make contributions under AS 14.25.070.
(f) The requirements of (c), (d), and (e)(1) of this section do not apply to the rehire of a member who is eligible for restoration of tenure rights under AS 14.20.165.