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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 17 - Regulation of Postsecondary Educational Institutions › Article 2 - Authorization to Operate as a University, College, Junior College, Community College, or Career College › 20 AAC 17.225 - Requirements for degrees and degree programs

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A degree program
				must be within the scope of an accredited institution's accreditation, and must
				adhere to the standards under (b) of this section. If a postsecondary institution
				wishes to establish a new degree program or degree program title, the institution
				must present the following information to the commission:
(1) a rationale that the program or degree
				title could not reasonably be included in a program or degree title already
				approved by the commission;
(2)
				evidence that the new program or degree title is needed, based upon student
				interest; state, regional, national or international need; or contributions that
				the new program or degree title will provide to existing institutional programs
				or departments;
(3) evidence that a
				plan for review of the new program or degree title is in place; and
(4) evidence that commission requirements for
				initiation of a new program or degree title have been satisfied.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 17 - Regulation of Postsecondary Educational Institutions › Article 2 - Authorization to Operate as a University, College, Junior College, Community College, or Career College › 20 AAC 17.230 - Financial and record keeping standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An institution
				offering a degree program shall meet the requirements of Standard Seven - Finance
				in the Accreditation Handbook, of the Northwest Commission on Colleges and
				Universities, 2013 edition, adopted by reference, or an equivalent financial
				reporting system approved by the commission. An equivalent financial reporting
				system must include an annual audit of the school's financial records conducted
				by an external certified public accountant, presentation of adequacy and
				stability of income as measured by at least three years' history, and an
				accounting system that follows the generally accepted accounting principles for
				postsecondary institutions.
(b) An
				institution's plans for student scholastic and financial record retention and
				disposal must meet the requirements of
				20 AAC 17.110, and must either meet the recommended
				standards of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission
				Officers (AACRAO) in
Retention of Records: Guide for Retention and
				Disposal of Student Records,
2010 edition, and
Academic Record
				and Transcript Guide,
2011 edition, adopted by reference, or provide for
				an equivalent record retention and disposal system approved by the commission.
				Requirements for an approved system include
(1)
				compliance with state and federal law regarding record establishment,
				maintenance, retention, disposal, access, and security;
(2) protocols for transfer of record
				custody;
(3) procedures for
				notification of changes in the location of, or means of access to, retained
				records, and identification of the responsible records manager.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 17 - Regulation of Postsecondary Educational Institutions › Article 2 - Authorization to Operate as a University, College, Junior College, Community College, or Career College › 20 AAC 17.235 - Learning resource program

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				provided in (b) of this section, an institution that offers a degree program must
				have a library, supplementary program, and academic support services at its
				facility that are conveniently accessible to students and faculty, and that
				include sufficient facilities, materials, and equipment to support and enhance
				the educational philosophy, mission, and objectives of the institution. The
Standards for Libraries in Higher Education, 2011,
of the
				Association of College and Research Libraries/American Library Association, is
				adopted by reference, and provides guidance to meet standards relating to library
				staffing, budget, collection size, annual accessions, space requirements, and
				equipment for distribution and production.
(b) Under conditions that the commission
				considers beneficial to students, institutions, and to the communities involved,
				the commission will, in its discretion, permit an institution to obtain learning
				resource services through cooperative agreements with conveniently accessible
				existing college or public libraries.
(c) A college or graduate institution
				headquartered outside of this state must meet the requirements of this section
				for a branch campus of that college or institution to offer programs in this
				state. The commission will, in the commission's discretion, allow that college or
				institution to meet those standards through cooperative agreements with existing
				local college or public libraries in this state. The cooperative agreements under
				this subsection must:
(1) be developed by the
				participating institutions with any fees based upon guidelines developed after
				consideration of appropriate national, regional and state library standards,
				including:
(A) projected student population
				using the service,
(B) the services
				to be provided,
(C) the projected
				expenditures per full-time equivalent (FTE) student or the percent of operating
				budget allocated by the main campus to the central library of each participating
				institution, and
(D) the expenditure
				per FTE student or the percent of operating budget by the providing institution
				for its library in this state;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 17 - Regulation of Postsecondary Educational Institutions › Article 2 - Authorization to Operate as a University, College, Junior College, Community College, or Career College › 20 AAC 17.240 - Institutional assessment

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An institution that offers a degree program
				must have in place an institutional assessment program that can provide tangible
				evidence of the effectiveness of the general education program, instructional
				programs, and related support services.
(b) The assessment program must be based upon
				outcomes or impact assessments that evaluate student, class-by-year, or
				program-by-year development. Such evaluations are appropriately measured by skill
				attainment; retention; academic achievement; longitudinal change in student
				socioeconomic condition; and student and alumni perceptions of personal growth,
				development, or satisfaction associated with their institutional
				experiences.
Authority:
AS
					 14.48.050
AS 14.48.060
AS
					 14.48.070
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 17 - Regulation of Postsecondary Educational Institutions › Article 2 - Authorization to Operate as a University, College, Junior College, Community College, or Career College › 20 AAC 17.245 - Faculty standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
Associate degree programs.
(1) At least one-half of those courses that are
				part of the curriculum of an associate degree program must be taught by faculty
				members possessing a graduate degree, professional degree such as J.D. or M.D.,
				or baccalaureate degree plus professional certification, approved by the
				commission, such as CPA or R.N. An exception to the requirement of an advanced
				degree may be justified for instructors of subjects in areas that are not
				normally academically credentialed with graduate degrees.
(2) An institution that offers an associate
				degree shall have at least one full-time core faculty responsible for the general
				education program and one full-time core faculty representing each discipline in
				which it offers major work, and shall afford the faculty adequate formal
				safeguards of their academic freedom.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 17 - Regulation of Postsecondary Educational Institutions › Article 2 - Authorization to Operate as a University, College, Junior College, Community College, or Career College › 20 AAC 17.250 - Admission requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
An institution that offers a degree program must establish
				  admission requirements on a program basis to assure that an entering student has
				  a reasonable opportunity for success and that course and program standards are
				  maintained. Requirements for associate degree programs must provide opportunities
				  for access to programs, by students who do not initially meet the requirements,
				  through developmental programs. Admission at an institution that offers a degree
				  program must be preceded by appropriate assessment or ability evaluation
				  consistent with program requirements and expectations.
Authority:
AS
					 14.48.010
AS 14.48.050
AS
					 14.48.070
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 17 - Regulation of Postsecondary Educational Institutions › Article 3 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 17.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In this chapter, unless the context
				requires otherwise
(1) "any purpose," as used in
				AS
				14.48.210(1), means any
				purpose which is subject to regulation under the provisions of AS
				14.48;
(2) "collegiate level" means
				programs of study for which credit hours are awarded which are applicable toward
				an associate, baccalaureate, or higher degree;
(3) "commission" means the Alaska Commission on
				Postsecondary Education;
(4) "course"
				means a sequence of studies with prescribed objectives, successful completion of
				which may result in awarding of credit or the equivalent;
(5) "course of study" means an interrelated
				sequence of courses for which, upon successful completion, a certificate or
				degree is awarded;
(6) "withdrawal"
				means written notification of a student's intent to cease attending the
				institution;
(7) "laboratory science"
				means a component of a life or physical science curriculum distinct from the
				lecture or seminar environment where, under controlled conditions, students
				acting as researchers physically test hypotheses using generally accepted
				methods, with the possibility of proving or disproving these sets of assumptions;
				the feature that distinguishes scientific laboratories from other types of
				educational environment is the "hands-on" employment of physical experiments to
				demonstrate the assertions of texts about physical laws;
(8) "accredited" means accredited by a national
				accreditation association, or the regional accreditation association for the area
				where the school is located, that is recognized by the Secretary of Education of
				the United States Department of Education;
(9) "refund" means any amount due to a funding
				source as a result of a change in financial aid, student enrollment, or
				attendance status relative to eligibility for and determination of the amount of
				the financial aid award;
(10)
				"licensed certified public accountant" means a person who
(A) holds a valid certificate and permit to
				practice under AS 08.04 and 12 AAC 04; or
(B) is validly licensed as a certified public
				accountant under the applicable occupational licensing statutes and regulations
				of another state;
(11)
				"business day" means a day other than Saturday, Sunday, or a state
				holiday;
(12) "physical presence"
				means the presence of a facility, faculty, or staff within the state; in this
				paragraph, "faculty" and "staff" do not include site supervisors or mentors for
				local internships or practica, or adjunct personnel.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 17 - Regulation of Postsecondary Educational Institutions › Article 3 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 17.910 - Access to institutional authorization files

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The commission
				will make available its public records of institutional authorization activities,
				including institutional and agent application files, for inspection in the
				commission's offices. The records may be inspected by appointment only. Records
				may not be removed from the commission's offices. The commission staff shall
				provide requested photocopies of records at a charge of $.20 per page.
(b) The following information contained in
				records of institutional authorization activities is not public:
(1) information specific to individual students
				that is protected under 20
				U.S.C. 1232 g (Family Educational Rights and
				Privacy Act of 1974), as amended;
(2)
				confidential financial information relating to an institution or its principal
				owners;
(3) confidential personal
				information relating to an institution's owners; and
(4) complaints pending or currently under
				investigation.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 18 - WICHE Professional Student Exchange Loan Program › 20 AAC 18.005 - Purpose of the WICHE Professional Student Exchange Loan Program

Current through May 31, 2024
The Professional Student Exchange (PSE) loan program provides
				low-cost educational loans to Alaska students enrolled full-time in eligible
				degree programs that are not available in this state, but that are accessible to
				residents of the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education (WICHE) member
				states participating in the PSE program. PSE students are required to repay the
				state for its support costs for the student's participation in the PSE
				program.
Authority:
AS
				  14.44.035
AS
				  14.44.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 18 - WICHE Professional Student Exchange Loan Program › 20 AAC 18.007 - Fields of study for which PSE loans are available

Current through May 31, 2024
The commission will biennially determine the fields of study for
				which PSE loans are available to applicants. The commission will limit the
				availability of PSE loans for applicants to those fields of study
(1) in which WICHE has determined that access
			 to the professional degree program is generally limited to residents of the state
			 in which the program is located and to residents of WICHE member
			 states;
(2) for which the Department
			 of Labor and Workforce Development, or another reliable workforce data source,
			 indicate there is a labor demand in this state; and
(3) in which available occupational wage and
			 income data indicate a PSE graduate may reasonably be expected to earn income
			 sufficient to repay the PSE loan.
Authority:
AS
				  14.44.025
AS 14.44.035
AS
				  14.44.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 18 - WICHE Professional Student Exchange Loan Program › 20 AAC 18.010 - Administration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Applications for certification to
			 participate in the PSE program will be reviewed to determine applicant
			 eligibility under AS 14.44 and this chapter. The commission staff shall notify
			 applicants of their status, report eligible students and their admission status
			 to WICHE, and maintain student records. A PSE student must enter into a loan
			 agreement to repay the financial support provided on the student's
			 behalf.
(b) The commission will
			 determine the amount of money necessary to support continuing and projected
			 participants in the PSE program and notify WICHE of any limitations to be placed
			 on support offered to students.
(c)
			 The commission may negotiate memoranda of agreement with participating schools to
			 set the support fee to be paid for each certified student enrolled at a
			 participating school.
(d) Repealed
			 11/8/2000.
Authority:
AS
				  14.44.035
AS
				  14.44.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 18 - WICHE Professional Student Exchange Loan Program › 20 AAC 18.020 - Certification eligibility

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An applicant for
			 certification must be a resident of the state at the time of application and must
			 remain a resident of the state while participating in the PSE program.
(b) An applicant must meet the admission
			 standards for the professional program of the participating school in which
			 full-time enrollment is desired.
(c)
			 To be eligible for certification, an applicant must meet the eligibility
			 requirements for a PSE loan under
			 20 AAC 18.025.
(d) Before and during registration, a PSE
			 student must notify the school of attendance of the student's certification
			 status.
(e) For purposes of this
			 section, a person is a resident of the state if that person physically resides in
			 the state and maintains a domicile in the state during the 12 consecutive months
			 before the date of application for certification. Within that 12-month period,
			 the person may be absent from the state for no more than 60 days. After residency
			 is established under this subsection, the person may be absent from the state for
			 full-time attendance at an educational or training institution, for military
			 service, or for demonstrated good cause as determined by the commission. A person
			 does not qualify as a resident of the state if the person declares or establishes
			 residency in another state or receives a benefit of residency in another
			 state.
Authority:
AS
				  14.44.035
AS
				  14.44.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 18 - WICHE Professional Student Exchange Loan Program › 20 AAC 18.025 - PSE loan eligibility

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person is
			 eligible for a PSE loan, and a person who has received a PSE loan remains
			 eligible, if that person does not have a past due child support obligation
			 established by court order or by the Department of Revenue, child support
			 services agency under
			 AS
			 25.27.160-
			 25.27.220
			 at the time of application or loan disbursement.
(b) A person is eligible for a PSE loan, a
			 person who has received a PSE loan remains eligible, and a person may cosign for
			 a PSE loan under (d) of this section, if that person
(1) is not delinquent and has never been in
			 default on a loan previously awarded by the commission;
(2) has not, within the previous five years,
			 had a loan discharged or written off by the commission for any reason;
(3) does not have a status, at the time of the
			 application for a loan or disbursement of loan funds, that would prevent the
			 person from repaying the loan as it becomes due; a status as described in this
			 paragraph will be presumed for a person described in
			 20 AAC 15.940(e) (2);
(4) has not within the previous seven years
			 defaulted on another loan made to the person by a lending entity unless the
			 person can show good faith efforts to repay the loan and extraordinary
			 circumstances that led to the default; and
(5) does not have a credit history, at the time
			 of application for a loan, that demonstrates chronic inability or unwillingness
			 to pay an extension of credit or loan as it becomes due; items in a credit
			 history that demonstrate chronic inability or unwillingness, as described in this
			 paragraph, include any of the items set out in
			 20 AAC 15.940(g).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 18 - WICHE Professional Student Exchange Loan Program › 20 AAC 18.040 - Certification procedure

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The commission staff shall notify WICHE of
			 all eligible new PSE applicants for certification by November 15 on forms
			 provided by WICHE. The commission staff shall send the names of alternate PSE
			 applicants to WICHE periodically between November 15 and the date final
			 certification status is determined.
(b) A new PSE applicant will be notified of the
			 applicant's certification after all eligibility requirements are determined to
			 have been met and loan money is determined to be available.
(c) The commission staff shall notify an
			 alternate PSE applicant of the applicant's final certification status when
			 previously certified PSE applicant's plans to attend are known, and the
			 availability of loan money is determined.
Authority:
AS
				  14.44.035
AS
				  14.44.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 18 - WICHE Professional Student Exchange Loan Program › 20 AAC 18.050 - Funding priority

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The commission staff may not certify an
			 applicant for the PSE program until the commission determines the amount
			 available to fund PSE loan applications for the school year.
(b) If money made available under
			 AS
			 14.42.210(a) is not sufficient
			 to offer PSE loans to all applicants who are eligible for certification, the
			 commission will award PSE loans in the following order of priority:
(1) all continuing students in all
			 fields;
(2) one new PSE applicant in
			 each field determined through a cooperative ranking by participating schools as
			 conducted by WICHE staff;
(3)
			 remaining new PSE applicants in fields ranked according to a weighting system
			 approved by the commission based on criteria established in
			 20 AAC 18.007; and
(4) alternate PSE applicants based on the
			 ranking system set out in (2) and (3) of this subsection.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 18 - WICHE Professional Student Exchange Loan Program › 20 AAC 18.060 - Support fee payment procedure

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Upon receipt of
			 completed loan promissory notes from applicants and student support agreements
			 and invoices from WICHE, the commission staff shall transmit the loan proceeds to
			 WICHE for transmittal and disbursement of support fees to schools in the amount
			 required for each participating student.
(b) A loan will be disbursed in proportionate
			 installments based upon the terms, quarters, or semesters used by the institution
			 of attendance.
Authority:
AS
				  14.44.035
AS
				  14.44.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 18 - WICHE Professional Student Exchange Loan Program › 20 AAC 18.070 - Funding responsibilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The commission staff shall forward loan
			 proceeds to pay support fees only for terms in which a PSE student is enrolled as
			 a full-time student.
(b) If the
			 student maintains certification and satisfactory academic progress according to
			 the standards established by the school of attendance, the commission will
			 continue to pay support fees through the normal length of time required for
			 completion of the student's professional degree program, as established by the
			 participating school.
(c) The
			 commission will provide support for enrollment in an accelerated program if the
			 total payment for a student in that program does not exceed the total payment for
			 a student in a traditional program in the same field.
(d) The commission will provide support for the
			 clinical experience required of a student in occupational therapy or physical
			 therapy necessary to complete the professional degree program.
(e) The commission will not pay a support fee
			 for a PSE student's repeat term or year.
(f) If a PSE student ends his or her
			 enrollment, the commission staff shall apply any school refund received by the
			 commission as a credit to that student's PSE loan obligation.
Authority:
AS
				  14.44.035
AS
				  14.44.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 18 - WICHE Professional Student Exchange Loan Program › 20 AAC 18.100 - Conditions and limitations of loan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Within 30 days
			 after the change, a borrower or cosigner, if any, shall report in writing to the
			 commission any change that affects the conditions of a loan or its repayment
			 schedule, including any change of the borrower's or cosigner's name or address,
			 the borrower's residency status, or the borrower's change of institution, change
			 in dates of attendance, change in attendance from full-time status, change in
			 enrollment status, or withdrawal or dismissal from the course of study for which
			 the loan was awarded.
(b) Interest on
			 a PSE loan accrues from the time the loan is transmitted to WICHE. However,
			 repayment of the interest is deferred while the borrower continues to be enrolled
			 in the eligible degree program.
(c)
			 Repealed 12/26/2014.
(d) Repealed
			 12/26/2014.
(e) A borrower's
			 obligation to commence repayment of the principal and interest on the loan begins
			 six months after the borrower is no longer enrolled in the eligible degree
			 program. The borrower shall repay the total amount owed in periodic installments
			 of at least $50 a month over a period of not more than 15 years from the
			 commencement of the repayment obligation. If the commission and the borrower
			 agree to a different repayment schedule, the borrower shall repay the loan in
			 accordance with the agreement. A borrower may make payments earlier than required
			 by this subsection or the agreement.
Authority:
AS
				  14.42.200
AS 14.42.210
AS 14.42.215
AS 14.44.035
AS
				  14.44.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 18 - WICHE Professional Student Exchange Loan Program › 20 AAC 18.120 - Repayment of loans

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The commission staff shall add accrued
			 interest to the principal balance of the loan at the time the borrower is
			 obligated to commence repayment under
			 20 AAC 18.100(e), or at the end of an
			 approved period of deferment under
			 20 AAC 18.130. The commission staff shall add to the
			 principal balance of the loan the interest that accrued and was unpaid due to the
			 borrower's failure to provide
(1) the
			 commission staff with the information required under
			 20 AAC 18.100(a) to calculate the correct
			 date for the commencement of repayment under
			 20 AAC 18.100(e); or
(2) notice under
			 20 AAC 18.130(c) that eligibility for a
			 deferment under
			 20 AAC 18.130(a) (1)-(3) has
			 ended.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 18 - WICHE Professional Student Exchange Loan Program › 20 AAC 18.130 - Deferment of payments

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A borrower may defer the borrower's
			 obligation to make periodic payments under
			 20 AAC 18.100(e) during any of the
			 following periods:
(1) for up to four years for
			 return to full-time student status in good standing in a college or university
			 that meets the requirements of
			 AS
			 14.43.120(b)(2)(B);
(2) for a one-time period up to 12 months, if
			 during that period the borrower is seeking and unable to find employment in the
			 United States;
(3) during the period
			 of disability if, after the loan is disbursed, the borrower becomes totally
			 disabled; in order for a borrower to obtain a deferment, not to exceed three
			 years, under this paragraph, a physician who practices within the medical field
			 covering the disability, who has examined the borrower within the prior 12
			 months, and who is licensed to practice medicine in the state where the
			 examination took place must certify that, after the date the commission last paid
			 a support fee on behalf of the borrower, the borrower
(A) became permanently disabled; and
(B) as a result of the disability became unable
			 for an indefinite period of time to be gainfully employed or to attend school
			 full-time;
(4) an initial
			 period of up to three years, if the borrower is serving on active duty during
			 that period as a member of the armed forces of the United States;
(5) a period during which the borrower is
			 recalled to active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States in a
			 time of war or other armed conflict.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 18 - WICHE Professional Student Exchange Loan Program › 20 AAC 18.140 - Medical cancellations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as provided in this section, and
			 notwithstanding
			 20 AAC 18.200, an application to cancel a borrower's
			 obligation to repay a PSE loan is subject to the requirements and procedures of
			 20 AAC 15.920.
(b) A borrower seeking cancellation of a loan
			 due to medical disability shall submit a request on a form obtained from the
			 commission. A physician who practices within the medical field covering the
			 disability, who has examined the borrower within the prior 12 months, and who is
			 licensed to practice medicine in the state where the examination took place must
			 certify that, after the date the commission last paid a support fee on behalf of
			 the borrower, the borrower
(1) became 100
			 percent permanently disabled; and
(2)
			 as result of the disability became unable for an indefinite period of time to be
			 gainfully employed or to attend school full-time.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 18 - WICHE Professional Student Exchange Loan Program › 20 AAC 18.150 - Default

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A loan is in default if
(1) a loan payment has become 180 or more days
			 past due;
(2) the borrower or the
			 cosigner, if any, has failed to comply with the applicable reporting requirements
			 of 20 AAC 18.100(a);
			 or
(3) the borrower or cosigner, if
			 any, has falsified any information on the loan application or information
			 required under AS 14.44 or this chapter.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 18 - WICHE Professional Student Exchange Loan Program › 20 AAC 18.200 - Complaints and appeals

Current through May 31, 2024
A complaint or an appeal of a decision of or the program
				administration by the commission staff under this chapter is governed by
				20 AAC 15.915.
On July 7, 2006, under
				  AS
				  44.62.245, the department gave notice that the
				  following amended version of state regulations, previously adopted by reference
				  in 20 AAC 18.200, is in effect:
				  20 AAC 15.915, as amended as of December 31, 2005. The
				  amended version is published in the Alaska Administrative Code (Register 176,
				  January 2006), and may be reviewed at the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary
				  Education, 3030 Vintage Boulevard, Juneau, Alaska.
On February 8, 2008, under
				  AS
				  44.62.245, the department gave notice that the
				  following amended version of state regulations, previously adopted by reference
				  in 20 AAC 18.200, is in effect:
				  20 AAC 15.915, as amended as of October 18, 2007. The
				  amended version is published in the Alaska Administrative Code (Register 184,
				  January 2008), and may be reviewed at the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary
				  Education, 3030 Vintage Boulevard, Juneau,
				  Alaska.
Authority:
AS
				  14.44.035
AS
				  14.44.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 18 - WICHE Professional Student Exchange Loan Program › 20 AAC 18.980 - Relationship of borrower and cosigner

Current through May 31, 2024
For purposes of this chapter, "borrower" does not include a
				cosigner.
Authority:
AS
				  14.44.035
AS
				  14.44.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 18 - WICHE Professional Student Exchange Loan Program › 20 AAC 18.990 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
As used in
				AS
				14.44.010 -
				AS
				14.44.035 and this chapter, unless the context
				requires otherwise,
(1) "alternate PSE
			 applicant" means an eligible applicant for certification who applies after the
			 deadline set for applications for WICHE certification;
(2) "certification" means the certification
			 given by this state that a PSE applicant meets all requirements for participation
			 in the PSE program and will receive support from the state to attend an eligible
			 degree program at a participating school;
(3) "commission" means the Alaska Commission on
			 Postsecondary Education;
(4)
			 "cosigner" means a person who cosigns a loan under
			 20 AAC 18.025(d);
(5) "eligible degree program" means a
			 professional level or graduate level degree program in a field of study that
			 meets the requirements of
			 20 AAC 18.007;
(6) "full-time" means enrollment in a
			 combination of courses, work experience, research, or special studies that the
			 school considers full-time study for a graduate or professional degree;
(7) "participating school" means an accredited
			 institution that has agreed under WICHE to enroll students in eligible degree
			 programs;
(8) "PSE" or "PSE program"
			 means the Professional Student Exchange Program of WICHE;
(9) "support fee" means the amount established
			 by WICHE as a required fee for a student's participation in an eligible degree
			 program, and transmitted from the commission through WICHE to the school on
			 behalf of each PSE student enrolled; the support fee is the principal amount of
			 the loan provided to the student;
(10) "WICHE" means the Western Interstate
			 Commission for Higher Education.
Authority:
AS
				  14.44.025
AS 14.44.035
AS
				  14.44.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 19 - Financial Support for the WWAMI Program › 20 AAC 19.010 - Purpose of WWAMI Program

Current through May 31, 2024
The Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho, (WWAMI) program
				provides access to medical education not otherwise available to qualifying
				Alaskans. Residents of this state compete only with other residents of this state
				for the positions reserved at the University of Washington School of Medicine
				through this state's participation in the WWAMI program. This state participates
				in the WWAMI program to address state health care needs by training physicians
				and allied health professionals, advancing knowledge, and assuming leadership in
				the fields of biomedical sciences and academic medicine. For the residents of
				this state who participate in the WWAMI program, this state pays the educational
				costs of the program that are not covered by tuition. A participant who does not
				return to the state and become employed in the medical field for which the
				support was provided under this chapter must repay the state a portion of the
				costs in accordance with
				AS
				14.43.510(a).
Authority:
AS
				  14.42.030
AS
				  14.43.510
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 19 - Financial Support for the WWAMI Program › 20 AAC 19.020 - Application requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
An applicant for participation in the WWAMI program must
(1) apply and be accepted for admission to the
			 University of Washington School of Medicine;
(2) meet the eligibility requirement set out in
			 20 AAC 19.030; and
(3) agree under
			 AS
			 14.43.510 to repay the financial support
			 provided under this chapter.
Authority:
AS
				  14.42.030
AS
				  14.43.510
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 19 - Financial Support for the WWAMI Program › 20 AAC 19.030 - Eligibility requirement

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A participant in the WWAMI program must
			 maintain at all times an intent to return to this state upon completion of the
			 program, and
(1) have physically resided in this
			 state for at least two consecutive years ending with September 1 of the year
			 before the participant begins class in the WWAMI program; or
(2) if not physically present in this state for
			 the time period required under (1) of this section,
(A) have been absent due to the applicant's, or
			 the applicant's spouse's status as a full-time student outside of this state and
			 have physically resided in this state for at least two consecutive years
			 immediately before the absence;
(B)
			 have been absent due to full-time service in the United States armed forces and
			 have physically resided in this state for at least two consecutive years
			 immediately before the absence;
(C)
			 have been absent due to full-time volunteer service in the Peace Corps and have
			 physically resided in this state for at least two consecutive years immediately
			 before the absence; or
(D) have been
			 absent due to full-time engagement or employment in an experiential learning
			 position that the Alaska WWAMI Admissions Committee determines to be directly
			 relevant to the field of medicine and have physically resided in this state for
			 at least two consecutive years immediately before the absence.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 19 - Financial Support for the WWAMI Program › 20 AAC 19.040 - Employment obligation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To qualify for forgiveness of a repayment
			 obligation under
			 AS
			 14.43.510, a participant in the WWAMI program
			 must
(1) provide a copy of the participant's
			 Alaska Medical license or residency permit;
(2) provide proof of full-time employment that
			 meets the qualifications set out in
			 AS
			 14.43.510; and
(3) provide certification on a form obtained
			 from the commission that the participant has satisfied the requirements for
			 forgiveness benefits set out in
			 AS
			 14.43.510 and this section.
(4) repealed 7/12/2008.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 19 - Financial Support for the WWAMI Program › 20 AAC 19.050 - Required notification

Current through May 31, 2024
Within 30 days after the change, a participant in the WWAMI
				program shall report in writing to the commission any change that affects the
				conditions of a repayment obligation or repayment schedule, including
(1) change of name, address, or state residency
			 status;
(2) graduation, withdrawal,
			 leave of absence, or dismissal from the University of Washington School of
			 Medicine;
(3) inability to make
			 payments as scheduled; and
(4)
			 termination or change in employment status that would affect eligibility for
			 forgiveness benefits under
			 AS
			 14.43.510.
Authority:
AS
				  14.42.030
AS
				  14.43.510
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 19 - Financial Support for the WWAMI Program › 20 AAC 19.060 - Repayment

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A participant in the WWAMI program shall
			 repay the total amount required to be repaid under
			 AS
			 14.43.510 in monthly installments over a period
			 of not more than 15 years from commencement of the repayment
			 obligation.
(b) Procedures contained
			 in 20 AAC 15.960(b) and (c) apply to payments on a repayment obligation
			 under this chapter.
(c) If the
			 participant requests and economic hardship is shown, the commission staff shall
			 extend the payment period of a repayment obligation for an additional period of
			 up to five years. Standards contained in
			 20 AAC 15.960(d) apply to determine
			 economic hardship under this section. The participant must apply for an economic
			 hardship extension on a form obtained from the commission, along with supporting
			 documentation as required. The commission staff shall advise a participant of the
			 increased costs associated with the extension of the repayment period.
(d) A repayment obligation is in default, and
			 is accelerated and due in full, if
(1) a payment
			 has become 180 or more days past due;
(2) the participant fails to comply with the
			 applicable required notifications contained in
			 20 AAC 19.050; or
(3) the participant has falsified any
			 information on the application or information required under AS 14.43 or this
			 chapter.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 19 - Financial Support for the WWAMI Program › 20 AAC 19.065 - Forbearance for suspension of medical education program

Current through May 31, 2024
If an administrator of a medical education program approves a
				suspension of the medical education program before a participant's completion or
				termination of study under the program, that participant will not be considered
				to have terminated the program of study and the commission will forbear the
				participant's repayment and service obligations. This period of forbearance will
				not be considered part of the repayment period.
Authority:
AS
				  14.42.030
AS
				  14.43.510
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 19 - Financial Support for the WWAMI Program › 20 AAC 19.070 - Deferment of payments and forbearance of the repayment and service obligation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In
			 order to obtain a deferment of payments or forbearance of the repayment and
			 service obligation under
			 AS
			 14.43.510, a participant must complete a form
			 obtained from the commission, provide supporting documentation evidencing the
			 participant's eligibility for the requested deferment or forbearance, and accept
			 the terms of the deferment or forbearance agreement. Until the request for
			 deferment or forbearance is approved, the participant's original repayment terms
			 continue in effect.
(b) Within 30
			 days of a change that would affect the participant's eligibility for the
			 deferment or forbearance, a participant who has received a deferment or
			 forbearance under
			 AS
			 14.43.510 shall notify the commission in
			 writing of the change.
(c) For
			 purposes of deferment under
			 AS
			 14.43.510(c)(1), a participant
			 enrolled in a medical education residency program required for the participant's
			 specialty field of practice is considered to be continuing the participant's
			 medical education program.
Authority:
AS
				  14.42.030
AS
				  14.43.510
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 19 - Financial Support for the WWAMI Program › 20 AAC 19.080 - Deferment due to total disability

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A participant in
			 the WWAMI program seeking deferment of repayment obligation based on total
			 disability shall submit a request on a form obtained from the
			 commission.
(b) A physician's
			 certificate of total disability under
			 AS
			 14.43.510 must certify that
(1) the physician practices within the medical
			 field covering the disability;
(2)
			 the physician has examined the participant within two months of the date of the
			 certificate;
(3) the physician is
			 licensed to practice medicine in the state where the examination took place;
			 and
(4) subsequent to the date that
			 the participant last received financial support under the WWAMI program, the
			 participant is totally disabled because the participant became unable due to the
			 disability to be gainfully employed for at least six months; the physician must
			 state in the certificate the estimated duration of the total
			 disability.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 19 - Financial Support for the WWAMI Program › 20 AAC 19.090 - Complaints and appeals

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The commission will only accept and decide
			 a complaint or an appeal of a decision of, or the WWAMI program administration
			 by, the commission. Procedures contained in
			 20 AAC 15.915 apply to a complaint or an appeal filed under
			 this subsection.
(b) The commission
			 will not accept a complaint or an appeal concerning admission to or
			 administration of the University of Washington School of Medicine relating to the
			 WWAMI program.
Authority:
AS
				  14.42.030
AS
				  14.43.510
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 19 - Financial Support for the WWAMI Program › 20 AAC 19.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,
(1) "commission" means the Alaska Commission on
			 Postsecondary Education;
(2)
			 "full-time student" has the meaning given in
			 20 AAC 15.990;
(3) "participant" means a person participating
			 in the WWAMI program under this chapter;
(4) "WWAMI program" means the Washington,
			 Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho program described in
			 20 AAC 19.010.
Authority:
AS
				  14.42.030
AS
				  14.43.510
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 1 - Drilling › 20 AAC 25.005 - Permit to drill

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Before drilling
				or redrilling a well or re-entering an abandoned well, a person shall submit and
				obtain the commission's approval of an application for a Permit to Drill (Form
				10-401). If, after drilling a well, a person wishes immediately to redrill below
				the structural or conductor casing to a new bottom-hole location not requiring a
				spacing exception under
				20 AAC 25.055, the person may request oral approval from the
				commission to avoid interruption of operations. If oral approval is obtained, the
				name of the representative of the commission who provided oral approval and the
				date of the approval must be included on the application for a Permit to Drill,
				which must be submitted by the commission's next working day for final approval
				by the commission.
(b) The commission
				will classify a well as
(1)
				exploratory;
(2) development, either
				oil or gas;
(3) service; or
(4) stratigraphic test.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 1 - Drilling › 20 AAC 25.010 - Re-entry of a suspended well

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Before
				re-entering a suspended well to conduct completion operations, the operator shall
				submit and obtain the commission's approval of an Application for Sundry
				Approvals (Form 10-403). The Application for Sundry Approvals must set out the
				current condition of the well and the proposed program for completion
				operations.
(b) Before re-entering a
				suspended well to conduct drilling operations, the operator shall submit and
				obtain the commission's approval of an application for a Permit to Drill (Form
				10-401) in conformance with
				20 AAC 25.005.
(c) The operator shall file with the commission
				within 30 days after completion, abandonment, or suspension of the well a Well
				Completion or Recompletion Report and Log (Form 10-407) and all information
				required by 20 AAC 25.070(3)
				and 20 AAC 25.071.
Authority:
AS
					 31.05.030
AS
					 31.05.090
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 1 - Drilling › 20 AAC 25.015 - Changes to a program in a permit to drill

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To change a
				program approved in a Permit to Drill (Form 10-401) before drilling operations
				start, the operator shall
(1) submit and obtain
				the commission's approval of a new application for a Permit to Drill if the
				proposed surface location is changed, if the proposed bottom-hole location or the
				proposed location of an objective formation is changed by more than 500 feet
				laterally or vertically, or if the change requires a spacing exception under
				20 AAC 25.055; or
(2) otherwise notify the commission and obtain
				its approval of the change if the change is not covered by (1) of this
				subsection.