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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 27 - Transportation of Pupils › 4 AAC 27.220 - Minimum standards for school bus driver training courses

Current through May 31, 2024
To successfully complete a school bus driver training course
				approved under
				4 AAC 27.200(c), a person must do the
				following to the satisfaction of the instructor:
(1) identify the major mechanical component
			 systems of a school bus;
(2)
			 complete a pre-trip inspection of a school bus;
(3) adjust the driver's seat of a school bus
			 so that all controls can be reached easily;
(4) adjust the mirrors of a school bus for
			 optimum visibility;
(5) demonstrate
			 starting and stopping the bus smoothly using proper coordination of
			 accelerator, clutch where applicable and brakes;
(6) stop a school bus a specified distance
			 from another object or point using over the hood, rear and curb reference
			 points;
(7) where applicable shift
			 gears on a moving school bus in a manner that provides a safe ride to
			 passengers and avoids damage and unnecessary wear to the bus
			 components;
(8) where applicable,
			 demonstrate the use of shifting in slowing and stopping the bus;
(9) turn a corner in a school bus while
			 keeping the bus in the correct lane of traffic;
(10) back up a school bus in a straight line,
			 and turn the bus around by backing into a side street under conditions of both
			 ample and limited space;
(11)
			 explain and demonstrate defensive driving skills which may help prevent
			 accidents in school buses in spite of incorrect actions of others;
(12) demonstrate procedures for properly
			 loading and unloading students;
(13) explain techniques for managing the
			 behavior of students on a school bus in a positive way;
(14) explain proper actions to take during
			 driving emergencies;
(15) locate
			 and explain how to use emergency equipment found on school buses;
(16) explain and demonstrate procedures for
			 safely positioning a school bus on a road after a mechanical breakdown or
			 emergency situation;
(17)
			 demonstrate procedures for safely evacuating passengers of a school bus;
			 and
(18) demonstrate procedures for
			 properly crossing railroad tracks in a school bus.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.020(a)
AS 14.07.060
AS
				  28.15.046(b)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 27 - Transportation of Pupils › 4 AAC 27.225 - Issuance of school bus driver certificates under 4 AAC 27.200(a) and (b) (Deleted)

Current through May 31, 2024
As of Register 154, July 2000, the text of
				  4 AAC 27.225 was deleted by the regulations attorney as
				  being obsolete as a result of the State Board of Education's repeal of
				  4 AAC 27.220(a) and (b), effective
				  4/25/2000, Register 154.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 27 - Transportation of Pupils › 4 AAC 27.230 - Issuance of school bus driver certificates under 4 AAC 27.200(c)

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
			 instructor shall issue a certificate certifying that a person has successfully
			 completed a state approved school bus driver training course as required by
			 AS
			 28.15.046(b)(5) when the
			 person successfully completes a course approved under
			 4 AAC 27.200(c).
(b) The provider of a training course
			 approved under
			 4 AAC 27.200(c) must keep records
			 available for inspection by the department for a period of three years for each
			 person to whom its certified instructor has given instruction in school bus
			 driving indicating
(1) the standards on which
			 training was given, the amount of training given on each, and when the training
			 was given; and
(2) evaluation
			 sheets, dated and signed by the instructor and driver, documenting that the
			 driver has met each of the standards listed in
			 4 AAC 27.220.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 27 - Transportation of Pupils › 4 AAC 27.235 - Revocation of school bus driver training course approval

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
			 will, in its discretion and in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act
			 (AS
			 44.62.330 -
			 AS
			 44.62.640), revoke a course approval issued
			 under 4 AAC 27.200(c)
			 for any of the following reasons:
(1)
			 fraudulent certification of training;
(2) failure to follow department regulations
			 concerning school bus driver training;
(3) negligence in driving or instructional
			 techniques;
(4) failure to properly
			 document training as required by
			 4 AAC 27.230;
(5) willful failure to submit duplicate
			 certificate to the department as required by
			 4 AAC 27.230;
(6) failure to have instructor certified
			 under 4 AAC 27.210 conduct the training;
			 or
(7) failure to teach each
			 minimum standard training requirement listed in
			 4 AAC 27.220.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 27 - Transportation of Pupils › 4 AAC 27.240 - Revocation of instructor certificate

Current through May 31, 2024
The department will, in its discretion and in accordance with
				the Administrative Procedure Act (AS 44.62.330 -
				AS
				44.62.640), revoke an instructor certificate
				issued under
				4 AAC 27.210 for any of the following reasons:
(a) fraudulent certification of
			 training;
(b) failure to follow
			 department regulations concerning school bus driver training; or
(c) negligence in driving or instructional
			 techniques.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.020(a)
AS 14.07.060
AS
				  28.15.046(b)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 27 - Transportation of Pupils › 4 AAC 27.951 - Measurement of distance to attendance center

Current through May 31, 2024
For purposes of this chapter, in determining whether a pupil
				resides at least a specified distance from the pupil's attendance center or
				nearest transportation route pickup point, the distance to be measured is the
				shortest route, measured from the closest point of the residence property, by
				which a pupil could actually walk to the location while not crossing private
				property without the permission of the property owner.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.020
AS 14.07.030
AS 14.07.060
AS
				  14.09.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 27 - Transportation of Pupils › 4 AAC 27.990 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In AS 14.09 and this chapter, unless the context requires
				otherwise,
(1) "activity bus" means a
			 bus owned, leased, or contracted by a district and regularly used to transport
			 pupils on field trips, athletic trips, and extracurricular and other
			 non-instructional activities;
(2)
			 "attendance center" means the neighborhood school within a district to which a
			 pupil is to be transported for educational purposes;
(3) "bus route" or "route"
(A) means the shortest distance necessary to
			 transport a given group of pupils from a pickup point nearest their homes to
			 their attendance center and back;
(B) does not include the distance from where
			 a transportation vehicle is garaged to the start of its route;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 30 - Exchange Teachers and Student Teachers › 4 AAC 30.010 - Exchange teachers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The exchange of teachers is for a period
			 of one year only. The school board of the school district making the exchange
			 is authorized to grant the exchange in accordance with this section and may
			 give teachers leaves of absence for not more than one year.
(b) Teachers in district schools desiring
			 exchange positions with teachers of school systems in the states or territories
			 shall first secure the written consent of their respective school boards. The
			 consent shall state that a leave of absence is granted for one year, specify
			 the year, and state that the teacher may return to her position the following
			 year. These letters shall be forwarded to the commissioner for
			 recordation.
(c) All teachers must
			 have taught successfully for a period of five years in the state, the last
			 three years of which must be in the position they are holding at the time of
			 their application for exchange.
(d)
			 The district school boards have authority to accept in exchange teachers
			 qualified in the other states or territories for the period of one year, and
			 the exchange teachers are not required to secure a state certificate for the
			 year of exchange. If the teachers coming into the state stay longer than one
			 year, they are required to secure certificates in accordance with the
			 regulations of the department.
(e)
			 In selecting teachers for exchange, special attention shall be paid to the
			 "general fitness" of teachers under consideration. No applicant for the
			 privilege of securing an exchange position shall be recommended unless it is
			 felt that the teacher will make a satisfactory contribution and will represent
			 with credit the public schools of Alaska.
(f) This section also applies to exchange
			 teaching positions for foreign countries. Exchange teachers from foreign
			 countries are not required to meet the citizenship requirement for teaching in
			 the state and will not have to take the oath of office, provided they have been
			 cleared for entrance into this country. They shall, however, be required to
			 file a medical certificate.
(g)
			 Exchange teaching in another state or in a territory or in a foreign country
			 will be acceptable as Alaska experience for not to exceed a one year's
			 experience credit, provided that the experience is in a public school and
			 provided that the teacher has gone directly from an Alaska position to the
			 exchange position.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.060
AS
				  14.20.020(c)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 30 - Exchange Teachers and Student Teachers › 4 AAC 30.020 - Student teachers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An institution
			 of higher learning operating an approved program must require a student
			 enrolled in the program to serve as a student teacher or participate in a
			 supervised clinical practice in a public school for a minimum of 500 hours over
			 a period of 15 weeks.
(b) A student
			 who wants to serve as a student teacher in a public school in this state must
			 apply for authorization on a form prescribed by the department and must submit
			 information requested by the department. The department will conduct a criminal
			 history background check of the student under
			 AS
			 14.20.020 and
			 4 AAC 12.300 as if the student were an applicant for a
			 teacher certificate. The department will not authorize the student to serve as
			 a student teacher if the student fails the check.
(c) The department will not authorize an
			 applicant to serve as a student teacher unless the applicant has passed the
			 basic competency examination required under
			 AS
			 14.20.020(i) and
			 4 AAC 12.310.
(d) A student teacher authorized under this
			 section must be under the general supervision of a teacher who holds a valid
			 teaching certificate issued under 4 AAC 12, has at least one year of teaching
			 experience in the district where the student teacher is serving has at least
			 three years of total teaching experience, and meets or exceeds the standards
			 described in
			 4 AAC 04.200 as verified by the district where the
			 student teacher is serving.
(e) If
			 authorized by the student teacher's preparing institution and supervising
			 teacher, a student teacher may be assigned, from time to time, to instruct,
			 teach, counsel, test, or evaluate students without obtaining a teacher's
			 certificate and without the supervising teacher's presence in the same room,
			 classroom, or other location.
(f) A
			 student teacher shall abide by the code of ethics and professional teaching
			 standards in
			 20 AAC 10.020.
(g) In this section,
(1) "approved program" means a program
			 accepted under
			 4 AAC 12.307 or approved under
			 4 AAC 12.308;
(2) "teacher"
(A) has the meaning given in
			 4 AAC 12.900(c);
(B) includes pre-school
			 teachers.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.010 - Educational specifications

Current through May 31, 2024
The chief school administrator, under the direction of the
				  school board, is responsible for preparation of educational specifications for
				  all new public elementary and secondary schools, and additions to and
				  rehabilitations of existing facilities. These educational specifications must
				  include, as a minimum, the following:
(1) the current year and five-year
				post-occupancy projected attendance area enrollments in the grades affected by
				the facility;
(2) a statement of
				educational philosophy and goals for the facility;
(3) the curriculum to be housed by the
				facility;
(4) the activities that
				will be conducted in the facility;
(5) the anticipated community uses of the
				facility;
(6) the specific and
				general architectural characteristics desired;
(7) the educational spaces needed, their
				approximate sizes in square feet, their recommended equipment requirements, and
				their space relationships to other facility elements;
(8) the size, use, and condition of existing
				school spaces in the facility;
(9)
				the recommended site and utility requirements;
(10) the proposed budget and method of
				financing; and
(11) the technology
				goals of the curriculum and their facility requirements.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS 14.11.020
AS
					 14.11.100
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.011 - Planning of educational facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The chief
				school administrator, under the direction of the school board, is responsible
				for preparing a six-year capital improvement plan, including annual updates,
				for all new public elementary schools, secondary schools, and education-related
				facilities, as well as for all additions to and rehabilitations of existing
				facilities, for which state aid is sought under
				AS
				14.11.011 or for which an allocation of state
				aid as debt service reimbursement is sought under
				AS
				14.11.100.
(b) The capital improvement plan must
				include:
(1) a description of the district's
				fixed asset inventory and its condition;
(2) a description of the district's
				preventive maintenance program for facilities in the district; and
(3) for each capital project in the six-year
				plan: a project title, a project scope, and an estimated project
				cost.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.013 - Preventive maintenance and facility management

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For a district
				to be eligible for state aid under AS 14.11.011 or AS 14.11.100, the district
				must have a facility management program that addresses the following five
				elements of facility and maintenance management:
(1) a formal maintenance management program
				that records maintenance activities on a work order basis, and tracks the
				timing and cost, including labor and materials, of maintenance activities in
				sufficient detail to produce reports of planned and completed work;
(2) an energy management plan that includes
(A) the recording of energy consumption for
				all utilities on a monthly basis for each building; for facilities constructed
				before December 15, 2004, a district may record energy consumption for
				utilities on a monthly basis when multiple buildings are served by one utility
				plant; and
(B) regular evaluation
				of the effectiveness of and need for commissioning existing
				buildings;
(3) a
				custodial program that includes a schedule of custodial activities for each
				building based on type of work and scope of effort;
(4) a maintenance training program that
				specifies training for custodial and maintenance staff and records training
				received by each person; and
(5) a
				renewal and replacement schedule that, for each school facility of permanent
				construction over 1,000 gross square feet, identifies the construction cost of
				major building systems, including electrical, mechanical, structural and other
				components; evaluates and establishes the life-expectancy of those systems;
				compares life-expectancy to the age and condition of the systems; and uses the
				data to forecast a renewal and replacement year and cost for each
				system.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.014 - Codes and regulations for school facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The chief
				school administrator shall assure that a new school facility, addition, or
				major renovation complies with applicable facility codes and regulations of the
				state and with those of the municipality in which the facility is located. The
				chief school administrator may meet the obligation by providing documentation
				from the appropriate state or municipal official that the facility, addition,
				or renovation complies with an applicable code or regulation. For purposes of
				this subsection, the applicable codes and regulations of the state with which
				facilities, additions, or renovations must comply are the
(1) building code, adopted by 13 AAC 50.020;
(2) electrical code,
				adopted by 8 AAC 70.025;
(3)
				plumbing code, adopted by AS 18.60.705(a);
(4) mechanical code, adopted by 13 AAC 50.023;
(5) ASME Boiler and
				Pressure Vessel Code, adopted by 8 AAC 80.010;
(6) fire code, adopted by 13 AAC 50.025;
				and
(7) energy efficiency code,
				consisting of the American Association of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air
				Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard 90.1,
Energy Standard for
				Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
, (2016 Edition), and
				adopted by reference.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.016 - Determination of attendance areas for space eligibility

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For purposes of
				calculating the number of unhoused students and the amount of square footage
				eligible for state school facility funding, each school district is divided
				into attendance areas. Annually, by February 1, the commissioner will issue a
				list of the department-established attendance areas within each school
				district. The list will be based on the criteria set out in (b) and (c) of this
				section.
(b) Each group of public
				schools in a school district that meet the following criteria will be
				established as a single attendance area:
(1)
				all schools serving students in any of the grades 9-12, and located within a
				single home rule, first class, or second class city; an attendance area under
				this paragraph includes all feeder schools, if any, for those
				schools;
(2) each school serving
				students in any of the grades 9-12, and located outside of a unified
				municipality or of a home rule, first class, or second class city; an
				attendance area under this paragraph includes all feeder schools, if any, for
				that school;
(3) all schools
				located within a unified municipality; however, a high school and all of its
				feeder schools within a unified municipality will be established as a separate
				attendance area, if the high school
(A) is
				located more than 13 road miles from the next nearest high school within the
				unified municipality; and
(B)
				together with all of its feeder schools has an ADM in excess of 1,000 in grades
				kindergarten through 12;
(4) all schools located on a military
				installation, if access to those schools can be limited by security measures of
				the installation.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.020 - Guides for planning educational facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The following
				are the basic guides for educational facility planning adopted by reference:
(1) for a school capital project application
				submitted to the department,
Creating Connections: The CEFPI Guide for
				Educational Facility Planning
, 2004 edition, as published by the
				Council of Educational Facilities Planners International;
(2) repealed 4/17/98;
(3) repealed 4/17/98;
(4)
Guidelines for School Equipment
				Purchases
, as published by the Alaska Department of Education and
				Early Development, 2021 edition;
(5) deleted 8/31/90;
(6) repealed 4/17/98;
(7)
Swimming Pool Guidelines for
				Educational Facilities
, as published by the Alaska Department of
				Education and Early Development, 2019 edition; and
(8)
Site Selection Criteria and
				Evaluation Handbook
, as published by the Alaska Department of
				Education and Early Development, 2021 edition.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.021 - Applications for grants for capital improvement projects

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A school
				district, as the term "district" is defined in
				AS
				14.11.135, may apply for no more than 10
				capital improvement grants under
				AS
				14.11.011 no later than September 1 of the
				fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the request is made. The
				application shall be made on forms prescribed by the commissioner and be
				accompanied by the school district's current six-year capital improvement plan
				prepared under
				4 AAC 31.011, and the chief school administrator must
				certify that the application is submitted in accordance with law.
(b) Repealed 3/10/96.
(c) A grant application that includes new
				construction, addition of space, or replacement of space must include
				verification that
(1) the enrollment of the
				attendance area will reach the design capacity of existing school facilities
				within two years;
(2) the situation
				cannot be relieved by adjusting the boundaries of service areas and
				transporting the children to nearby schools;
(3) as demonstrated by commonly accepted
				demographic techniques resulting in population projections accepted as
				reasonable by the department, the proposed facility will reach and sustain
				design capacity within five years after the anticipated occupancy date;
				and
(4) repealed 4/17/98;
(5) repealed 4/17/98;
(6) repealed 6/17/2010.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.022 - Annual grant application review and capital improvement grant schedule revision

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
				Each year, department staff shall
(1) review
				the revised six-year capital improvement plans submitted by each school
				district under
				4 AAC 31.011; and
(2) recommend to the state Board of Education
(A) a revised six-year capital improvement
				plan; and
(B) a current-year
				capital improvement grant schedule, including individual grant amounts; if
				approved by the state Board of Education, the grant schedule takes effect with
				the start of the following fiscal year subject to legislative
				appropriation.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.025 - Site acquisition and selection

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Acquisition of
				an educational facility site must be approved by the Department of Education
				and Early Development (1) to be eligible for reimbursement under
				AS
				14.11.100; or (2) if construction
				responsibility has been assumed under
				AS
				14.11.020.
(b) If school construction, for which
				reimbursement will be sought under
				AS
				14.11.100 occurs on a site which has not been
				approved under this section, the costs of land acquisition are not eligible for
				reimbursement. If the construction responsibility for a particular facility has
				been assumed by a school district under
				AS
				14.11.020, no money may be spent for site
				acquisition or construction without site approval under this section.
(c) The purchase of a parcel of land
				identified as a potential school site must be investigated by the appropriate
				local governing body or the school district to determine its suitability in
				terms of educational plans, cost of acquisition, impact on cost of
				construction, size, accessibility, and other appropriate local
				criteria.
(d) This section applies
				to projects submitted for approval after December 2, 1983.
(e) For the purposes of this section, the
				value of land is the current fair market value, by appraisal, not to exceed the
				amount for land in a project agreement executed under
				4 AAC 31.023.
(f) Sufficient interest in an approved school
				site by either long-term lease or deed must be established before advertising
				for construction bids.
As of Register 151 (October 1999), the regulations attorney
					 made technical revisions under
					 AS
					 44.62.125(b)(6) to reflect
					 the name change of the Department of Education to the Department of Education
					 and Early Development made by ch. 58, SLA 1999, and the corresponding title
					 change of the commissioner of
					 education.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS 14.11.020
AS
					 14.11.100
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.026 - Requests for reconsideration and appeals

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) By November 5
				of each year the department will provide to each school district submitting a
				grant application notice of its proposed revised grant schedule that commences
				in the next fiscal year and of its priority ranking under
				4 AAC 31.022(b) of all proposed
				projects for the first year of the six-year capital improvement plan. No later
				than December 1, with notice provided no later than November 15, the department
				will conduct a public hearing under
				AS
				14.11.013(e) to receive oral
				and written comments on its priority ranking of proposed projects. A school
				district aggrieved by the priority ranking assigned to a project, its scope as
				approved by the department, the denial of a waiver of all or a portion of the
				required local contribution to the cost of the project or the project's budget
				shall file, no later than the public hearing, a written request for
				reconsideration that states
(1) its specific
				objections;
(2) a summary of the
				evidence that the department erred in its priority ranking of the project, the
				scope of the project allowed, the denial of a waiver of all or a portion of the
				required local contribution to the cost of the project, or the amount of the
				project budget approved; and
(3)
				the relief it requests, which may include a higher priority, a broader scope of
				project, a waiver of all or a portion of the required local contribution to the
				cost of the project, or a larger project budget.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.030 - Review of school construction plans

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A school
				district shall submit a plan for a school capital project, including new
				construction, additions, demolitions, and rehabilitations, to be undertaken by
				the school district that is to be funded under AS 14.11.011 or for which
				reimbursement is to be sought under AS 14.11.100. The elements of the plan must
				be submitted to the commissioner for the commissioner's review and approval as
				the elements are developed and before any construction contract solicitation or
				construction activity is initiated.
(b) For purposes of this section, "plan"
				includes the following:
(1) educational
				specifications;
(2) site
				investigation report;
(3) schematic
				design documents;
(4) design
				development documents;
(5) final
				construction contract documents;
(6) estimated cost and proposed means of
				financing the project;
(7) proposed
				method of construction; and
(8)
				estimated completion date of the project.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.040 - Approval of school construction plans

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Before
				commencing construction contract solicitation or construction activity under AS
				14.11.011 or construction contract solicitation or construction activity for
				which reimbursement will be sought under AS 14.11.100, a school district or a
				regional school board shall secure the approval of the commissioner of the
				documents for the project as follows:
(1) the
				school district or regional school board shall submit to the commissioner 95
				percent construction documents at least 20 work days before a bid invitation is
				made;
(2) if construction contract
				bids are to be invited for the project, the school district or regional school
				board shall submit the construction bid documents, excluding the construction
				plans and specifications if the 95 percent construction documents submitted
				under (1) of this subsection were stamped and signed by the professionals in
				responsible charge, to the commissioner at least five work days before the bid
				invitation is made;
(3) if the
				project will not be advertised for bids, the school district or regional school
				board shall submit the final stamped and signed construction documents to the
				commissioner no later than 15 work days before commencing each construction
				phase; and
(4) a municipality or a
				school district may request, in writing, a waiver to the construction document
				approval process set out in (1) - (3) of this subsection for a project based on
				the ability of the municipality or school district to provide a thorough and
				complete independent review.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.050 - Portable and temporary facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If a regional
				school board or a municipality that is a school district proposes to purchase
				or construct one or more portable facilities for which state aid under
				AS
				14.11.011 or
				14.11.100 will be sought, the
				regional school board or municipality must secure the approval of the
				commissioner before acquisition or construction of the portable
				facility.
(b) The commissioner may
				not approve portable facilities for state aid under
				AS
				14.11.011 or
				14.11.100 unless the department
				determines that
(1) the portable facilities
				are designed to meet construction standards as set out in this
				chapter;
(2) the design and
				construction of the portable facilities will allow for their cost-effective
				relocation; to determine cost-effective relocation, the department will
				consider the costs of disconnection and connection of facility systems and site
				infrastructure requirements as part of its review of costs; and
(3) the regional school board or municipality
				has complied with (a) of this section.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.060 - State financial assistance

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A municipality
				that is a school district, or a regional school board, submitting a capital
				improvement project request for construction to the department under
				AS
				14.11.011 or
				14.11.100
				shall make the request on a form prescribed by the commissioner.
(b) In accepting state aid from the
				department, the municipality or school district receiving the grant or debt
				reimbursement shall comply with all pertinent state statutes, codes, standards,
				and regulations related to construction of a public facility. Further, the
				recipient shall comply with conditions, requirements, and stipulations in the
				forms prescribed by the commissioner for the capital improvement project
				agreement.
(c) A school facility
				for which state aid is sought under
				AS
				14.11.011 or
				14.11.100
				may be built jointly with municipal and state offices, health clinics,
				community libraries, and other spaces if approved by the commissioner as to
				compatibility and separation of funds. The commissioner has final authority to
				determine the proration of space and cost in a jointly built project.
(d) For a school construction project
				approved for debt retirement under
				AS
				14.11.100, a school district shall
(1) provide for each incomplete project, by
				October 15 of each year during its life until completion, completed annual
				project summary, on a form prescribed by the department, that details all
				activity on the project from its inception to the preceding June 30;
				and
(2) for a project completed
				after June 30, 1989, that costs more than $300,000, submit as part of its
				annual report under
				4 AAC 06.120, a statement from its auditors that the
				annual project summaries are consistent with the annual report.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.061 - Criteria for amounts allowed for debt retirement

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A facility will
				be approved for debt retirement under
				AS
				14.11.100 if the project meets the
				requirements established in
				4 AAC 31.060(j) - (l) and the
				requirements of this section.
(b) A
				facility to house and support the education program must meet the following
				criteria:
(1) the facility was planned in
				accordance with
				4 AAC 31.020 and
				4 AAC 31.030(c); and
(2) repealed 11/28/2019;
(3) base square foot allowable must be used
				for educational purposes for at least 75 percent of the scheduled school
				day.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.062 - Approvals, allocations, disallowance of costs, audits, and appeals

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A project
				approved for debt retirement under
				AS
				14.11.100 is subject to review and approval
				for site selection and acquisition under
				4 AAC 31.025, and the construction plans are subject to
				review and approval under the provisions of
				4 AAC 31.030 and
				4 AAC 31.040.
(b) A school district may, until October 15
				of each year, submit to the department a request for an allocation of money for
				bond payments eligible for debt retirement under
				AS
				14.11.100 for the following fiscal year, as
				provided in
				4 AAC 31.060(e). Failure to submit a
				request for an allocation by October 15 will result in the denial of an
				allocation of money for an otherwise eligible facility regardless of whether
				allocations had been made for previous years. Reimbursement under
				AS
				14.11.100 for cash payments will be based on
				an audited report submitted under
				4 AAC 31.060(d) during the preceding
				fiscal year.
(c) The department
				will, in its discretion, deny or limit reimbursement for costs associated with
				a facility's construction if
(1) it fails to
				meet the requirements of
				4 AAC 31.020 or
				4 AAC 31.061; or
(2) the department has withdrawn its approval
				of the project under
				4 AAC 31.075.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.063 - Use of interest earned on grant proceeds

Current through May 31, 2024
Interest on proceeds of grant money appropriated for approved
				  projects shall be held by the district to pay for project cost overruns, change
				  orders, contract amendments, contractor's claims, or other modifications
				  necessary because of unavoidable or unforeseeable circumstances that are not
				  the result of imprudent management, as determined by the commissioner. If at
				  the completion of the project, any money earned as interest remains, the
				  district shall transfer that amount to a district capital account for school
				  capital projects.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.11.100
AS
					 14.11.132
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.064 - Redirection of bond proceeds

Current through May 31, 2024
If a municipality has bond proceeds remaining after
				  termination of all design, construction, and equipment contracts for a project
				  approved by the department for debt retirement under 4 AAC 31.060 and by local
				  voters under AS 14.11.100(j), and the municipality seeks to construct a project
				  different from the one approved by the department, the municipality may only
				  receive reimbursement for the project if the new project is approved by the
				  department and
(1) the bond
				proposition originally approved by the local voters authorized the use of any
				excess money for school capital projects such as the new project; or
(2) the municipality meets the requirements
				of AS 14.11.100(j), including the requirement for a municipal election to
				approve the new use of the money.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS
					 14.11.100
AS
					 14.11.132
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.065 - Selection of designers and construction managers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If a school
				district determines that it is necessary to engage the services of a private
				consultant to provide design, commissioning, or construction management
				services for an educational facility with money provided under AS 14.11.011 -
				AS 14.11.020, or for a project approved for reimbursement of costs under AS
				14.11.100, and the estimated cost of the contract is more than $50,000, the
				contract shall be awarded to the most qualified proposer after evaluating
				proposals submitted in response to an approved solicitation. The selection of
				the consultant shall be accomplished by soliciting written proposals by
				advertising at least 21 days before the proposals are due by providing notice
				through publication in a newspaper of general circulation. The department may
				approve an alternate means of notice through publication on the Internet if the
				website has the express purpose of advertising similar solicitations, has
				unrestricted public access, and is equally likely to reach prospective
				proposers.
(b) Nothing in this
				section precludes a school district from retaining the services of a consultant
				on an as-needed basis under a multi-year contract, if the term of the contract
				is not more than five years.
(c)
				The school district shall provide a procedure for administrative review of
				complaints by aggrieved offerors which allows them to appeal, within 10 days
				after the notice of intent to award, requesting a hearing with notice to
				interested parties, for a redetermination and final award in accordance with
				law.
(d) The department may deny or
				limit its participation in the costs of design, commissioning, or construction
				management for a project eligible for grant funding under AS 14.11.011 or for
				reimbursement under AS 14.11.100 if the school district does not comply with
				the requirements of this section.
Authority:
AS
					 14.11.017
AS
					 14.11.020
AS
					 14.11.132
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.070 - Reimbursement of restructured or refinanced indebtedness

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				provided in (b) of this section, reimbursement under
				AS
				14.11.100 for payment of restructured or
				refinanced school construction indebtedness may not exceed the amount that
				would have been payable on the indebtedness in the year for which reimbursement
				is claimed had the indebtedness not been restructured or refinanced.
(b) Refunding bonds issued after June 30,
				1987 and before January 1, 1989, may have an annual debt service exceeding the
				annual debt service of the refunded bonds, if the refunded bonds had more than
				five years remaining on their term and the term of the refunding bonds is not
				more than 20 years.
(c) This
				section applies to bonds, notes, and other indebtedness restructured or
				refinanced after December 30, 1982.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.11.100
AS
					 14.11.132
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.081 - Project approval for certain projects

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If a school
				construction project for which reimbursement of debt service costs under
				AS
				14.11.100(a)(6) or (7) is
				requested meets the requirements of
				AS
				14.11.100(a)(6) or (7) and
				of 4 AAC 31.060(j), (k), and (
l
), the department
				will approve the project as eligible for reimbursement of principal and
				interest. Approval of eligibility is effective for one year. At the end of one
				year, the department will again review the project and will approve the project
				as eligible for reimbursement only if the project continues to meet the
				requirements of
				4 AAC 31.060(j) -
				(
l
).
(b) Under
				4 AAC 31.082, the department will score each project and
				use the score to assign a priority ranking to the projects approved for
				eligibility under (a) of this section. A school district may request to use the
				original project's score for one additional year after initial approval if the
				project remains eligible under (a) of this section, but the use of the score
				under this subsection is limited to two years.
(c) If a school district elects to use the
				score as specified in (b) of this section, the district may not appeal the
				project's priority ranking in the second year.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS 14.11.100
AS
					 14.11.132
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.082 - Project ranking and issuance of reimbursement authorization for certain projects

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department will rank projects,
				approved under
				4 AAC 31.081(a), within the applicable
				class in AS
				14.11.100(n)(2).
(b) The department will use the following
				criteria to evaluate and rank projects approved under
				4 AAC 31.081(a):
(1) the factors set out in
				AS
				14.11.102(b)(1) - (6) and
				AS
				14.11.014(a) and
				(b);
(2) whether existing facilities in the
				district are in violation of state or local laws;
(3) the percentage by which the number of
				unhoused students exceeds the design capacity of facilities in the attendance
				area;
(4) whether the project is
				necessary to provide for program requirements mandated by state or federal
				law.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.083 - Determination of project amount eligible for reimbursement

Current through May 31, 2024
The amount of the costs of school construction for a project
				  eligible for reimbursement under
				  AS
				  14.11.100(a)(6) or (7) is
				  determined by including all costs, except for the interest on the bonds sold to
				  finance the project, and deducting all money from grants made under AS 14.11 or
				  AS
				  37.16.010 for the project and the amount of
				  any local share determined under
				  AS
				  14.11.008.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS 14.11.100
AS
					 14.11.132
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.084 - Appeals

Current through May 31, 2024
A municipality aggrieved by a department decision under
				  4 AAC 31.081 -
				  4 AAC 31.083 may appeal the decision under
				  4 AAC 40.010 -
				  4 AAC 40.050.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS 14.11.100
AS
					 14.11.132
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.087 - Terms and conditions of office for members of bond reimbursement and grant review committee

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person
				seeking appointment under
				AS
				14.11.014(a)(1) - (3) to the
				committee may submit a resume and letter of interest to the
				commissioner.
(b) A term of office
				under AS
				14.11.014(a)(1) - (3) for a
				member of the committee begins on March 1 and expires on the last day of
				February.
(c) Members of the
				committee appointed under
				AS
				14.11.014(a)(1) - (3)
(1) shall serve overlapping four-year terms
				commencing on March 1 following the date of the member's appointment;
				and
(2) may serve not more than two
				consecutive terms.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 1 - Planning and Construction › 4 AAC 31.090 - Regional school board use permits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				will issue a use permit to a regional school board that uses, occupies, or
				requests permission to use or occupy state owned or leased property for a
				public school, subject to the provisions of this section.
(b) A use permit provides the regional school
				board with full use and control of the property, subject to
(1) applicable law and other legal standards;
				and
(2) any restrictions of the
				underlying state interest in the land.