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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 2 - Loss Protection › 4 AAC 31.200 - Loss protection required

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) By July 1,
				1997, a district shall comply with
				AS
				14.03.150 by maintaining all risk property
				insurance coverage for the replacement cost of all school facilities and
				equipment. A district shall carry flood coverage for school facilities and
				equipment in a flood plain or flood-prone area. The coverage shall include
				necessary code upgrade costs and additional extra expenses incurred by a
				district carrying on routine operations during a period of repair or
				replacement of the school facility and equipment.
(b) A district shall carry insurance that
				provides for the full replacement cost of all school facilities damaged or
				destroyed, and may be written on a loss limit basis, limited to the maximum
				probable loss per occurrence of any school facility clusters. Equipment shall
				be insured for its full replacement cost, but a school district may insure
				equipment for its depreciated value or actual cash value if the equipment is
				more than 10 years old. Any loss not within the mandatory insurance
				requirements of this section shall be borne by the district.
(c) In addition to the requirements of (a)
				and (b) of this section, an insurance policy purchased by a regional
				educational attendance area for any school facility or equipment owned by the
				state shall include
(1) the state as an
				additional insured;
(2) earthquake
				coverage; and
(3) flood coverage,
				regardless of whether the school facilities or equipment are in a flood plain
				or flood-prone area.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 2 - Loss Protection › 4 AAC 31.205 - Self-insurance programs

Current through May 31, 2024
An authorized self-insurance program is one that the
				  department annually determines adequately protects the public's investment in a
				  school district's facilities. In rendering its determination, the department
				  will consider annually at least the following factors for each school district
				  applying for approval of a self-insurance program:
(1) cash reserves and dedicated
				funding;
(2) loss
				history;
(3) individual loss
				retention;
(4) excess property
				coverage;
(5) age and condition of
				facilities;
(6) the current
				undepreciated replacement cost of the facilities; and
(7) risk management or loss prevention
				programs conducted by the municipality or school district.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.150
AS
					 14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 2 - Loss Protection › 4 AAC 31.210 - Deductible amounts

Current through May 31, 2024
A school district will not be reimbursed under
				  AS
				  14.11.011 -
				  AS
				  14.11.020 or under
				  AS
				  14.11.100 for any deductible amounts paid for
				  damage to or destruction of a school facility.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.150
AS 14.07.060
AS 14.11.005
AS
					 14.11.132
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 2 - Loss Protection › 4 AAC 31.215 - Proceeds

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the event of damage to or destruction
				of a school facility owned by a municipality, or a regional educational
				attendance area that holds title to its facilities under
				AS
				14.08.151, the insurance proceeds shall be
				used to repair or replace the facility. If the facility is not repaired or
				replaced, and a grant application is not pending under (c) of this section for
				a similar facility in the approximate attendance area, the school district may
				use the insurance proceeds, as it deems appropriate, to pay for other proposed
				district projects that have been ranked, by the department, in the categories
				in 4 AAC 31.022(b) (1) or (b)(2).
(b) In the event of damage to or destruction
				of a school facility operated by a regional educational attendance area and
				owned by the state, the insurance proceeds shall be used to repair or replace
				the facility, but only with the department's prior approval. If the facility is
				not repaired or replaced, the proceeds shall be paid to the state.
(c) If a grant under AS 14.11 is sought to
				repair or replace a facility, the project amount will be reduced by the amount
				of insurance proceeds received by the district, and, as provided in
				4 AAC 31.210, by the amount of the deductible
				paid.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.150
AS 14.07.060
AS 14.11.011
AS
					 14.11.132
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 2 - Loss Protection › 4 AAC 31.220 - Proof of insurance

Current through May 31, 2024
Except for a district that has an authorized self-insurance
				  program under
				  4 AAC 31.205, each school district shall provide to the
				  department a certificate of insurance, by July 15 of each year, that provides
				  notice of the per occurrence and aggregate limits of coverage, and shall
				  provide for 45 days' notice to the department of cancellation, termination, or
				  any material change in policy conditions.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.150
AS
					 14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 2 - Loss Protection › 4 AAC 31.225 - Failure to procure insurance

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If, within 30
				days after the department provides notice under
				AS
				14.03.150(b), a school
				district fails to maintain adequate insurance or a program of self-insurance
				required by
				4 AAC 31.200, the department will procure insurance
				through the division of risk management in the Department of Administration,
				and the state's property insurance broker, from an insurance company authorized
				to do business in Alaska. The insurance will meet the requirements of
				4 AAC 31.200(b), with deductible
				amounts of not less than $10,000 nor more than $100,000.
(b) If the department purchases a policy of
				insurance for the benefit of a school district, it will deduct from the
				entitlement of the school district under AS 14.17.021 the amount of the
				premiums and any commissions or charges from the state's insurance
				broker.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.150
AS
					 14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 31 - School Facility Planning and Construction › Article 3 - General Provisions › 4 AAC 31.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
As used in this chapter and in AS 14.07, AS 14.08, and AS
				  14.11, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) "addition" means new space for expanded
				educational programs or new programs or space that replace substandard or
				destroyed space, by connection to an existing school facility; the term
				includes capital equipment;
(2)
				"capital equipment" means built-in and movable equipment used to furnish a
				newly constructed or rehabilitated space; it includes first-time purchase of
				library books, reference material, and media to furnish a new or renovated
				library; it does not include supply items such as textbooks and expendable
				commodities; the term is further defined in the
Guidelines for School
				Equipment Purchases
, 2021 edition, adopted by reference in 4 AAC 31.020;
(3) "commissioner" means
				the commissioner of the Department of Education and Early
				Development;
(4) "elementary and
				secondary schools" means buildings that have been built or converted
				predominantly for instruction of students in grades kindergarten through 12,
				and buildings for the support of that instruction; for purposes of this
				paragraph,
(A) elementary students are those
				in grades kindergarten - six;
(B)
				secondary students are those in grades 7 - 12;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 1 - Special Schools › 4 AAC 33.025 - Adult basic education grants (Relocated)

Current through May 31, 2024
As of Register 151 (October 1999), the provisions of former
					 4 AAC 33.025 were relocated by the regulations attorney
					 under AS
					 44.62.125(b)(6) to
					 8 AAC 99.200, in accordance with ch. 58, SLA
					 1999.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 1 - Special Schools › 4 AAC 33.060 - Providence Heights School

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The educational
				program at the Alaska Psychiatric Institute, Providence Heights School, may be
				funded by the department and may be operated by the Anchorage School District
				under an agreement with the department.
(b) Funding to carry out an agreement under
				(a) of this section must be based upon an annual plan of service submitted by
				the district and approved by the department.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.030(1)
AS
					 14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 1 - Special Schools › 4 AAC 33.070 - Alaska school for the deaf

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Department shall operate a
				centralized program for the deaf available to deaf students in the state. The
				program shall provide residential services as part of its educational program.
				The program may be operated by a school district under an agreement with the
				department, based on an annual plan of service approved by the
				department.
(b) If a school
				district operates the centralized program for the deaf under (a) of this
				section, that school district shall perform all duties of a local school
				district related to special education under state and federal law, except that
				the district is not required to offer transportation to students who do not
				reside in the district.
(c) If a
				school district determines that placement at the centralized program for the
				deaf under (a) of this section is appropriate for a child who resides in the
				district, the district that makes the placement retains the district's
				responsibilities for special education for that child under state and federal
				law.
(d) Funding for the students
				who attend the centralized program for the deaf operated by a school district
				under (a) of this section will be provided to the district that operates the
				program.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.030
AS
					 14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 1 - Special Schools › 4 AAC 33.080 - Admission to Mount Edgecumbe High School

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				superintendent of Mount Edgecumbe High School shall appoint an admissions
				committee of at least three persons to make recommendations for students to be
				admitted to the school.
(b) A
				student residing in any school district in the state may submit to the
				admissions committee an application for admission to Mount Edgecumbe High
				School, on forms prescribed by the department, at the following address: Mount
				Edgecumbe High School, Admissions Committee, Alaska Department of Education and
				Early Development, 1330 Seward Avenue, Sitka, Alaska 99835.
(c) An application under (b) of this section
				must include statements by the student and the student's parent or guardian
				explaining why admission is sought and why the student should be accepted, a
				copy of the student's school records, including attendance records,
				transcripts, and achievement test results, at least two recommendations from
				teachers or other adults who are not members of the student's family and who
				know the student well, and such other information as the admissions committee
				requests.
(d) The number of
				available openings at each grade level shall be established by the
				superintendent in advance of each semester, based upon the school's capacity,
				the number of returning students, and other relevant factors.
(e) The admissions committee shall recommend
				students for the available openings from among the applicants, and the
				superintendent shall make the final admissions decisions, based upon
				consideration of the following factors:
(1)
				the availability of a high school program in the student's home community
				adequate to meet the academic and social needs of the student;
(2) the degree to which the student is
				expected to benefit from the academic and social program at Mount Edgecumbe
				High School;
(3) the degree to
				which the student will bring background experiences, skills, and abilities that
				will enhance the diversity or academic potential of the student body;
(4) any particular school, family, or social
				situations that make the structured, residential setting of Mount Edgecumbe
				High School especially advisable for the student.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 1 - Special Schools › 4 AAC 33.090 - District-operated statewide and district-wide residential schools

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A district
				must obtain approval from the department before operating a statewide or
				district-wide residential school. A district may apply to establish and operate
				a new school only during a period of open applications established by the
				department under (c) of this section. Applications must include
(1) designation of the facilities that will
				house the residential school, including any proposal to build or renovate a
				facility, and the revenue sources that will support the construction or
				renovation;
(2) a five-year budget
				for the operation of the residential component of the school; the budget must
				specify the revenue sources that will support the proposed budget, including a
				provision for charging student tuition;
(3) a tuition waiver policy for families that
				can demonstrate financial hardship, including a definition of
				"hardship";
(4) an enrollment and
				selection policy for students applying to attend the residential
				school;
(5) a list of course
				offerings;
(6) a plan to assist
				students in crisis; and
(7) a
				staffing plan for the school.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 1 - Special Schools › 4 AAC 33.100 - Operation of special programs

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The State Board
				of Education and Early Development serves as the governing body of schools and
				other educational programs operated by the department. The state board may
				appoint advisory boards to give advice on the governance of those schools. At
				least 90 days before an expected vacancy on the program advisory board, the
				superintendent or director of each educational program operated by the
				department shall submit to the commissioner a nominee to fill the vacancy on a
				form provided by the department.
(b) The State Board of Education will adopt
				policies relating to school management and control, and student admission and
				discipline, during regular school board meetings in the manner required by
				AS
				44.62.310.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.030
AS 14.07.060
AS
					 44.27.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 1 - Special Schools › 4 AAC 33.113 - Amendment of charter

Current through May 31, 2024
A charter school may apply to a local school board for an
				  amendment to the school's charter during the term of its contract with the
				  local school board. If a local school board approves an amendment to the
				  charter, an amended contract must be executed to conform to the amended
				  charter. The local school board must forward an amended charter and amended
				  contract to the department. A charters school may make district-approved
				  changes to its program that do not require an amendment to the school's charter
				  without review by the State Board of Education and Early Development, except
				  that a change of program that involves the addition of an elementary or
				  secondary program must be approved by the local school board and the State
				  Board of Education and Early Development.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.250
AS 14.03.280
AS 14.07.020
AS
					 14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 1 - Special Schools › 4 AAC 33.115 - Operation of charter schools

Current through May 31, 2024
The department may audit the charter school's program during
				  the term of the contract under
				  AS
				  14.03.255(c) and may take
				  any action necessary to ensure compliance with federal and state law, including
				  the withholding of money under
				  AS
				  14.07.070. Notwithstanding any provision of a
				  charter or contract, a charter school shall comply with state and federal Jaw.
				  A change in state or federal law taking effect during the term of an existing
				  contract or charter overrides an inconsistent provision of a contract or
				  charter.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.250
AS 14.03 .255
AS 14.03.280
AS 14.07.020
AS
					 14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 1 - Special Schools › 4 AAC 33.117 - Charter school grant program

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A charter school
				that is established on or after July 1, 2014, may apply to the department for
				one-time grant funding under
				AS
				14.03.264. An applicant charter school must
(1) apply on a form prescribed by the
				department;
(2) provide evidence in
				its application that demonstrates that grant funds will be used to provide
				educational services as defined under
				AS
				14.03.264(a); and
(3) file its application with the department
				not later than September 15 to receive funding based on student enrollment on
				October 1 of the same fiscal year.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 1 - Special Schools › 4 AAC 33.119 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In
				  4 AAC 33.110 -
				  4 AAC 33.119,
(1) "charter school" has the meaning given in
				AS
				14.03.290;
(2) "commissioner" means the commissioner of
				education and early development;
(3) "department" means the Department of
				Education and Early Development;
(4) "local school board" has the meaning
				given in AS 14.03.290;
(5) "working day" means a day other than
				Saturday, Sunday, or a State holiday.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.250
AS 14.03.280
AS 14.07.020
AS
					 14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 2 - Grants for the Improvement of School Performance › 4 AAC 33.200 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
The purpose of
				  4 AAC 33.200 -
				  4 AAC 33.290 is to establish the process of application
				  for and awarding of grants under
				  AS
				  14.03.125.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.125
AS
					 14.07.165(2)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 2 - Grants for the Improvement of School Performance › 4 AAC 33.205 - Eligible applicants and recipients

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A governing
				body, district advisory board, or nonprofit organization located in the state,
				or a teacher or principal employed by a public school in the state may apply
				for a grant through a district located in the state to improve public school
				performance in that district. A grant awarded will be disbursed to the district
				through whom the application is made.
(b) An applicant or a district may submit
				more than one project proposal as part of a grant application to the
				commissioner. The total amount of all projects proposed by a district may
				exceed $50,000 for the year, but no one project proposal shall be for an amount
				less than $5,000 or greater than $50,000.
(c) The commissioner may aggregate proposed
				projects from a district's grant application into one grant award that does not
				exceed $50,000 for the year.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.125
AS 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS
					 14.07.165(2)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 2 - Grants for the Improvement of School Performance › 4 AAC 33.210 - Grant applications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An application for a grant for the
				improvement of school performance must be made on a form prescribed by and
				available from the department. The application must be signed by the applicant
				and the superintendent of the district through whom the application is made. If
				the applicant is an organization, the application must be signed by a
				responsible individual or officer designated by the organization.
(b) An application form for a grant for the
				improvement of school performance will be available from the department no
				later than 10 working days after the date that funds for a grant are available
				to the department. An application must be completed and postmarked or received
				by the department no later than 60 days after the date on which the application
				form was available from the department in order to be considered a timely
				application by the department.
(c)
				Repealed 1/13/95.
(d) In the grant
				application form, the applicant for a grant under
				4 AAC 33.200 -
				4 AAC 33.290 must explain, in writing,
(1) how the proposed project will contribute
				to the improvement of school performance;
(2) how for evaluation purposes the proposed
				project's effect on school performance will be demonstrated or measured;
				and
(3) how the project or parts of
				the project can be used by other districts, individuals, or organizations in
				the state to improve school performance.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 2 - Grants for the Improvement of School Performance › 4 AAC 33.215 - School improvement grant review committee

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				commissioner shall appoint a school improvement grant review committee to
				review the grant proposals and recommend to the commissioner which grants
				should be awarded. The commissioner shall appoint individuals with expertise in
				grant review or education, but the majority of appointees must be state
				employees. The commissioner shall make all final decisions on grant
				awards.
(b) The committee shall
				review all timely applications and make recommendations to the commissioner.
				The committee may recommend
(1) award of a
				grant for the project proposed in the amount requested;
(2) award of a grant for the project proposed
				in an amount different than requested;
(3) award of a grant to finance some of the
				projects proposed in a grant application; or
(4) that no grant be awarded.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 2 - Grants for the Improvement of School Performance › 4 AAC 33.220 - Notice of intent to award

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) After
				considering the recommendations of the committee, the commissioner shall make a
				decision on each grant application.
(b) The department shall send to each
				district that submitted a grant application
(1) a copy of the commissioner's decisions;
				and
(2) a notice of intent to
				award, if the district's application was selected by the commissioner; the
				department shall send these notices to the district by certified mail, return
				receipt requested.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 2 - Grants for the Improvement of School Performance › 4 AAC 33.225 - Grant awards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) After the time for an administrative
				review under
				4 AAC 33.230 has expired, the department shall notify
				all applicants and districts of the commissioner's grant award
				decisions.
(b) A notification under
				this section is a final decision of the department that may be appealed by an
				applicant or a district to superior court within 30 days under Part VI of the
				Rules of Appellate Procedure.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.125
AS 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS
					 14.07.165(2)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 2 - Grants for the Improvement of School Performance › 4 AAC 33.230 - Administrative review

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A district may appeal from the notice of
				intent to award by writing to the commissioner and requesting a review. The
				request must be received by the department within 14 days after the applicant's
				receipt of the notice of intent to award. The request must state the basis for
				the appeal, the relief sought, and facts that the district believes support a
				modification of the intent to award decision. The review officer will not
				consider information that merely supplements the original grant
				application.
(b) Within five
				working days after receiving a request for a review, the commissioner shall
				appoint a departmental staff member, who did not participate in the initial
				decision, to serve as a review officer.
(c) Within 20 working days after appointment,
				the review officer will provide the commissioner with a written recommendation
				concerning the relief sought. The recommendation must state the reasons for the
				recommendation, and must be based upon the information provided in the request
				for review and the records of the department.
(d) Within 10 working days after receipt of
				the review officer's recommendation, the commissioner will mail or otherwise
				distribute to the district a notification of the commissioner's decision. The
				notification must state the reasons relied upon for the decision. Notification
				under this subsection is a final decision of the department that may be
				appealed to superior court within 30 days under Part VI of the Rules of
				Appellate Procedure.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.125
AS 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS
					 14.07.165(2)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 2 - Grants for the Improvement of School Performance › 4 AAC 33.235 - Indirect costs

Current through May 31, 2024
A district may claim no more than five percent of the amount
				  of a grant awarded under this section as indirect costs for the purposes of
				  administering the grant.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.125
AS 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS
					 14.07.165(2)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 2 - Grants for the Improvement of School Performance › 4 AAC 33.240 - Grant agreement

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Disbursement of grant money awarded under
				4 AAC 33.200 -
				4 AAC 33.290 will not be made unless the applicant and
				the district execute a grant agreement with the department.
(b) The grant agreement will
(1) set out a disbursement schedule that the
				department determines is reasonable for the grant project;
(2) require that the district pay the grant
				money to the applicant according to the disbursement schedule;
(3) provide that the applicant will use the
				grant award solely for the purposes set out in the grant proposal;
				and
(4) establish other conditions
				on the applicant or the district that the department determines will enhance
				the effectiveness of the project.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 2 - Grants for the Improvement of School Performance › 4 AAC 33.245 - Progress report

Current through May 31, 2024
Each district awarded a school improvement grant must provide
				  an annual progress report to the department no later than 30 days after the
				  close of the grant year. A district may require that the applicant prepare the
				  report. If a district concurs with the applicant's report, the district may
				  adopt it as its own and submit it to the department.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.125
AS 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS
					 14.07.165(2)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 2 - Grants for the Improvement of School Performance › 4 AAC 33.290 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In
				  4 AAC 33.200 -
				  4 AAC 33.290,
(1) "applicant" means a person or
				organization proposing a project for a grant;
(2) "commissioner" means the commissioner of
				education and early development;
(3) "committee" means the school performance
				grant review committee;
(4)
				"department" means the department of education and early education;
(5) "district" has the meaning given in
				AS
				14.17.250;
(6) "grantee" includes a district that
				receives a grant and a applicant whose project proposal is approved for an
				award to a district;
(7) "improving
				school performance" means increasing student performance as demonstrated by a
				positive change in a measurement indicator, including the measurement
				indicators set out in
				AS
				14.03.120(e).
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
					 14.03.125
AS 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS
					 14.07.165
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 3 - Quality School Funding Grants › 4 AAC 33.300 - Purpose: Quality school funding grant program

Current through May 31, 2024
4 AAC 33.300 -
				  4 AAC 33.330 are adopted for the purpose of establishing
				  a grant process to implement the quality school funding grant program
				  established by
				  AS
				  14.17.480.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS
					 14.17.480
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 3 - Quality School Funding Grants › 4 AAC 33.310 - Applications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A district application for a quality
				school funding grant authorized under
				AS
				14.17.480 must be made on forms prescribed by
				and available from the department. Applications must be received by the
				department no later than May 1 for a grant for the following school year. An
				application must set out the district's annual program plan and budget designed
				to improve student achievement through
(1)
				implementation of student standards and assessments;
(2) professional standards;
(3) family, school, business, and community
				networks; and
(4) school excellence
				standards.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 3 - Quality School Funding Grants › 4 AAC 33.320 - Grant awards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Following approval of application, the
				department will calculate the amount of the district's grant entitlement by
				multiplying by $16 the district's adjusted ADM, as approved by the department
				for the school year to which the grant applies. The department will make a
				single lump sum grant payment to each district by January 15 of the applicable
				school year.
(b) If a total annual
				appropriation for the quality school grant program is insufficient to meet the
				total entitlement of all districts as calculated under (a) of this section, the
				department will reduce pro rata each district's grant entitlement.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS
					 14.17.480
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 3 - Quality School Funding Grants › 4 AAC 33.330 - Reporting requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
A district that receives a quality school funding grant of
				  more than $10,000 shall submit an annual program evaluation report in the
				  format prescribed by the department. The report must be received by the
				  department no later than thirty days after the close of the school year for
				  which the grant was awarded. A district that fails to timely submit the report
				  is not eligible to receive a quality school funding grant for the following
				  school year.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS
					 14.17.480
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 4 - Correspondence Study Programs › 4 AAC 33.405 - Applicability

Current through May 31, 2024
4 AAC 33.405 -
				  4 AAC 33.490 apply to correspondence study programs
				  offered by a school district, including statewide correspondence study
				  programs.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.090
AS 14.07.020
AS 14.07.030
AS 14.07.050
AS 14.07.060
AS 14.08.111
AS 14.14.090
AS 14.14.110
AS 14.17.430
AS
					 14.30.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 4 - Correspondence Study Programs › 4 AAC 33.410 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
The purpose of
				  4 AAC 33.405 -
				  4 AAC 33.490 is to
(1) ensure that standards for curriculum,
				instruction, and student assessment for correspondence study programs are
				consistent with state standards;
(2) ensure that the spending of public money
				by the programs is consistent with the public interest; and
(3) establish reporting requirements for
				districts enrolling out-of-district students and part-time students.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.095
AS 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS 14.14.110
AS 14.17.430
AS
					 14.30.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 4 - Correspondence Study Programs › 4 AAC 33.420 - Department approval

Current through May 31, 2024
Each school district offering a correspondence study program
				  must provide the department with a statement of assurance that it will comply
				  with 4 AAC 33.405 -
				  4 AAC 33.490. The statement must declare whether the
				  district intends to operate a statewide correspondence study program. Except as
				  provided in
				  4 AAC 33.460(c), the department will
				  approve a school district to operate a correspondence program after the receipt
				  of the statement required under this section. Once approved, a district is not
				  required to submit a new statement each year, except that a district must
				  submit a new statement before implementing a change in its
				  program.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.07.030
AS 14.07.050
AS 14.07.060
AS 14.14.110
AS 14.17.430
AS
					 14.30.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 4 - Correspondence Study Programs › 4 AAC 33.421 - Correspondence study program requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An individual
				learning plan required under
				AS
				14.03.300 must provide for
(1) monitoring of each student by the
				assigned certificated teacher; the monitoring must include at least monthly
				teacher-student or teacher-parent contact for a student who has obtained an
				achievement level that did not meet standards on the most recent administration
				of the statewide standards-based assessments under
				4 AAC 06.710 -
				4 AAC 06.790 and quarterly reviews of a student's work
				or progress in the individual learning plan; the district must maintain a
				record of the contact required under this paragraph;
(2) a grade, or other determination that the
				student has met the standards for a course, determined and assigned by the
				certificated teacher who is responsible for the course; the plan may provide
				for review and consideration of any recommendations submitted by the student or
				the student's parents;
(3) a
				transcript that includes the source of any course taken by the student that was
				not offered or approved by the governing body of the district, or, in the case
				of a program that is a charter school, by the charter school, and for which no
				public money was provided; the transcript must note whether the student's
				mastery of the content of the course was approved by the district as meeting a
				requirement for graduation; and
(4)
				asigned agreement between the assigned certificated teacher and at least one
				parent of each student that verifies that
(A)
				the student and parent have the same right to access the district appeal
				process as students and parents in the district's other programs; and
(B) the textbooks or other curriculum
				materials are appropriate for the student and the course of study is
				appropriate for the student as outlined in the individual learning
				plan.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 4 - Correspondence Study Programs › 4 AAC 33.422 - Fund accounts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A
				correspondence study program may provide a fund account to the student's
				parents for the purpose of meeting instructional expenses for the student
				enrolled in the program. Expenditures from a fund account must be for the
				student's instructional needs as described in the individual learning plan
				under AS
				14.03.300 and
				4 AAC 33.421(a).
(b) Textbooks, equipment, and other
				curriculum materials purchased with state money, including money provided to
				the parent through a fund account, are property of the district. Materials that
				are not consumables must be returned to the district when the student leaves
				the program for any reason.
(c) A
				fund account may not De used to pay for any item or service excluded under
				4 AAC 33.421(h).
(d) The fund account may not be used by the
				district or the parent to supplant district funds or obligations for IEP
				services.
(e) If a correspondence
				study program provides for a fund account, the governing body of the district,
				or, in the case of a program that is a charter school the charter school; shall
				establish written standards, consistent with
				4 AAC 33.405 -
				4 AAC 33.490, on what constitutes appropriate and
				allowable expenditures of a fund account.
(f) The district or charter school shall
				approve all expenditures from the fund account under the written standards
				established by the district under (e) of this section. The district's or
				charter school's approval process may include pre-authorization for items
				identified by the district in its written standards.
(g) The district or charter school may not
				permit the transfer of money between student fund accounts except in the case
				of families with multiple students enrolled.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.320
AS 14.07.020
AS 14.07.030
AS 14.07.060
AS 14.08.101
AS 14.17.430
AS
					 14.30.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 4 - Correspondence Study Programs › 4 AAC 33.426 - Core course requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A student
				enrolled in a correspondence study program, whether full-time or part-time,
				must take at least 50 percent of the student's coursework that the student
				takes through the correspondence study program in core courses. A student
				enrolled in more than two correspondence classes must take core courses in at
				least two different subject areas.
(b) A district may waive the requirement of
				(a) of this section ifthe district determines that the student is a senior and
				needs less than 50 percent of the student's curriculum in core courses to
				qualify for high school graduation from the correspondence study program in
				which the student is enrolled. A district shall waive the requirement of (a) of
				this section if the student obtained achievement levels that met standards in
				English language arts and mathematics as set out in
				4 AAC 06.739(b) during the previous
				academic year.
(c) Core course work
				performed outside the student's correspondence study program may not count
				towards the requirements set out under (a) of this section.
(d) In this section, "core course" means
(1) a course of study in
(A) English;
(B) mathematics;
(C) social studies;
(D) science;
(E) technology;
(F) world languages; or
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 4 - Correspondence Study Programs › 4 AAC 33.430 - Enrollment of students

Current through May 31, 2024
A student may not be counted as more than 1.0 full-time
				  equivalent for state funding purposes under
				  4 AAC 09.040. If a student is enrolled in both the
				  student's district of residence and in a statewide correspondence study program
				  of another district, the district of residence shall count the student first
				  under the provisions of
				  4 AAC 09.040(c), based solely upon the
				  student's enrollment in classes of the district of residence. Any remaining
				  student count may be allocated to a district that has enrolled the student in
				  classes in the district's statewide correspondence study program, on a
				  first-come, first-served basis. A student may not be counted as being enrolled
				  in a course if the student is concurrently enrolled in a substantially similar
				  course in a different educational institution, including a private
				  school.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.07.030
AS 14.07.060
AS 14.08.101
AS 14.14.110
AS 14.17.430
AS
					 14.30.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 4 - Correspondence Study Programs › 4 AAC 33.432 - Enrollment of special education students

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A district that
				offers a correspondence study program shall enroll a special education student
				on the same basis as any other student. The district must ensure that the
				student's program meets all requirements of AS 14.30 and
				4 AAC 52.100 -
				4 AAC 52.790, including child find, provision of special
				education and related services, procedural safeguards, and the development of
				the student's IEP. The district must meet all requirements of applicable state
				testing and assessment under
				4 AAC 06.710 -
				4 AAC 06.790 for the student. If a special education
				student is enrolled in more than one district, the district with the
				responsibility under this section is
(1) the
				district that receives the larger share of the student's full-time equivalent
				count for state funding purposes under
				4 AAC 09.040(c) and
				4 AAC 33.430;
(2) if the student's full-time equivalent
				count for each district in which the student is enrolled is equal, the
				student's district of residence; or
(3) if the student is enrolled in more than
				one statewide correspondence study program and the student's full-time
				equivalent count for each program is equal, the first statewide program that
				enrolled the student.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 4 - Correspondence Study Programs › 4 AAC 33.440 - Reporting requirements: statewide correspondence and part-time students

Current through May 31, 2024
Each district that operates a statewide correspondence study
				  program shall submit a report to the department, along with the student count
				  period information required by
				  AS
				  14.17.600. The report must be in an
				  electronic or other format, as required by the department, and must contain
				  the
(1) number of out-of-district
				students enrolled in the district's statewide correspondence study program, by
				district of residence;
(2) name,
				address, telephone number, and student identification number of each student
				enrolled part-time in the district's statewide correspondence study program,
				and the percentage of full-time equivalency assigned to that student.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.07.030
AS 14.07.060
AS 14.07.170
AS
					 14.30.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 4 - Correspondence Study Programs › 4 AAC 33.460 - Program review

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department may monitor correspondence
				study programs to ensure compliance with the requirements of
				4 AAC 33.405 -
				4 AAC 33.490.
(b) Upon request by the department, the
				district shall provide
(1) a list of all
				students enrolled in the statewide correspondence program, including each
				student's name, age, student identification issued by the department, entry
				date, exit date, whether the student has a disability category, and whether the
				student receives intensive services or related services;
(2) a list of all administrators, teachers,
				teacher aides, and related services personnel who provide special education and
				related services in the district, including, for certificated staff members,
				the teacher certificate numbers; and
(3) any other information required by the
				department to monitor programs as described in (a) of this section.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 4 - Correspondence Study Programs › 4 AAC 33.490 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In 4 AAC 33.410 - 4 AAC 33.490,
(1) repealed 8/6/2004;
(2) "board" means the state Board of
				Education and Early Development;
(3) "cooperative agreement" means a contract
				that is entered into by an enrolling district and a district of residence in
				conformance with
				4 AAC 33.432;
(4) "department" means the Department of
				Education and Early Development;
(5) "district" means a city or borough school
				district or a regional educational attendance area;
(6) "district of residence" means the school
				district in which a student is a resident;
(7) repealed 9/19/2008;
(8) "IEP" means in individualized education
				program established under the provisions of 4 AAC 52.140 that meets the
				requirements of
				AS
				14.30.186 and 14.30.278;
(9) "out-of-district student" means a student
				who seeks to enroll in a district in which the student does not
				reside;
(10) "special education
				student" means a student who is entitled to special education and related
				services under
				AS
				14.30.180-14.30.350 and
				4 AAC 52.010 - 4 AAC 52.990;
(11) "statewide correspondence study program"
				means any educational program, including a charter school program, that enrolls
				out-of-district students and provides
(A) for
				each secondary course, less than three hours per week of scheduled face-to-face
				interaction, in the same location, between a teacher certificated under
				AS
				14.20.020 and the class;
(B) for elementary students, less than 15
				hours per week of scheduled face-to-face interaction, in the same location,
				between a teacher certificated under
				AS
				14.20.020 and each full-time equivalent
				elementary student;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 6 - Funding for the Improvement of Internet Speed at Public Schools › 4 AAC 33.600 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
The purpose of
				  4 AAC 33.600 -
				  4 AAC 33.690 is to establish a process of determining
				  eligibility for and distribution of payments under
				  AS
				  14.03.127 (funding for Internet services),
				  subject to the availability of appropriations.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.127
AS 14.07.020
AS
					 14.07.060