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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 54 - Vocational Rehabilitation(Relocated)

Current through May 31, 2024
As of Register 151 (October 1999), the provisions of 4 AAC 54
				were relocated by the regulations attorney under
				AS
				44.62.125(b)(6) to 8 AAC 98,
				in accordance with ch. 58, SLA
				1999.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 1 - Planning and Reports › 4 AAC 57.010 - Alaska state plan

Current through May 31, 2024
The Long Range Program for Library Development in Alaska,
				  published in November, 1981, and Library Services for All Alaskans, published
				  in 1969, are adopted by reference as the state plan for participation under the
				  U.S. Library Services and Construction Act ( Public Law 84-597, as
				  amended).
The Alaska State Plan may be obtained by writing the
					 Commissioner, Department of Education and Early Development, P.O. Box F,
					 Juneau, Alaska 99811.
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
					 14.07.060
AS 14.56.020
AS
					 14.56.340
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 1 - Planning and Reports › 4 AAC 57.020 - Annual report of library operations

Current through May 31, 2024
Each library in the state that receives money from the state
				  for the support of the library shall annually provide the division of state
				  libraries with information about library operations which the division
				  requests, including information relating to the library's service area and
				  population served, facilities, assets and liabilities, use of the library's
				  resources, personnel, salaries, budget, statement of income and expenditures,
				  collection and acquisition of library materials, hours of service, and
				  interlibrary cooperation and resource-sharing agreements.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.56.020
AS
					 14.56.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 2 - Library Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 57.050 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Subject to the availability of
				appropriations from the legislature, the division shall award library
				assistance grants to eligible applicant libraries to assist in funding eligible
				library operations, interlibrary cooperation, and regional library services.
				For each grant the division shall specifically describe the library services
				purposes for which it may be expended.
(b) The division shall approve applications
				for library assistance grants in the following categories:
(1) public library assistance grants, as
				authorized by
				AS
				14.56.310(a)(1), to assist a
				municipal library a public library nonprofit corporation with library
				operational costs;
(2) interlibrary
				cooperation grants, as authorized by
				AS
				14.56.310(a)(2), to assist
				libraries with the cost of sharing resources with other libraries of the
				state;
(3) regional library
				services grants, as authorized by AS 14.46.310(a)(3), to assist libraries in
				providing regional library services to areas of the state in which there are no
				library facilities.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 2 - Library Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 57.063 - Public library assistance grants: Required local match

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A public
				library may apply for a public library assistance grant of no more than $7,000
				for each of its public library outlets. For money paid to a public library as a
				public library assistance grant, an equal matching amount of local resources
				must be provided in the form of local money, volunteer labor, or a combination
				of the two.
(b) The director shall
				determine the value of the volunteer labor proposed as a local match, based
				upon the prevailing wage rates for comparable positions.
(c) If a portion of the proposed local match
				is identified as money expended for utility costs for a public library located
				in a shared or combined facility, the director shall determine the value of the
				match based upon the proportion of use of the facility by the public
				library.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.56.020
AS 14.56.030
AS 14.56.300
AS 14.56.310
AS
					 14.56.340
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 2 - Library Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 57.064 - Public library assistance grants: Eligibility

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To qualify for
				a public library assistance grant, a library must
(1) provide, at a minimum, the following
				services:
(A) a circulating collection of
				library books and materials that the library purchases and maintains;
(B) interlibrary loans;
(C) reference services;
(D) children's programs;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 2 - Library Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 57.065 - Interlibrary cooperation grants

Current through May 31, 2024
The interlibrary cooperation grant program is competitive.
				  The division shall make an interlibrary cooperation grant to a library to
				  promote or support
(1) sharing of
				resources;
(2) cooperative services
				with another library;
(3)
				innovative programs for the delivery of library services; or
(4) training or other programs that
				strengthen library services.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.56.020
AS 14.56.030
AS 14.56.300
AS 14.56.310
AS
					 14.56.340
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 2 - Library Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 57.067 - Public library assistance grants: Combined public and school library facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
				If an applicant for a public library assistance grant is a combined public and
				school library, that library must, in addition to meeting the eligibility
				requirements of
				4 AAC 57.064,
(1)
				execute and keep in force a binding legal agreement between the school district
				and the governing body of the public library, approved by the division,
				providing for allocation of
(A) financial
				responsibilities;
(B) the
				ownership, maintenance, care, and right of use of collections, equipment, and
				physical facilities;
(C) staffing
				and personnel requirements; and
(D)
				hours of service;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 2 - Library Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 57.069 - Regional library services grants

Current through May 31, 2024
The division shall make a regional library services grant to
				  a library that enters into an agreement with the state library to act on behalf
				  of the state library to
(a) furnish
				library materials to areas of the state in which there is not sufficient
				population or local revenue to support operation of a public library facility;
				or
(b) provide services, training,
				or technical support to other libraries.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.56.020
AS 14.56.030
AS 14.56.300
AS
					 14.56.340
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 2 - Library Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 57.070 - Application

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An application for a library assistance
				grant must be filed with the director. Application must be made on a form
				provided by the division.
(b) An
				application for a fiscal year must be submitted by April 1 of the preceding
				fiscal year.
(c) If appropriated
				money is available after a final decision is made on all applications filed
				during the application period set out in (b) of this section, the director may
				accept and consider additional applications for grants which were filed after
				the application period set in (b) of this section.
The address for library assistance grant applications is
					 Division of Libraries, Archives & Museums, Department of Education and
					 Early Development, P.O. 110571, Juneau, Alaska 99811-0500.
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
					 14.07.060
AS 14.56.020
AS 14.56.030
AS 14.56.300
AS 14.56.310
AS
					 14.56.340
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 2 - Library Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 57.074 - Decision on application

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) By August 1 of
				each fiscal year, the director of the division of state libraries shall make a
				decision on each completed grant application that was submitted by the
				application deadline set by
				4 AAC 57.070(b).
(b) The director shall set aside 75 percent
				of the state general funds appropriated for library assistance grants to fund
				public library assistance grants. If the set-aside is not sufficient to fully
				fund the state match, the director shall reduce each grant
				proportionally.
(c) The director
				shall set aside the remaining 25 percent of the state general funds
				appropriated for library assistance grants to fund interlibrary cooperation
				grants and regional services grants.
(d) The decision of the director under (a) of
				this section must be in writing and, if an applicant is determined to be
				eligible for a grant, must state the amount of the grant.
(e) The director shall deliver to an
				applicant whose grant application has been approved, a grant agreement
				restating the general requirements of the program under which the grant is
				approved. The director shall transmit payment of the grant to the applicant
				only after the grant agreement has been signed and returned to the
				division.
As of Register 196 (January 2011), the regulations attorney
					 made a technical revision under
					 AS
					 44.62.125(b)(6), to
					 4 AAC 57.074(b).
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.56.020
AS 14.56.030
AS 14.56.300
AS 14.56.310
AS
					 14.56.340
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 2 - Library Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 57.076 - Amendment of application

Current through May 31, 2024
An application may be amended after a decision has been made
				  under 4 AAC 57.074 if the director finds
				  that the amendment is in the best interests of the state.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.56.020
AS 14.56.030
AS 14.56.300
AS 14.56.310
AS
					 14.56.340
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 2 - Library Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 57.084 - Administrative review

Current through May 31, 2024
An applicant who is dissatisfied with a decision by the
				  director under
				  4 AAC 57.074 may obtain review of that decision in the
				  manner made available to school districts under
				  4 AAC 40.010 -
				  4 AAC 40.050.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.56.020
AS 14.56.030
AS 14.56.300
AS 14.56.310
AS
					 14.56.340
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 2 - Library Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 57.087 - Use of grant proceeds

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A library assistance grant approved by
				the division must be used for the purposes set out in the application filed
				under 4 AAC 57.070 as approved by the
				director or, if amended, as amended under
				4 AAC 57.076. The grant money must be spent in a manner
				consistent with the provisions of the grant agreement.
(b) The proceeds of a library assistance
				grant
(1) must be accounted for separately
				from other money received by the library from government and private
				sources;
(2) must be spent or
				encumbered by the library by the end of the grant period.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 2 - Library Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 57.089 - Local match

Current through May 31, 2024
A public library that receives a public library assistance
				  grant
(1) shall spend or encumber the
				full amount of the locally-generated match money that it has committed to meet
				the local match support requirements of the grant by the end of the fiscal year
				for which the grant is made;
(2)
				may not spend or encumber an amount that is less than the full amount of the
				locally-generated match money that it has committed to meet the local match
				support requirements of the grant even if, under
				4 AAC 57.074(c), the director prorates
				the amount provided as the state matching grant.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.56.020
AS 14.56.030
AS 14.56.300
AS 14.56.330
AS
					 14.56.340
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 2 - Library Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 57.090 - Definitions (Relocated)

Current through May 31, 2024
As of Register 81 (April, 1982),
					 4 AAC 57.090 has been relocated to
					 4 AAC 57.990.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 2 - Library Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 57.091 - Financial report for grant

Current through May 31, 2024
A library that receives a library assistance grant shall file
				  with the division a financial report for the use of the grant. The report must
				  be made on a form provided by the division, and must be filed on or before
				  September 1 following the close of the fiscal year for which the grant was
				  received.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.56.020
AS 14.56.030
AS 14.56.300
AS
					 14.56.340
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 2 - Library Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 57.095 - Program administration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The director may require repayment from a
				library of
(1) repealed 4/2/99;
(2) the portion of money paid as a grant that
				the library does not spend or encumber by the end of the fiscal year for which
				the grant was received; and
(3) the
				full amount of a grant
(A) if the proceeds of
				the grant have been used for purposes other than those allowed by the grant
				application and grant agreement;
(B) if the library fails to file the annual
				report of library operations required by
				4 AAC 57.020 or the financial report for the grant
				required by
				4 AAC 57.091; or
(C) if the library fails to spend the local
				matching money as required in
				AS
				14.56.330.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 2 - Library Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 57.099 - Exemptions

Current through May 31, 2024
An individual who is the permanent director of a public
				  library on April 2, 1999 is exempt from the educational requirements of
				  4 AAC 57.064(a) (4).
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.56.020
AS 14.56.300
AS 14.56.310
AS
					 14.56.340
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 4 - Public School Library Collection Development Grants › 4 AAC 57.410 - General eligibility

Current through May 31, 2024
A school district
(1) may apply for a public school library
				collection development grant on behalf of a school with a public school library
				eligible under
				AS
				14.56.365;
(2) that operates a correspondence program
				with a public school library eligible under
				AS
				14.56.365 may apply for a public school
				library collection development grant for that library.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.56.365
AS
					 14.56.370
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 4 - Public School Library Collection Development Grants › 4 AAC 57.420 - Application process

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A school district that applies for a
				public school library collection development grant must submit
(1) a complete application, on a form
				provided by the division; the district must submit a separate application for
				each public school library for which a grant award is sought; the application
				must include
(A) the name, physical address,
				telephone number, and electronic mail address of the
(i) school district; and
(ii) school or correspondence program with
				the public school library;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 4 - Public School Library Collection Development Grants › 4 AAC 57.430 - Review process

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The division will evaluate each timely
				application for a public school library collection development grant for
(1) compliance with eligibility requirements;
				and
(2) previous compliance with
				grant expenditure requirements and grant reporting requirements.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 4 - Public School Library Collection Development Grants › 4 AAC 57.440 - Grant award letter and grant agreement

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) When an
				application for a public school library collection development grant has been
				approved, the division will send a grant award letter and grant agreement to
				the school district. The signed grant agreement is a contract between the
				division and the school district. By signing the grant agreement, the school
				district agrees that the school district, and the public school library on
				whose behalf the school district applied, will comply with the terms and
				conditions applicable to the grant, and will use the grant money as required
				under AS
				14.56.360-14.56.370 and
				4 AAC 57.410 -
				4 AAC 57.490.
(b) The school district shall sign and return
				the grant agreement within 30 days after the division sends the grant award
				letter and grant agreement. The division will not disburse grant money until
				the school district returns the signed grant agreement.
(c) A school district that applies for a
				public school library collection development grant may appeal, under 4 AAC 40,
				the division's denial of an application.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.56.365
AS
					 14.56.370
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 4 - Public School Library Collection Development Grants › 4 AAC 57.450 - Reporting

Current through May 31, 2024
On or before April 15 of the school year in which the grant
				  was awarded, the school district shall submit the annual report required by
				  AS
				  14.56.375 using a form supplied by the
				  division, and shall attach any required documentation. On the annual report
				  form, the school district shall report separately on each public school library
				  for which a grant was awarded.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.56.365
AS
					 14.56.375
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 4 - Public School Library Collection Development Grants › 4 AAC 57.460 - Compliance

Current through May 31, 2024
If the division determines that a school district or public
				  school library has used grant money in a manner not in compliance with
				  AS
				  14.56.360-14.56.370,
				  4 AAC 57.410 -
				  4 AAC 57.490, or a term or condition of the grant
				  agreement, the school district or public school library must return that money
				  to the state.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.56.365
AS
					 14.56.370
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 4 - Public School Library Collection Development Grants › 4 AAC 57.490 - Definition

Current through May 31, 2024
In 3 AAC 57.410 - 3 AAC 57.490, "library collection
				  materials" has the meaning given in
				  AS
				  14.56.370.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.56.365
AS
					 14.56.370
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 5 - General Provisions › 4 AAC 57.910 - Fees for services

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The division shall charge fees for each
				of the following services provided by the division through the state library,
				including the Historical Collections section of the State Library, in the
				amounts set out after each:
(1) For
				photographic services, the division processes requests for the duplication of
				photographs from its collections using the duplication services of a private
				vendor; the processing fee payable to the division is $30 per photograph,
				except that the processing fee payable by a person who is a student is $1; the
				provisions of this paragraph apply to the use of an image in publishing, video
				production, self-copy, exhibits product presentations, interior design, digital
				format, advertising, or similar use, including for-profit work done by
				consultants or commercial design firms on behalf of government agencies or
				non-profit institutions; the processing fee is for one-time non-exclusive use;
				in addition to the processing fee, the person making a request for a photograph
				duplication service may be billed by the vendor for the fee or processor's cost
				of providing the duplicate photograph;
(2) For interlibrary loan services,
(A) for a rush request: $15 per
				request;
(B) for the loan of
				material for an out-of-state request: $20 per loan;
(C) for a request for photocopying material
				for an out-of-state request: $20, plus $.25 per page;
(3) For photocopying services,
(A) $.20 per page for self-service;
(B) $.20 per page, plus $60 per hour for
				photocopying by division personnel; for photocopying services that are subject
				to the fee charged under this subparagraph, the per-hour fee is not charged for
				the first 10 photocopies of material
(C) $1 per page for color
				photocopies;
(D) $75 replacement
				fee for a lost book, which includes a $15 nonrefundable service fee;
(4) For special services rendered
				by the staff, the division shall charge a person who requests special services
				rendered by the staff in an amount based on
(A) actual costs; and
(B) actual staff time rendered that takes
				into consideration the hourly cost of the salary and benefits payable to any
				staff member assigned to respond to the request; however, the charge made for
				staff time under this subparagraph may not exceed $60 per hour per staff
				member.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 57 - Library Services › Article 5 - General Provisions › 4 AAC 57.990 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
As used in
				  AS
				  14.56.300 -
				  AS
				  14.56.340 and in this chapter
(1) "director" means the director of the
				division of libraries, archives & museums in the Department of
				Education;
(2) "division" means the
				division of libraries, archives & museums in the Department of
				Education;
(3) "library" means an
				institution that acquires, organizes, maintains, and provides public access to
				library materials for reference, research, and circulation;
(4) "library materials" includes books,
				periodicals, newspapers, documents, pamphlets, photographs, microforms, maps,
				sound recordings, audio-visual materials, and other materials of a similar
				nature;
(5) "operations" means
				personal services, communications, library materials, supplies, equipment, and
				other services necessary to provide library services; "operations" does not
				include construction;
(6) "public
				library" means a library operated by a municipality under
				AS
				29.35.125 or by a public library nonprofit
				corporation for the purpose of providing general library services to all
				residents in the library's legal service area free of charge and without
				discrimination;
(7) "public library
				nonprofit corporation" means an organization that
(A) has filed articles of incorporation with
				the state under
				AS
				10.20.005-10.20.452 for the purpose of
				establishing and operating a public library;
(B) filed a current annual report with the
				state, established bylaws, and elected officers; and
(C) holds meetings of its board of directors
				in public at least quarterly;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 58 - Museum Services › Article 1 - Fees › 4 AAC 58.010 - Fees

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
				The admission fee to the Alaska State Museum is $9 per visit. The admission fee
				to the Sheldon Jackson Museum is $7 per visit. However, during the period in
				the summer months in which the Alaska State Museum and Sheldon Jackson Museum
				have extended hours, the admission fee to the Alaska State Museum is $14 and
				the admission fee to the Sheldon Jackson Museum is $9 . The museums may not
				charge an admission fee to a person who is younger than 19 years of age. A $1
				discount is available to a visitor who is 65 years of age or older.
(b) The fee for an annual pass to the Alaska
				State Museum and the Sheldon Jackson Museum is $40. An annual pass allows the
				holder to visit both museums without paying an additional admission fee. An
				annual pass is valid for the calendar year in which it is issued.
(c) The Alaska State Museum and Sheldon
				Jackson Museum may waive an admission fee
(1)
				if the museum determines that the waiver is in the public interest;
				or
(2) for a special program
				presented at the museum, including an exhibit opening, a reception, or a
				lecture.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 58 - Museum Services › Article 2 - Acquisition and Deaccession of Artifacts › 4 AAC 58.100 - Scope of collection

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Alaska State Museum will
(1) acquire objects for the museum's
				collection in compliance with state and federal law;
(2) obtain evidence that archaeological
				material was excavated scientifically and legally before acquiring
				archaeological material;
(3) not
				collect human remains; however, Alaska Native artifacts that incorporate
				voluntarily-shed human hair are within the scope of collection;
(4) adopt and implement a plan for collection
				that addresses exhibition, education, research, and collection development, and
				that allows the museum to consider opportunities to obtain significant and
				unique Alaskan objects when those opportunities arise.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 58 - Museum Services › Article 2 - Acquisition and Deaccession of Artifacts › 4 AAC 58.110 - Acquisition of artifacts

Current through May 31, 2024
Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Alaska
				  State Museum will use the following process for the acquisition of artifacts
				  for inclusion in the museum's collection:
(1) the museum will establish a staff
				acquisitions committee, to be chaired by the senior curator of collections;
(2) the staff acquisition
				committee shall review a proposed acquisition, including an acquisition for the
				Alaska State Museum or a branch museum, without regard to whether the proposed
				acquisition is to be by purchase, donation, exchange, field collecting, or
				other means;
(3) in reviewing a
				proposed acquisition, the senior curator of collections shall
(A) determine whether the proposed
				acquisition is within the scope of collection of the museum, including a branch
				museum;
(B) evaluate the
				authenticity, quality, significance, integrity, workmanship, age, rarity,
				documentation, condition, aesthetic quality, and historical value to this state
				of the proposed acquisition;
(C)
				determine whether the proposed acquisition has potential for long-term
				stability in the care of the museum;
(D) consult as necessary with experts,
				including other staff and outside experts;
(E) consider the cost of the acquisition,
				including whether alternative acquisitions might be foreclosed by this
				acquisition; and
(F) prepare for
				each proposed acquisition a checklist that includes the criteria described in
				this paragraph;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 58 - Museum Services › Article 2 - Acquisition and Deaccession of Artifacts › 4 AAC 58.120 - Loans of objects in the collection

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A nonprofit
				museum or cultural center may apply on a form prepared by the museum for a loan
				of an artifact from the Alaska State Museum collection for nonprofit
				educational use of the artifact. In determining whether to grant or deny the
				loan request, the chief curator shall consider the
(1) standards for safety and security adopted
				and implemented by the institution applying for the loan;
(2) ability of the institution to care for
				the object, including whether the institution
(A) will insure the object under an all-risk,
				wall-to-wall policy during the time of the loan; and
(B) will provide special care if special care
				is required;
(3) risk
				of damage or loss to the artifact from the requested use;
(4) effect the loan will have on the Alaska
				State Museum's programming;
(5)
				term of the loan; a long-term or permanent loan may not be approved;
				and
(6) public interest.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 58 - Museum Services › Article 2 - Acquisition and Deaccession of Artifacts › 4 AAC 58.130 - Agreements regarding Alaska Native artifacts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Alaska
				State Museum may enter into an agreement with an Alaska Native tribe or clan
				regarding an Alaska Native artifact that has a historical connection to the
				tribe or clan, if the museum finds that the agreement is
(1) in the interest of the collection;
(2) consistent with the mission of
				the museum.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 58 - Museum Services › Article 2 - Acquisition and Deaccession of Artifacts › 4 AAC 58.140 - Deaccession of artifacts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Alaska
				State Museum may deaccession an artifact in the museum collection if
(1) possession of the artifact poses a hazard
				to human life or health or jeopardizes the preservation of other objects in the
				collection, as determined by a conservator or other experts;
(2) the artifact is outside the museum's
				scope of collections;
(3) return
				of the artifact to a Native American individual or group is required under
				25 U.S.C.
				3001 -
				3013 (Native American Graves
				Protection and Repatriation Act);
(4) possession of the artifact violates
				federal or state law;
(5) the
				artifact is in poor or unstable condition, as determined by a conservator, and
				the museum determines in writing that stabilization of the artifact is not
				appropriate;
(6) the artifact is
				an exact duplicate of other objects in the collection; or
(7) another person or entity has title to the
				artifact, as determined by
(A) a court; or
(B) the museum under the process
				described in
				4 AAC 58.150.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 58 - Museum Services › Article 2 - Acquisition and Deaccession of Artifacts › 4 AAC 58.150 - Ownership of artifacts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) All artifacts accessioned into the
				collection of the Alaska State Museum are presumed to be owned solely and
				completely by the state unless the accessioning documents provide for a
				different ownership.
(b) Except for
				a claim filed under 25
				U.S.C. 3001 -
				3013 (Native American Graves
				Protection and Repatriation Act), a person who claims ownership of an artifact
				in the collection of the Alaska State Museum may petition the senior curator of
				collections of the museum for a determination of ownership. A petition must
				identify all evidence in support of the claimant's claim, and must state
				whether the claimant seeks to have the artifact deaccessioned and returned to
				the claimant. The senior curator of collections for the Alaska State Museum
				shall investigate the claim, and may interview witnesses and request that the
				claimant provide additional evidence. Not later than 60 days after receipt of
				the claim, the senior curator of collections shall issue a written decision on
				the ownership of the object. If requested by the senior curator of collections,
				the chief curator of the Alaska State Museum may grant a 30-day extension of
				time to complete the investigation. If the senior curator of collections
				determines that clear and convincing evidence supports the claimant's claim,
				the senior curator of collections shall issue a determination of ownership in
				favor of claimant. The claimant may use the determination to support a petition
				for deaccession to the Museum Collections Advisory Committee established under
				AS
				14.57.020.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.57.010
AS
					 14.57.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 58 - Museum Services › Article 3 - Museum Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 58.200 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
Museum assistance grants are awarded on an open competitive
				  basis under
				  AS
				  14.57.010(b)(10) to assist
				  eligible museums and museum-related agencies to supplement and improve their
				  services. The museum assistance grants program promotes and advances
				  professional museum standards and practices in the state. A grant may be used
				  only for museum-related projects and for the purposes for which it is awarded.
				  The administrator of the state museums, or a designee, may require repayment of
				  grant money used for other purposes.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS
					 14.57.010(b)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 58 - Museum Services › Article 3 - Museum Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 58.210 - Eligibility

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A museum may apply for a museum
				assistance grant if
(1) the museum will be
				open to the public on a regularly scheduled basis, publicized in its area of
				service, in the fiscal year for which a grant is requested, and
(2) the grant will benefit one or more
				museums or museum-related agencies.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 58 - Museum Services › Article 3 - Museum Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 58.220 - Application

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A completed application for a museum
				assistance grant for a fiscal year must be filed with Alaska State Museums,
				Museum Services Office, at 395 Whittier St., Juneau, Alaska 99801, on a form
				provided by the administrator of state museums.
(b) An application for a fiscal year
				beginning after July 1, 1989 must be filed on or before June 1 of the previous
				fiscal year. An application for a short-term or emergency project such as an
				unexpected acquisition opportunity, cleaning after fire, flood, or Halon
				discharge, or other unplanned event, will be accepted up to May 31 of the
				fiscal year for which the grant is sought.
(c) A new application will not be considered
				if the applicant has failed to file one or more reports on previous grants as
				required by
				4 AAC 58.260.
(d) Criteria for each year's grants will be
				included with the application forms.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS
					 14.57.010(b)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 58 - Museum Services › Article 3 - Museum Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 58.230 - Decision on award and amount

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				administrator of state museums shall appoint a qualified review committee of at
				least three members, which shall score and rank the applications according to
				the criteria outlined in the application form.
(b) The administrator of state museums, or
				the administrator's designee, shall render a written decision on the amount, if
				any, of the grant awarded to each applicant, and the purposes of the grant,
				within 60 days after the June 1 deadline in
				4 AAC 58.220.
(c) A museum assistance grant may be awarded
				in the amount requested under the current-year application instructions or in a
				lesser amount in accordance with the criteria outlined in the application form.
				A grant is subject to the availability of money. The amount awarded shall be
				based on the completed application forms and other material submitted by the
				applicants, the recommendations of museum staff, and the recommendations of the
				review committee.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS
					 14.57.010(b)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 58 - Museum Services › Article 3 - Museum Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 58.240 - Amendment of application

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A grant
				application may be amended after a decision is made under
				4 AAC 58.230 if the administrator of state museums or
				the administrator's designee finds that the amendment is in the best interests
				of the state.
(b) An amendment must
				be submitted for consideration under this section at least 60 days before the
				end of the fiscal year for which the grant is requested.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS
					 14.57.010(b)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 58 - Museum Services › Article 3 - Museum Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 58.250 - Administrative review

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An applicant who is dissatisfied with a
				decision under
				4 AAC 58.230 may request review of that decision by
				filing a request with the administrator of state museums within 15 days after
				receiving notice of the decision. The request for review must state the grounds
				for the request.
(b) The state
				Board of Education or its designee will render a decision on a request for
				review within 60 days after receipt of the request.
(c) The decision of the state Board of
				Education is the final administrative decision and is subject to review under
				the provisions of
				AS
				44.62.560.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS
					 14.57.010(b)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 58 - Museum Services › Article 3 - Museum Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 58.260 - Financial report

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A grant recipient shall file a report
				with the administrator of state museums for each fiscal year for which a grant
				is received. The financial report must be made on forms provided by the
				administrator of state museums and must include a narrative description of the
				project and a specific accounting of the use of grant money. The report must be
				filed on or before June 30 of the fiscal year for which the grant was received.
				The report must provide the information about activities and operations that
				the administrator of state museums requests, including information relating to
				the organization's service area, population served, facilities, assets and
				liabilities, use of resources, personnel, salaries, budget, statement of income
				and expenditure, collection and acquisition of materials or museum objects,
				hours of service, and intermuseum cooperation and resource sharing
				agreements.
(b) A museum or
				museum-related agency that fails to file a report or properly account for the
				use of grant money may be required to repay the money and is ineligible for any
				further grants.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS
					 14.57.010(b)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 58 - Museum Services › Article 3 - Museum Assistance Grants › 4 AAC 58.270 - Recommendations regarding museum staff

Current through May 31, 2024
At least one of a museum's qualified staff should be a paid
				  employee, if possible, and should command an appropriate body of specialized
				  knowledge and the ability to reach museological decisions consistent with the
				  prevailing professional standards. The employee should have access to and
				  acquaintance with the literature and current practices of the field.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS
					 14.57.010(b)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 58 - Museum Services › Article 4 - Designation of Natural and Cultural History Repositories › 4 AAC 58.300 - Application

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A museum, a cultural center, or an
				affiliated research component of a museum or cultural center may apply to the
				department for designation as a natural and cultural history repository under
				AS
				14.57.012.
(b) An application for designation as a
				natural and cultural history repository must be made on a form prescribed by
				the department. The application must be signed by the applicant institution's
				director or chief curator.
(c) An
				institution seeking designation as a natural and cultural history repository
				must submit an application to the department during an annual application
				period beginning March 1 and closing April 30.
(d) An application must describe in writing
				or otherwise substantiate that the institution seeking designation as a natural
				and cultural history repository
(1) meets
				each requirement set out in
				AS
				14.57.012; and
(2) holds a current accreditation from the
				American Alliance of Museums or altenatively meets the standards set out in
				4 AAC 58.305.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 58 - Museum Services › Article 4 - Designation of Natural and Cultural History Repositories › 4 AAC 58.310 - Statement of assurances and affirmative obligation to report material change in conditions

Current through May 31, 2024
On or before April 30 an institution that has received a
				  designation as a natural and cultural history repository from the department
				  shall annually provide the department with a statement of assurance that it
				  continues to operate under the same physical conditions, management policies,
				  and safety procedures described in its initial application. Additionally, the
				  institution shall promptly report significant changes to the policies and
				  conditions described in its application to the department.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.57.010
AS 14.57.012
AS
					 14.57.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 58 - Museum Services › Article 4 - Designation of Natural and Cultural History Repositories › 4 AAC 58.315 - Review of designated repositories

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To ensure
				compliance with the requirements of
				4 AAC 58.300 -
				4 AAC 58.305, the department may monitor an institution
				that has received a designation as a natural and cultural history
				repository.
(b) Upon request by the
				department, the institution shall permit department personnel physical assess
				to the institution and shall promptly comply with department requests to
				inspect any document referenced by the institution in its initial application
				or a statement of assurance under
				4 AAC 58.310.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.57.010
AS 14.57.012
AS
					 14.57.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 58 - Museum Services › Article 4 - Designation of Natural and Cultural History Repositories › 4 AAC 58.320 - Revocation of designation

Current through May 31, 2024
The department may place an institution that has received a
				  designation as a natural and cultural history repository on a plan of
				  correction for a violation of
				  4 AAC 58.300 -
				  4 AAC 58.305. The department may withdraw an
				  institution's designation as a natural and cultural repository if the
				  department determines that the institution is unable or unwilling to properly
				  address a violation of
				  4 AAC 58.300 -
				  4 AAC 58.305 identified in a plan of correction.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.57.010
AS 14.57.012
AS
					 14.57.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 58 - Museum Services › Article 4 - Designation of Natural and Cultural History Repositories › 4 AAC 58.390 - Definition

Current through May 31, 2024
In
				  4 AAC 58.300 -
				  4 AAC 58.390, "institution" has the meaning given in
				  AS
				  14.57.012(f).
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.57.010
AS 14.57.012
AS
					 14.57.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 58 - Museum Services › Article 5 - General Provisions › 4 AAC 58.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
As used in AS 14.57 and this chapter
(1) "museum" means an organized and permanent
				nonprofit institution, educational or aesthetic in purpose, with qualified
				staff, that owns, cares for, and uses tangible objects, and interprets and
				exhibits them to the public on some regular schedule;
(2) "museum-related agency" means a local,
				regional, or statewide nonprofit organization, such as an historical society,
				cultural heritage center, museum support group, or statewide museum
				association, the purpose of which is to augment and enhance museum services and
				practices;
(3) "nonprofit
				institution" means a municipality, or a nonprofit corporation in good standing
				under AS 10.20;
(4) "qualified
				staff" means at least one employee who is considered by the museum's governing
				authority to be qualified;
(5)
				"Alaska State Museum" means the state museum in Juneau, Alaska and, unless the
				context requires otherwise, a branch museum established and maintained under
				AS
				14.57.010(a);
(6) "Sheldon Jackson Museum" means the branch
				of the state museum in Sitka, Alaska.
(7) "accession" means the process by which an
				object is made part of the permanent collection of the museum;
(8) "deaccession" means the process used to
(A) remove permanently an object from the
				museum's collection; or
(B)
				document the reasons for a removal required by law due to circumstances not
				controlled by the museum;