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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 07 - Student Rights and Responsibilities › 4 AAC 07.900 - Definition

Current through May 31, 2024
As used in this chapter, "corporal punishment" means the
				application of physical force to the body of a student for disciplinary
				purposes. It does not include the use of reasonable and necessary physical
				restraint of a student to protect the student, or others, from physical injury,
				to obtain possession of a weapon or other dangerous object from a student, to
				maintain reasonable order in the classroom, or on school grounds, or to protect
				property from serious damage or destruction.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.020(a)
AS
				  14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 09 - State Support of Schools › Article 1 - State Aid › 4 AAC 09.006 - ADM adjustment for schools

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Annually, by
				September 1, the commissioner will publish a list of each school eligible for
				ADM adjustment under
				AS
				14.17.450 within each district. The list will
				be based on the actual ADM of each school within each district for the prior
				school year.
(b) A district may
				request an amendment to the list of schools published under (a) of this
				section. The commissioner will add or remove a school from the list if
				satisfied that the request is justified under the criteria set out in
				AS
				14.17.905.
(c) A district's request for an amendment
				under (b) of this section must be made in writing and must be received by the
				commissioner before the beginning of the student count period under
				AS
				14.17.600 for the fiscal year for which the
				amendment is to become effective.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.17.905
AS 14.17.920
Sec. 40, ch. 83,
SLA 1998
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 09 - State Support of Schools › Article 1 - State Aid › 4 AAC 09.010 - Public school foundation program

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) - (c) Repealed
				6/10/83.
(d) Repealed
				1/22/81.
(e) Repealed
				7/22/99.
(f) Effective August 5,
				1990, distribution of state aid under the public school foundation program
				shall be governed by the department as follows:
(1) A school district that questions a state
				aid payment shall immediately notify the department and request a review of
				data and computations leading to the payment amount.
(2) If the department finds no error in the
				data or in the computation of the payment, it will provide written notice and
				explanation of its findings to the district.
(3) If the district further disputes the
				determination of payment, it may proceed with an appeal under the provisions of
				4 AAC 40.
(4) Upon discovery, by
				department staff or by auditors conducting the annual department audit, of an
				overpayment to a district, a written notice will be sent to the district. The
				district shall immediately remit the amount of overpayment to the department as
				required by AS 14.17.170.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 09 - State Support of Schools › Article 1 - State Aid › 4 AAC 09.011 - Calculation of supplement public school funding floor

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				supplementary public school funding floor for a district under
				AS
				14.17.490 is calculated as follows:
(1) "public school funding" is the funding
				amount for a district for fiscal year 1999 as calculated under
				AS
				14.17.410(b)(1);
(2) "state aid" is equal to
(A) the amount of state foundation aid for a
				district for fiscal year 1999 as calculated under former AS 14.17.021,
				14.17.022, 14.17.024, and 14.17.026, as those provisions read on January 1,
				1998, applied to the district's reported student count for the 1998 - 1999
				school year as calculated under former AS 14.17.160 and
				4 AAC 09.015 as those provisions read on January 1,
				1998; plus
(B) additional district
				support appropriated by the legislature for fiscal year 1998.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 09 - State Support of Schools › Article 1 - State Aid › 4 AAC 09.012 - Transition: Limitation on increase to district public school funding

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				transition limitation under sec. 46, ch. 83, SLA 1998 for a district's fiscal
				year 1999 state funding under AS 14.17 is calculated as follows:
(1) "public school funding" is the funding
				amount for a district for fiscal year 1999 as calculated under
				AS
				14.17.410(b)(1);
(2) "state aid" is equal to
(A) the amount of state foundation aid for a
				district for fiscal year 1999 as calculated under former AS 14.17.021,
				14.17.022, 14.17.024, and 14.17.026, as those provisions read on January 1,
				1998, applied to the district's reported student count for the 1998 - 1999
				school year as calculated under former AS 14.17.160 and
				4 AAC 09.015 as those provisions read on January 1,
				1998; plus
(B) additional district
				support appropriated by the legislature for fiscal year 1998.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 09 - State Support of Schools › Article 1 - State Aid › 4 AAC 09.013 - Reductions in supplementary public school funding floor

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A district's
				supplementary public school funding floor, as initially calculated under
				AS
				14.17.490(a) and
				4 AAC 09.011, is required to be reduced under
				AS
				14.17.490(d) and (e), if
				there is an increase in the district's public school funding or a decrease in
				the district's ADM for a school year. Each reduction in a district's
				supplementary public school funding floor is a permanent reduction, and any
				additional reductions required under
				AS
				14.17.490(d) and (e) will be
				applied to the supplementary public school funding floor as modified by prior
				reductions.
(b) In years following
				the initial reduction of a district's supplementary public school funding floor
				under AS
				14.17.490(e), the department
				will compare the district's ADM for a school year to its ADM for the preceding
				school year. If the district's ADM decreased from that for the preceding school
				year, the department will reduce the district's supplementary public school
				funding floor by a percentage equal to the percentage of that
				decrease.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.17.490
AS
					 14.17.920
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 09 - State Support of Schools › Article 1 - State Aid › 4 AAC 09.015 - Student count; intensive services funding

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each district
				shall, in accordance with
				AS
				14.17.600, separately report its ADM
(1) by school, for
(A) pre-kindergarten for children eligible to
				be included in ADM under (f) of this section;
(B) kindergarten through grade six;
(C) grades 7 - 12; and
(D) students requiring intensive services;
				and
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 09 - State Support of Schools › Article 1 - State Aid › 4 AAC 09.019 - Public school funding calculations

Current through May 31, 2024
All school funding calculations under AS 14.17 and this
				  chapter that are based on ADM are to be rounded to the second decimal place.
				  For purposes of rounding under this section, if the digit in the third decimal
				  place of a calculated number is
(1)
				five or greater, the calculated number is to be rounded upward;
(2) lower than five, the calculated number is
				to be rounded downward.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.17.910
AS
					 14.17.920
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 09 - State Support of Schools › Article 1 - State Aid › 4 AAC 09.020 - Teachers entitled to pay

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed 6/10/83.
(b) When any regularly certificated teacher
				in any of the public schools of Alaska is obliged to be absent from duty, under
				an order of any court of competent jurisdiction, either as a witness or juror,
				or similar circumstances, the regular salary of the teacher must be paid in the
				usual manner during the necessary period of absence. When it is necessary to
				employ a substitute for this teacher, the salary of the substitute shall be
				paid in the usual manner. Any amount of compensation received by the teacher
				for service as a witness or juror shall be deducted from the teacher's first
				pay period following the service. This section does not apply if a teacher is a
				party to a civil or criminal case.
(c) Labor Day, Memorial Day, and July 4 may
				not be counted as legal holidays in a public school unless the school is
				normally in regular session the day after those holidays.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.050
AS
					 14.07.020(1)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 09 - State Support of Schools › Article 1 - State Aid › 4 AAC 09.021 - Eligible impact aid

Current through May 31, 2024
For the purpose of determining the date on which federal
				  impact aid was received by a district, the department will use the date printed
				  on the federal impact aid payment voucher.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.17.920
AS
					 14.17.990
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 09 - State Support of Schools › Article 1 - State Aid › 4 AAC 09.030 - Tuition costs

Current through May 31, 2024
The tuition rate that may be charged by district schools to
				  other school districts or to individuals is determined and governed by the
				  following conditions:
(1) the tuition
				rate for each individual school district shall be certified by the commissioner
				on the basis of a report from each individual school district on a form to be
				prescribed by the commissioner. The rate shall be based on a formula wherein
				the tuition rate established shall be the actual local contribution rate of the
				school district for the prior year;
(2) the tuition rate will be an annual rate
				per pupil in average daily membership; the tuition rate shall be based upon the
				amount expended annually from local funds for current operation and capital
				outlay for the prior year divided by the ADM; data for rate determination shall
				be obtained from official reports submitted by districts; the rate shall be
				computed by the department;
(3) the
				certified rate is the amount which a district may bill the sending agency for
				nonresident children attendant in the district, and not being provided with
				public school educational facilities in their place of residence in the
				state;
(4) repealed
				2/11/2004;
(5) repealed
				2/11/2004;
(6) in the case of
				attendance in a district of a pupil whose parents are bona fide residents of
				another school district in this state where public school facilities of the
				necessary grade levels are not provided, tuition shall be billed to the school
				district from which the pupil has come and that district shall accept the
				billing; in the case of a pupil resident in one school district but optionally
				attending another school district and where the necessary grade level is
				provided in the home district, a tuition charge may not be made to the home
				district unless the district of residence waives attendance requirements for
				the particular pupil and agrees to accept billing; if the home district will
				not accept the billing, the school district may bill the parent or guardian for
				tuition;
(7) tuition may not be
				billed for pupils for whom contractual or other similar arrangements have been
				made in lieu of tuition;
(8)
				repealed 9/3/76.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.07.030
AS 14.07.060
AS
					 14.14.110
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 09 - State Support of Schools › Article 1 - State Aid › 4 AAC 09.040 - Counting of correspondence students and part-time public school students

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
				Repealed 6/2/95.
(b) Repealed
				12/13/87.
(c) A secondary student
				enrolled in an approved district correspondence study program, or as a
				part-time student under
				4 AAC 05.035, shall be counted on a full-time equivalent
				basis as follows:
(1) a secondary student
				enrolled in one course in a semester equals 0.25 full-time
				equivalent;
(2) a secondary student
				enrolled in two courses in a semester equals 0.5 full-time
				equivalent;
(3) a secondary student
				enrolled in three courses in a semester equals 0.75 full-time
				equivalent;
(4) a secondary student
				enrolled in four or more courses in a semester equals 1.00 full-time
				equivalent.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 09 - State Support of Schools › Article 1 - State Aid › 4 AAC 09.050 - Secondary boarding programs

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The governing
				body of a district shall make available, at no cost to the student or the
				student's parent, a basic boarding program to all secondary school age children
				in the district who do not have daily access to a school of the appropriate
				grade level by being transported a reasonable distance. The following rules
				apply:
(1) A basic boarding program must
				provide for each student
(A) suitable living
				accommodations, including room and board and supervision while the student is
				not in school, which satisfy the applicable requirements of state law and
				regulations;
(B) round-trip
				transportation to and from the student's usual home; and
(C) daily access to a school offering the
				appropriate grade level.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 09 - State Support of Schools › Article 2 - School Operating Fund › 4 AAC 09.110 - School district budget

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A district must submit its budget for
				each fiscal year to the department not later than July 15 of the fiscal
				year.
(b) Repealed
				1/15/87.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.07.170
AS 14.17.190
AS
					 14.17.200
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 09 - State Support of Schools › Article 2 - School Operating Fund › 4 AAC 09.120 - Budget review

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				3/1/2017.
(b) After reviewing a
				budget submitted under
				4 AAC 09.110, the department will either approve the
				budget or reject a budget that
(1) is not in
				the form required by the department;
(2) is not balanced;
(3) does not meet the local effort provisions
				of AS 14.17; or
(4) does not
				otherwise meet the requirements of
				AS
				14.17.910.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 09 - State Support of Schools › Article 2 - School Operating Fund › 4 AAC 09.130 - School district audit

Current through May 31, 2024
A district must submit the annual audit of the district's
				  operating fund for the fiscal year to the commissioner no later than October 1
				  of the succeeding fiscal year.
Authority:
AS
					 14.14.050
AS 14.17.081
AS 14.17.190
AS
					 14.17.200
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 09 - State Support of Schools › Article 2 - School Operating Fund › 4 AAC 09.160 - Fund balance

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) All money in
				the year-end fund balance of a district's school operating fund are subject to
				the 10 percent limit described in
				AS
				14.17.505(a), except for
				money in the following five categories:
(1)
				encumbrances;
(2)
				inventory;
(3) prepaid expenses,
				which may including fuel;
(4)
				self-insurance;
(5) federal impact
				aid received
(A) in response to the
				application for impact aid submitted in the fiscal year that immediately
				preceded the current fiscal year; and
(B) on or after March 1 of the current fiscal
				year that was awarded as a result of applications that were submitted before
				the application for impact aid for the current fiscal year;
(6) unexpended annual student
				allotment money provided under
				AS
				14.03.320(c).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 09 - State Support of Schools › Article 3 - General Provisions › 4 AAC 09.990 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In AS 14.17 and this chapter, unless the
				context requires otherwise,
(1) "alternative
				school" means an educational program that is not a correspondence study program
				and that is
(A) designed to target a specific
				student population to receive a specialized instructional program or
				curriculum; or
(B) a charter
				school;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.021 - Advanced certification (Advanced Type A and C) (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
With respect to advanced special services certificate
				  (Advanced Type C), the subject matter of
				  4 AAC 12.021 has been relocated to
				  4 AAC 12.360.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.053 - Vocational education personnel qualifications (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
The subject matter of
				  4 AAC 12.053 has been relocated to
				  4 AAC 12.385.
Before Register 108, January 1989, the substance of
				  4 AAC 12.053 was contained in former
				  4 AAC 51.250. This history note for
				  4 AAC 12.053 includes the history of former
				  4 AAC 51.250.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.062 - Special education endorsement waiver (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
By the terms of
				  4 AAC 12.062(f), which took effect
				  8/8/91, Register 119,
				  4 AAC 12.062 was self-repealed on July 1, 1996, but the
				  section continued to appear in print in the AAC until Register 158, July 2001,
				  when the repeal notation for the section was first
				  published.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.200 - Sexual conduct prohibited

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person
			 required by
			 AS
			 14.20.010 -
			 AS
			 14.20.040 and this chapter to hold a
			 certificate who is employed by a school district may not engage in sexual
			 conduct with a student.
(b) The
			 provisions of (a) of this section do not apply to a person if the person is
			 married to the student.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.060
AS
				  14.20.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.210 - Reporting instances of prohibited sexual conduct

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person
			 required by
			 AS
			 14.20.010 -
			 AS
			 14.20.040 and this chapter to hold a
			 certificate who is employed by a school district shall report to the
			 commissioner the person's knowledge of an act of sexual conduct that is
			 prohibited by
			 4 AAC 12.200. The report must be filed within five days
			 of the person's having acquired knowledge of the prohibited act of sexual
			 conduct.
(b) When the commissioner
			 receives a report under (a) of this section, the commissioner shall
(1) investigate the report as a preliminary
			 step to determine whether the certificate of a person should be suspended or
			 revoked under
			 AS
			 14.20.030; or
(2) refer the report to the Professional
			 Teaching Practices Commission for investigation and disposition under
			 applicable law.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.220 - Failure to report instances of prohibited sexual conduct

Current through May 31, 2024
If the commissioner reasonably believes that a person required
				by 4 AAC 12.210(a) to
				report to the commissioner the person's knowledge of an act of sexual conduct
				has failed to file a report within the time provided by that section, the
				commissioner may
(1) investigate the
			 matter as a preliminary step to determine whether the certificate of the person
			 who allegedly failed to file the report should be suspended or revoked under
			 AS
			 14.20.030; or
(2) refer the matter to the Professional
			 Teaching Practices Commission for investigation and disposition under
			 applicable law.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.060
AS
				  14.20.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.230 - Reopening of investigation by commissioner

Current through May 31, 2024
Notwithstanding the commissioner's referral to the Professional
				Teaching Practices Commission of a report under
				4 AAC 12.210(b) (2) or a matter under
				4 AAC 12.220(2), the commissioner may
				make the report or matter the subject of an investigation under
				AS
				14.20.030 at any time.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.060
AS
				  14.20.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.300 - Certification of teachers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A teacher in a public school must be at
			 least 18 years of age, and must hold a valid teacher certificate issued under
			 this chapter unless the teacher is participating in an approved exchange
			 program under
			 4 AAC 30.010.
(b) A teacher applying for a teacher
			 certificate must submit
(1) a complete
			 application signed by the applicant
(2) official transcripts of all college work
			 necessary for the required degree or approved program;
(3) the certificate fee;
(4) one completed fingerprint card, with
			 fingerprinting performed by a law enforcement agency or a person who has been
			 trained in recording fingerprints, for separate submittal to the Department of
			 Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the department will
			 accept a name-based criminal history background check on a person from the
			 agency performing the background check if the requirements of
			 AS
			 14.20.020(j) are met;
			 and
(5) a copy of a valid picture
			 identification issued by a state or federal agency
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.305 - Teacher certificate (initial, professional, master)

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as provided in AS 14.20, the
			 department will issue an initial teacher certificate, valid for up to five
			 years from the issue date or for a period described under (d) of this section,
			 to an applicant who
(1) has satisfied a
			 baccalaureate degree requirement under AS 14.20;
(2) for purposes of competency examination
			 requirements under
			 AS
			 14.20.020 or
			 14.20.022, meets or exceeds the
			 qualifying scores for this state on one of the competency examinations
			 designated in
			 4 AAC 12.310;
(3) has met or will meet within two years the
			 requirements of
			 AS
			 14.20.020(h);
(4) meets the certification requirements of
			 AS
			 14.20.015,
			 14.20.017,
			 14.20.020, or
			 14.20.022;
(5) if the applicant seeks to qualify for
			 certification under
			 AS
			 14.20.020 or
			 14.20.022, provides
(A) a recommendation or proof of program
			 enrollment from an approved preparation program accepted under
			 4 AAC 12.307(a); and
(B) for each endorsement area listed on the
			 recommendation or proof of program enrollment provided under (A) of this
			 paragraph, a score that meets or exceeds the required score on a content area
			 examination for any endorsement area designated in
			 4 AAC 12.407 or each equivalent content area examination
			 required by a certifying state agency for an endorsement on a comparable
			 certificate held by the applicant;
(6) if the applicant has completed an
			 approved program accepted under
			 4 AAC 12.307(a)(2), provides evidence
			 of a comparable certificate issued by the certifying state agency with
			 jurisdiction over the program or an assurance by the certifying state agency or
			 preparing institution that all requirements, including testing required by the
			 jurisdiction, have been satisfied by the applicant and that the applicant is
			 eligible to gain the comparable certification in the state where the preparing
			 institution is located;
(7) has met
			 the requirements of
			 4 AAC 12.397(a);
(8) satisfies the requirements for an initial
			 teacher certificate under
			 AS
			 14.20.020; and
(9) if the applicant seeks to qualify for
			 certification under
			 AS
			 14.20.020 to teach students in grades K - 3,
			 has met the requirements of
			 4 AAC 12.393(a).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.306 - Recognition of certificates of out-of-state teachers; professional teacher certificates

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department will issue a professional
			 teacher certificate to an applicant who
(1)
			 meets the requirements of
			 AS
			 14.20.015;
(2) has at least two years of employment as a teacher
			 while holding a valid, regular teacher certificate issued by another state or
			 jurisdiction;
(3) has met, or will
			 meet within two years after the teacher certificate was issued, the
			 requirements of
			 AS
			 14.20.020(h); and
(4) has met, or will meet within 90 days
			 after the teacher certificate was issued, the requirements of
			 AS
			 14.20.020(k) and
			 4 AAC 12.397(a).
(5) if the applicant seeks certification to teach
			 students in grades K - 3, has met the requirements of
			 4 AAC 12.393(a).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.307 - Acceptance of educator preparation programs

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For
			 purposes of issuing a certificate under this chapter, the commissioner will
			 accept the educator preparation program completed by an applicant for a
			 professional teacher certificate under
			 4 AAC 12.305(b), special education
			 endorsement certificate under
			 4 AAC 12.330, school administrator or special education
			 administrator certificate under
			 4 AAC 12.345, and a special education administrator
			 certificate under
			 4 AAC 12.347, if the preparation program
(1) is approved by the board under
			 4 AAC 12.308; or
(2) for a program offered in another state,
			 is
(A) offered by a regionally accredited
			 institution of higher education or was an alternate program approved by the
			 board of education or chief school officer in the state in which the program is
			 offered as meeting the state's standards for comparable certificates;
			 and
(B) approved by the board of
			 education or chief school officer of the state in which the program is offered
			 as substantially meeting the unit standards set out in
Professional
			 Standards for the Accreditation of Teacher Preparation Institutions
,
			 adopted by reference in
			 4 AAC 12.308.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.308 - Approval of in-state educator preparation programs

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A regionally accredited institution of
			 higher education or a nationally accredited institution of higher education if
			 approved by the commissioner under
			 AS
			 14.20.020(b) in this state
			 may apply to the board for approval of the following educator preparation
			 programs:
(1) a teacher preparation
			 program;
(2) a special education
			 teacher preparation program;
(3) an
			 education administrator preparation program; the program may include a
			 specialization for principal or superintendent;
(4) a special education administrator
			 preparation program;
(5) a special
			 services preparation program in school psychology, school counseling, school
			 social work, or school library science.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.310 - Designation and qualifying scores of teacher competency examination

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The following Praxis I: Academic Skills
			 Assessments are designated as competency examinations for teachers under
			 AS
			 14.20.020(i) with the
			 following qualifying scores for this state:
(1) for the Computer Based Test (adaptive),
(A) reading: 322;
(B) writing: 321; and
(C) mathematics: 318;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.325 - Certification requirements for administrators performing specific duties

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
			 An individual must possess an administrative certificate issued under this
			 chapter if a district has vested that individual with the primary authority and
			 responsibility of any of the following administrative functions:
(1) selection, appointment, oversight,
			 review, and control of employees of the district required to hold certificates
			 issued under this chapter;
(2)
			 oversight of planning and development of one or more educational programs of
			 the district.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.330 - Endorsement requirements for teachers providing special education

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person employed by or on behalf of a
			 school district to teach special education to a child with a disability must
			 possess a teacher certificate issued under
			 4 AAC 12.305 or a special education alternate program
			 certificate issued under 4 AAC 12.340 and must obtain a special education
			 endorsement under this section, based upon completion of a teacher training
			 program in special education accepted by the commissioner under
			 4 AAC 12.307, completion of an alternate program accepted by
			 the commissioner under
			 4 AAC 12.307, or by meeting the requirements for a special
			 education alternate program certificate under 4 AAC 12.340.
(b) A person who has the primary
			 responsibility for the evaluation of, the planning of educational programs for,
			 or the teaching of or training of staff to teach children who are visually
			 impaired or deaf must have an endorsement in the education of children with the
			 relevant impairment.
(c) Repealed
			 10/26/2022.
(d) Repealed
			 4/24/2016.
(e) Repealed
			 4/24/2016.
The subject matter of 4 AAC 12.330 was formerly located at
				  4 AAC 12.025. The history note for 4 AAC 12.330 does not
				  reflect the history of the earlier
				  section.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.060
AS 14.20.015
AS
				  14.20.017
AS
				  14.20.020
AS
				  14.20.025
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.335

Current through May 31, 2024
The subject matter of 4 AAC 12.335 was formerly located at 4 AAC 12.026. The history note for 4 AAC 12.335 does not reflect the history of
				  the earlier section.
Authority:
AS 14.07.060
AS
				  14.20.020
AS 14.30.250
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.340 - Special education or special service alternate program certificate

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If a school district superintendent is
			 unable to recruit and hire a teacher who holds a valid teacher certificate
			 under 4 AAC 12.305 with a special
			 education endorsement or a special services certificate (Type C) under
			 4 AAC 12.355, the superintendent may request that the
			 commissioner issue a special education or special services alternate program
			 certificate for the hiring of a person who does not have the required
			 endorsement or certificate.
(b) The
			 commissioner may grant an alternate program certificate under this section only
			 if the chief school administrator of the district requests it through formal
			 action of the school board.
(c) An
			 application for an alternate program certificate under this section must be
			 submitted on a form provided by the department and include
(1) proof that the person for whom the
			 alternate program certificate is requested holds at least a bachelor's
			 degree
(2) a letter from the school
			 district superintendent that details the actions taken by the district to
			 recruit a person who holds a teacher certificate under
			 4 AAC 12.305 with a special education endorsement or a
			 special services certificate under
			 4 AAC 12.355, including, at a minimum, either
(A) recruiting through the University of
			 Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Teacher Placement program; or
(B) advertising in one or more newspapers of
			 general circulation;
(3)
			 official transcripts evidencing that the person for whom the alternate program
			 certificate is requested has completed a minimum of nine semester or 12 quarter
			 hours of coursework required to complete the approved program under
			 4 AAC 12.307;
(4) a letter from a program approved under
			 4 AAC 12.307 evidencing that the person for whom the
			 alternative program certificate is requested is enrolled in an educational
			 program that will qualify the person to receive a teaching certificate under
			 4 AAC 12.305 with a special education endorsement or a
			 special services certificate under
			 4 AAC 12.355 not later than three years after the date
			 of the application;
(5) for an
			 applicant applying for an alternate program certificate with a special
			 education endorsement, qualifying scores on one of the competency examinations
			 designated in
			 4 AAC 12.310; and
(6) evidence that the applicant has met the
			 requirements of
			 4 AAC 12.397(a).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.345 - Administrative certificate (Type B); provisional certificate (provisional Type B)

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department will issue an
			 administrative certificate (Type B) with a superintendent or other
			 administrative endorsement, valid for five years, to an applicant who has a
			 master's or higher degree, is recommended by the preparing institution, and
(1) has met the minimum experience
			 requirements, as follows:
(A) for a
			 superintendent endorsement, at least five years of satisfactory employment as a
			 teacher or administrator, with a minimum of
(i) three years of employment as a teacher in
			 an elementary or secondary program with a teacher certificate under
			 4 AAC 12.305, a regular teacher certificate (Type A)
			 issued before September 29, 2005 or a comparable certificate issued by another
			 state; and
(ii) one year of
			 employment as an administrator with an administrative certificate or comparable
			 certificate from another state;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.346 - Administrative certificate (Type B limited)

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
			 will issue a limited administrative certificate (Type B limited) with a
			 superintendent endorsement, valid for one year if
(1) the applicant has demonstrated
			 administrative expertise and has the educational background, as described in
			 (b) of this section;
(2) the school
			 board for the district in which the applicant will be employed, through its
			 school board president, has requested issuance of a limited administrative
			 certificate for the applicant under this section;
(3) the school board for the district in
			 which the applicant will be employed has provided an experienced mentor for at
			 least the first two years of the applicant's employment with the school
			 district as the superintendent; the mentor must hold or have held the position
			 at superintendent in a school district in this state under a valid
			 certificate;
(4) the applicant has
			 successfully passed the criminal history background check in the same manner as
			 a teacher certified under
			 AS
			 14.20.020 and
			 4 AAC 12.300; and
(5) the applicant submits to the department
(A) one completed fingerprint card, with
			 fingerprinting performed by a law enforcement agency or a person who has been
			 trained in recording fingerprints, for separate submittal to the Department of
			 Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the department will
			 accept a name-based criminal history background check on an applicant from the
			 agency performing the background check if the requirements of
			 AS
			 14.20.020(j) are
			 met;
(B) the fee for the criminal
			 history background check in the amount charged by the Department of Public
			 Safety as set out in
			 13 AAC 68.900; and
(C) the fee for the issuance of a teacher
			 certificate as established in
			 4 AAC 12.300(g); and
(6) the applicant has met the
			 requirements of 4 AAC 12.397(a).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.347 - Special education administrator certificate (Type F); provisional certificate (provisional Type F)

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department will issue a special
			 education administrator certificate (Type F), valid for five years, to an
			 applicant who has a master's or higher degree, is recommended by the preparing
			 institution, and
(1) has completed three
			 years of satisfactory employment as a school counselor, speech pathologist, or
			 school psychologist in an elementary or secondary program with a special
			 services (Type C) certificate under
			 4 AAC 12.355 or a comparable certificate issued in
			 another state; and
(2) has
			 completed a special education administration program accepted by the
			 commissioner under
			 4 AAC 12.307.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.350 - Certification for administrators of special education

Current through May 31, 2024
Each person employed solely to administer a special education
				program must possess
(1) both a Type B
			 certificate issued under
			 4 AAC 12.345 and a teacher certificate issued under
			 4 AAC 12.305 endorsed for special education or for a
			 related services specialty;
(2) a
			 Type B certificate issued under
			 4 AAC 12.345 endorsed for special education or a related
			 services specialty; or
(3) a Type F
			 certificate issued under
			 4 AAC 12.347.
The subject matter of
				  4 AAC 12.350 was formerly located at
				  4 AAC 12.035. The history note for
				  4 AAC 12.350 does not reflect the history of the earlier
				  section.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.060
AS 14.20.020
AS
				  14.30.255
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.360 - Advanced special services certification (Advanced Type C certification)

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department will issue an advanced
			 special services certificate (Advanced Type C) to an applicant who qualifies
			 for a special services certificate (Type C) under
			 4 AAC 12.355, as applicable, and who
(1) earns national certification;
(2) submits to the department
(A) a completed application form provided by
			 the department for an advanced special services certificate;
(B) a copy of the national certification for
			 each area for which advanced special services certification is
			 sought;
(C) unless the applicant
			 has successfully passed a criminal background check to obtain, reinstate, or
			 renew a certificate in this state,
(i) one
			 completed fingerprint card, with fingerprinting performed by a law enforcement
			 agency or a person who has been trained in recording fingerprints, for separate
			 submittal to the Department of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of
			 Investigation; the department will accept a name-based criminal history
			 background check on an applicant from the agency performing the background
			 check if the requirements of
			 AS
			 14.20.020(j) are met;
			 and
(ii) the fee for the criminal
			 history background check in the amount charged by the Department of Public
			 Safety as set out in
			 13 AAC 68.900;
(3) if required by
			 (2)(C) of this subsection, successfully passes the criminal background check in
			 the same manner as a teacher certified under
			 AS
			 14.20.020 and
			 4 AAC 12.300; and
(4) has met the requirements of 4 AAC 12.397{a).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.365 - Certification for related services providers

Current through May 31, 2024
A person employed to provide related services, as defined in
				4 AAC 52.790, including speech or language pathology,
				school psychology, counseling, orientation and mobility, adaptive physical
				education, recreation therapy, social work, and psychometry must possess
				a
(1) teacher certificate issued under
			 4 AAC 12.305 endorsed in the field of employment;
			 or
(2) special services certificate
			 (Type C) issued under
			 4 AAC 12.355 in the field of employment.
The subject matter of
				  4 AAC 12.365 was formerly located at
				  4 AAC 12.041. The history note for
				  4 AAC 12.365 does not reflect the history of the earlier
				  section.
As of Register 196 (January 2011), the regulations attorney
				  made a technical revision under
				  AS
				  44.62.125(b)(6), to
				  4 AAC 12.365.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.060
AS
				  14.20.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.370 - Limited certificate (Type M)

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
			 commissioner may issue a limited certificate (Type M), valid for five years, in
			 the specialty area of Alaska Native language or culture, or of military
			 science, if the commissioner determines that
(1) baccalaureate degree teacher training in
			 the specialty area of Alaska Native language or culture, or of military science
			 is not sufficiently available;
(2)
			 the applicant has demonstrated both subject matter expertise and teaching
			 competency, as verified by the local school district;
(3) the school board, through its chief
			 school administrator, has requested issuance of a limited certificate for the
			 applicant;
(4) the applicant has
			 successfully passed the criminal history background check in the same manner as
			 a teacher certified under
			 AS
			 14.20.020 and
			 4 AAC 12.300; unless the applicant has successfully
			 passed a criminal history background check to obtain, reinstate, or renew a
			 current teacher certificate in this state, the applicant must submit to the
			 commissioner
(A) one completed fingerprint
			 card, with fingerprinting performed by a law enforcement agency or a person who
			 has been trained in recording fingerprints, for separate submittal to the
			 Department of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the
			 department will accept a name-based criminal history background check on an
			 applicant from the agency performing the background check if the requirements
			 of AS
			 14.20.020(j) are met;
			 and
(B) the fee for the criminal
			 history background check in the amount charged by the Department of Public
			 Safety as set out in
			 13 AAC 68.900; and
(5) the applicant has met the
			 requirements of 4 AAC 12.397(a).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.372 - Limited career or technical education certificate (Type M)

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The commissioner may issue a limited
			 career or technical education certificate (Type M), valid for five years, in a
			 specialty area of a career or technical education course if the commissioner
			 determines that
(1) baccalaureate degree
			 teacher training in the specialty is not sufficiently available;
(2) the applicant has demonstrated subject
			 matter expertise in the specialty, as verified by the local school
			 district;
(3) the school board for
			 the district in which the applicant will be employed, through its chief school
			 administrator, has requested issuance of a limited career or technical
			 education certificate for the applicant;
(4) the applicant has successfully passed the
			 criminal history background check in the same manner as a teacher certified
			 under
			 AS
			 14.20.020 and
			 4 AAC 12.300; unless the applicant has successfully
			 passed a criminal history background check to obtain, reinstate, or renew a
			 current teacher certificate in this state, the applicant must submit to the
			 commissioner
(A) one completed fingerprint
			 card, with fingerprinting performed by a law enforcement agency or a person who
			 has been trained in recording fingerprints, for separate submittal to the
			 Department of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the
			 department will accept a name-based criminal history background check on an
			 applicant from the agency performing the background check if the requirements
			 of
			 AS
			 14.20.020(j) are met;
			 and
(B) the fee for the criminal
			 history background check in the amount charged by the Department of Public
			 Safety as set out in
			 13 AAC 68.900; and
(5) the applicant has met the
			 requirements of 4 AAC 12.397(a).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.375 - Limited certificate for instructional aide continuing teacher education program (Type I)

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department will issue an
			 instructional assistant limited certificate (Type I) to an applicant who
(1) is nominated by a school district,
			 through a formal action of the local school board;
(2) provides documentation of at least two
			 years of successful employment as a paraprofessional in the nominating school
			 district;
(3) is currently employed
			 by the nominating school district;
(4) demonstrates basic competency by
			 satisfying the requirements of 4 AAC 04.220(b)(1) and (2) and at least one of
			 the requirements of
			 4 AAC 04.220(c)(1), (2), or (3)
(5) is currently enrolled in an approved
			 baccalaureate degree teacher education program at an institution of higher
			 education accredited
(A) by a recognized
			 regional accrediting association; or
(B) by a nationally recognized accrediting association
			 if approved by the commissioner under
			 AS
			 14.20.020(b) and
			 4 AAC 12.305(b)(4);
(6) submits to the department a plan that has
			 been agreed to by the chief school administrator of the nominating district, the approved baccalaureate degree teacher education program, the certificated
			 teacher mentor, the cooperating teacher, and the applicant and that meets the
			 terms and conditions set out in (b) of this section; and
(7) has met the requirements of
			 4 AAC 12.397(a).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.380 - Retired teacher certificate (Type R)

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
			 will issue a retired teacher certificate to an applicant who
(1) possesses a valid professional, master,
			 Type A, Type B, or Type C teacher certificate from this state upon retiring
			 from employment from a position that is eligible for benefits under AS 14.25
			 (Teachers' Retirement System); and
(2) meets the requirements in ( d) of this
			 section.