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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 6 - Funding for the Improvement of Internet Speed at Public Schools › 4 AAC 33.605 - Application

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A district in which one or more schools
				qualify for a discounted rate for Internet services under the federal universal
				services program may apply to the department for funding under AS 14.03.127 to
				increase the download speed of the Internet to up to 25 megabits per second
				(Mbps) for the Internet service available at a school operated by the district.
				All circuits or connections reported by a district in its federal universal
				services program application that provide Internet service to a school must be
				included in the application for funding under AS 14.03.127.
(b) Each year, not later than the deadline
				for an applicant to the federal universal services program to file the Federal
				Communications Commission Form 471 (Description of Services Ordered and
				Certification Form) under  47 C.F.R. 54.504, a district seeking funding under AS
				14.03.127 must file with the department on a form provided by the department a
				complete application for funding under AS 14.03.127 for the following fiscal
				year.
(c) An application must be
				filed electronically with the department according to application instructions
				available on the department's website.
(d) An application must be signed by the
				superintendent of the applicant.
(e) An applicant must provide information in
				the application regarding Internet services available to a school in the
				district, including
(1) a list of each
				circuit or connection that serves a school operated by the district and
				provides Internet access at an initial negotiated capacity of less than 25
				Mbps;
(2) the Internet speed
				measured in Mbps of download for each circuit or connection listed under (1) of
				this subsection, verified in writing by the Internet service provider for the
				district;
(3) the current cost and
				the applicant's share of the current cost for each Internet circuit or
				connection listed under (1) of this subsection in monthly recurring charges to
				the district, with the current cost verified in writing by the Internet service
				provider for the district; and
(4)
				the total cost and the applicant's share of the total cost in monthly recurring
				charges for increasing the Internet speed to up to 25 Mbps of download at the
				Internet circuits or connections listed under (1) of this subsection, with the
				total cost verified in writing by an Internet service provider qualified under
				the federal universal services program.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 6 - Funding for the Improvement of Internet Speed at Public Schools › 4 AAC 33.620 - Funding calculation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A district that is a successful applicant
				in the federal universal services program is eligible for funding under AS
				14.03.127 to increase the amount that the district shall contribute as the
				applicant's share to the cost of Internet service, so that funding will be
				sufficient to provide an Internet download speed of up to 25 Mbps for each
				school in the district.
(b) A
				district is eligible for a pro rata share of the available funding under AS
				14.03.127 based on a calculation that takes into account
(1) the number of Internet circuits or
				connections that serve a school in the district at an initial negotiated
				capacity of less than 25 Mbps; and
(2) the applicant's share of the cost of
				increasing the initial negotiated capacity to up to 25 Mbps for the circuits or
				connections under (1) of this subsection.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 6 - Funding for the Improvement of Internet Speed at Public Schools › 4 AAC 33.630 - Eligible costs

Current through May 31, 2024
A district must include only monthly recurring costs for
				  eligible circuits or connections in its calculation of current Internet service
				  cost and the projected cost of increasing the eligible circuit or connection
				  speed to up to 25 Mbps under 4 AAC 33.605.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.127
AS 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 6 - Funding for the Improvement of Internet Speed at Public Schools › 4 AAC 33.640 - Notice of funding

Current through May 31, 2024
The department will notify an applicant of its eligibility
				  for funding and the amount of the available funding under AS 14.03.127 not
				  later than July 1 of each year. If an applicant has provided an electronic mail
				  address to be used for communications under AS 14.03.127, the department may
				  notify the applicant of its eligibility and funding under this section by
				  electronic mail. The notice is a final action for purposes of appeal under 4
				  AAC 40.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.127
AS 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 6 - Funding for the Improvement of Internet Speed at Public Schools › 4 AAC 33.650 - Distribution of funding

Current through May 31, 2024
The department will distribute funding under AS 14.03.127 to
				  districts not later than August 15 of each year. A district shall use funding
				  distributed under AS 14.03.127 to pay for Internet service for circuits or
				  connections that serve schools. If a district files an appeal under 4 AAC 40
				  and in the final resolution of that appeal is accorded an increased allocation
				  for funding under AS 14.03.127, payment in accordance with the final decision
				  will be provided from the following year's appropriation, if any, under AS
				  14.03.127.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.127
AS 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 6 - Funding for the Improvement of Internet Speed at Public Schools › 4 AAC 33.660 - Report of current Internet speed

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A district must
				provide as the current Internet speed in its application under
				4 AAC 33.605 the initial negotiated capacity for each
				eligible circuit or connection.
(b)
				The department will calculate a district's need under
				4 AAC 33.620 using the initial negotiated capacity, so
				an increase in Internet speed funded under
				AS
				14.03.127 may be maintained in subsequent
				years.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.127
AS 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 6 - Funding for the Improvement of Internet Speed at Public Schools › 4 AAC 33.665 - Year-end report

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Not later than April 15 of the fiscal
				year that a district receives funding under AS 14.03.127, a district shall file
				a year-end report with the department on a form provided by the department. The
				district shall report
(1) the total of paid
				invoices for Internet circuits or connections that serve schools for the
				current fiscal year, including the applicant's share and the total
				cost;
(2) anticipated costs,
				including the applicant's share and the total cost for Internet circuits or
				connections that serve schools for the remainder of the fiscal year;
				and
(3) the negotiated capacity in
				Mbps for each circuit or connection listed in the district's application under
				4 AAC 33.605 as reported by the Internet service provider at the time of the
				most recent invoice.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 6 - Funding for the Improvement of Internet Speed at Public Schools › 4 AAC 33.670 - Return of unexpended funds

Current through May 31, 2024
Not later than August 15 of each year, a district shall
				  return to the department funding received under AS 14.03.127 and unexpended for
				  eligible costs for Internet services during the prior fiscal year.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.127
AS 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 6 - Funding for the Improvement of Internet Speed at Public Schools › 4 AAC 33.675 - Program audit

Current through May 31, 2024
The department may conduct an audit of a district's
				  compliance with
				  AS
				  14.03.127 and
				  4 AAC 33.600 -
				  4 AAC 33.690 at any time. A district that applies for
				  funding under
				  AS
				  14.03.127 shall retain all records related to
				  its application and funding under
				  AS
				  14.03.127 and under the federal universal
				  services program for any year as to which the district has applied for funding
				  under AS
				  14.03.127. A district shall retain the
				  records for 10 years after the end of the fiscal year in which funding under
				  AS
				  14.03.127 is received. A district receiving
				  funding under
				  AS
				  14.03.127 shall provide the department with
				  the requested records not later than 15 calendar days after receipt of the
				  written request of the department.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.127
AS 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 6 - Funding for the Improvement of Internet Speed at Public Schools › 4 AAC 33.680 - Nonpayment, required refund, or future denial

Current through May 31, 2024
If the department determines that a district is not in
				  compliance with
				  AS
				  14.03.127,
				  4 AAC 33.600 -
				  4 AAC 33.690, or the requirements for successful
				  participation in the federal universal services program, the department may
				  withhold payment under
				  AS
				  14.03.127, require reimbursement of prior
				  payments, or deny future funding under
				  AS
				  14.03.127.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.127
AS 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 6 - Funding for the Improvement of Internet Speed at Public Schools › 4 AAC 33.685 - Filing or submission date

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An application,
				year-end report, or other filing or submission to the department under
				AS
				14.03.127 will be considered filed or
				submitted as of the postmark date of the document. If the document is submitted
				by a method that does not provide a postmark date, the document will be
				considered filed or submitted as of the date stamped or otherwise marked on the
				document when it is received at the department's office. An electronic filing
				or submission, if allowed, will be considered filed or submitted at the time
				the filing or submission is received in electronic form by the
				department.
(b) For the purposes of
				this section, "postmark date" means the date of mailing stamped or otherwise
				marked by the United States Postal Service or a private delivery service on a
				document with prepaid postage and correctly addressed to the department's
				office.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.127
AS 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 33 - Special Programs › Article 6 - Funding for the Improvement of Internet Speed at Public Schools › 4 AAC 33.690 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In AS 14.03.127 and 4 AAC 33.600 - 4 AAC 33.690, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) "department" means the Department of
				Education and Early Development;
(2) "district" means a borough or city school
				district, a regional educational attendance area, and a state boarding
				school;
(3) "fiscal year" means the
				state fiscal year, beginning on July 1 of one calendar year and ending on June
				30 of the following calendar year.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 34 - Bilingual-Bicultural Education › 4 AAC 34.010 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
The purpose of this chapter is to provide direction and
				guidance to school districts to ensure the districts' compliance with
				AS
				14.17.420 and
				AS
				14.30.400, and assist the districts in
				compliance with federal requirements under  42 U.S.C. 2000  d (Title VI of the
				Civil Rights Act of 1964).
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.060
AS
				  14.30.410
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 34 - Bilingual-Bicultural Education › 4 AAC 34.055 - Plan of service

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each school
			 district that enrolls English learners shall administer a state-approved
			 assessment for identification of English language proficiency to all students
			 who may be English learners but have not been identified as English learners,
			 The district is responsible for taking appropriate steps to develop English
			 learners' English-language skills and to provide them meaningful participation
			 in the school district's academic program consistent with applicable state and
			 federal standards. In addition, each school district with a school that is
			 attended by at least eight students who are English learners shall
(1) prepare a plan of service for English
			 learners; the school district may designate the effective dates of the plan of
			 service, which may be for up to five school years;
(2) file a plan of service by June 30 of the
			 fiscal year in which the district enrolls eight or more English learners in a
			 school or the fiscal year in which the existing plan of service
			 expires;
(3) implement the plan of
			 service in the school year following the year of submission; and
(4) file changes to an existing plan of
			 service with the department before implementation of the change.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 34 - Bilingual-Bicultural Education › 4 AAC 34.075 - Instructional staff

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Districts shall insure that the skills of
			 their instructional staff are commensurate with the type of programs
			 selected.
(b) If regularly
			 certificated (Type A) teachers who are appropriately bilingual cannot be
			 obtained, bilingual instructors may be used to implement the program. However,
			 if bilingual instructors are used
(1) the
			 district shall implement an action plan to train or otherwise secure
			 certificated (Type A) teachers who are bilingual in other than English
			 languages for which the district offers its program; and
(2) the district shall assure that the
			 salaries of its bilingual instructors are commensurate with the level of
			 responsibilities and duties performed by them and with their training and
			 experience.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 34 - Bilingual-Bicultural Education › 4 AAC 34.090 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In this chapter, unless the context
			 requires otherwise,
(1) "district" or "school
			 district" means a city and borough school district or regional educational
			 attendance area;
(2) "English
			 learner" means an individual
(A) who is
			 between 3 and 21 years old;
(B) who
			 is enrolled or preparing to enroll in an elementary school or secondary
			 school;
(C) who falls into one or
			 more of the following categories of individuals:
(i) an individual not born in the United
			 States or whose native language is a language other than English;
(ii) a Native American, Alaska Native, or
			 native resident of the outlying areas, who conies from an environment where a
			 language other than English has had a significant impact on the individual's
			 level of English language proficiency; or
(iii) an individual who is migratory, whose
			 native language is a language other than English, and who comes from an
			 environment where a language other than English is dominant;
(D) whose difficulties in
			 speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English language may be
			 sufficient to deny the individual the
(i)
			 ability to obtain an achievement level that meets standards, as described in
			 4 AAC 06.739, on the state assessments in English language
			 arts mathematics, and science under
			 4 AAC 06.737;
(ii) ability to successfully achieve in
			 classrooms where the language of instruction is English; or
(iii) opportunity to participate fully in
			 society;
(3)
			 "school that is attended by at least eight English learners" means any school,
			 elementary, middle, or any combination secondary school with eight or more
			 English learners in regular daily attendance;
(4) "Alaska Native" has the meaning given in
			 4 AAC 06.899;
(5) Native American" has the meaning given in
			 20
			 U.S.C. 7801(34) (Elementary
			 and Secondary Education Act), which is adopted by reference;
(6) "outlying area" has the meaning given in
			 20
			 U.S.C. 7801(36) (Elementary
			 and Secondary Education Act), which is adopted by reference.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 40 - Review and Appeals of Actions and Decisions Regarding Funding › 4 AAC 40.010 - Applicability

Current through May 31, 2024
The provisions of this chapter apply to a district or applicant
				seeking review and appeal of actions and decisions of the department regarding
				money appropriated to the department under AS 14 or AS 44.27, for payment to
				school districts or other applicants. The provisions of this chapter do not
				apply if a specific process for appeal of a decision of the department is set
				out elsewhere in statute or regulation, or if the decision appealed from did
				not result in money being denied or withheld from a district or applicant. The
				department will not process an appeal under this chapter that seeks an advisory
				opinion.
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
				  14.17.920
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 40 - Review and Appeals of Actions and Decisions Regarding Funding › 4 AAC 40.020 - Notice of appeal

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A district or other applicant that is
			 aggrieved by an appealable action of the department regarding a payment or
			 award of money as described in
			 4 AAC 40.010 may file a notice of appeal with the
			 commissioner by registered mail or by electronic submission on a form provided
			 by the department. The notice of appeal must be postmarked or received by
			 electronic submission no later than 30 calendar days after receipt of notice of
			 the final action being appealed.
(b) The notice of appeal must contain
(1) a copy of the written action being
			 appealed;
(2) an itemized listing
			 of each alleged violation of statute or regulation upon which the appeal is
			 based;
(3) a statement of the facts
			 supporting each alleged violation of statute or regulation; and
(4) the specific relief sought.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 40 - Review and Appeals of Actions and Decisions Regarding Funding › 4 AAC 40.030 - Administrative review

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No later than five working days after
			 receipt of the notice required under
			 4 AAC 40.020(a), the commissioner will
			 appoint a designee to review all issues set out in the notice of
			 appeal.
(b) The commissioner's
			 designee's review of the decision may include whether
(1) the process was fair, including whether
			 additional process or opportunity to present evidence to the initial decision
			 maker is necessary to achieve a fair decision;
(2) the initial decision maker had expertise
			 in the subject matter of the decision;
(3) the decision is internally consistent and
			 rational;
(4) the decision is
			 consistent with law;
(5) the
			 decision contains errors; and
(6)
			 substantial evidence supports the decision.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 40 - Review and Appeals of Actions and Decisions Regarding Funding › 4 AAC 40.040 - Formal hearing

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If the commissioner's designee affirms
			 the decision of the initial decision maker, a district or applicant may request
			 a formal hearing on the decision of the initial decision maker or the designee.
			 If the designee amends the decision, or remands the decision to the initial
			 decision maker, and the amended decision or the decision after remand does not
			 grant the relief sought in the notice of appeal, a district or applicant may
			 request a formal hearing on the decision of the initial decision maker after
			 remand or the designee.
(b) The
			 request for hearing must be in writing, must be transmitted to the department
			 by certified mail or in person, and must be postmarked or delivered no later
			 than 15 calendar days after the date the decision under 4 AAC 40.030 (c) or the
			 decision of the initial decision maker after a remand was issued. The request
			 must set out
(1) the errors that the district
			 or applicant alleges were made by the initial decision maker or the
			 commissioner's designee;
(2) the
			 relief requested; and
(3) whether
			 the district or applicant will be represented by counsel.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 40 - Review and Appeals of Actions and Decisions Regarding Funding › 4 AAC 40.050 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter,
(1)
			 "board" means the State Board of Education and Early Development;
(2) "commissioner" means the commissioner of
			 education and early development;
(3) "department" means the Department of
			 Education and Early Development;
(4) "district" means a school
			 district;
(5) "applicant" means a
			 person or entity that applies for a grant or other thing of monetary value from
			 the department;
(6) "expertise in
			 the subject matter" means having significant experience, training, or knowledge
			 in the issue;
(7) "substantial
			 evidence"
(A) means relevant evidence in the
			 record that a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a
			 conclusion;
(B) does not include an
			 evaluation of competing inferences that could be drawn from the
			 evidence;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 42 - Private Schools › 4 AAC 42.200 - Corporal punishment in private schools

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each private
			 school that operates a pre-elementary, elementary, or secondary education
			 program shall adopt a written policy governing the use of corporal punishment,
			 as that term is defined in
			 4 AAC 07.900. Unless the policy prohibits corporal
			 punishment, it must
(1) describe the role of
			 the person or persons authorized to administer corporal punishment;
(2) describe the circumstances under which
			 corporal punishment may be used;
(3) describe the type and amount of corporal
			 punishment permitted, including any instrument that may be used;
(4) describe any requirements governing
			 privacy or the presence of witnesses; and
(5) require that parental consent be obtained
			 before corporal punishment is used; the consent may be given before each use of
			 corporal punishment, or may be a general consent for a period of
			 time.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 43 - Alaska Performance Scholarship Program › 4 AAC 43.010 - Requirements for school districts and certain religious or private schools

Current through May 31, 2024
In administering a school district's duties under the
				scholarship program established in
				AS
				14.43.810-14.43.849, a school district, or a
				religious or other private school accredited under
				4 AAC 04.300(c) that elects to comply
				with AS
				14.45.100-14.45.130, shall
(1) determine a student's level of
			 eligibility for the Alaska performance scholarship based on curriculum,
			 standardized examination scores, and grade point average for each of its
			 graduating students;
(2) record a
			 student's level of eligibility on the student's permanent record;
(3) require a student seeking Alaska
			 performance scholarship eligibility certification to provide proof of results
			 achieved on one of the standardized examinations required for scholarship
			 eligibility; and
(4) no later than
			 July 15 of each year, transmit to the department an electronic version of each
			 graduating student's permanent record that describes the student's eligibility
			 for the Alaska performance scholarship.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.060
AS
				  14.43.810
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 43 - Alaska Performance Scholarship Program › 4 AAC 43.020 - Standardized examination and grade point average requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A student is
			 eligible for an Alaska performance honors scholarship if the student meets the
			 curriculum requirements of
			 4 AAC 43.030, obtains a grade point average of 3.5 or
			 higher, and provides proof of
(1) an ACT
			 composite score of 25 or higher;
(2) an SAT combined score of 1680 or higher
			 on an assessment taken before March 1, 2016, or a combined score of 1210 or
			 higher on an assessment taken on or after March 1, 2016; or
(3) a combined WorkKeys score of 13 or
			 higher, with no single score lower than four in each of the following areas:
(A) applied mathematics;
(B) reading for information;
(C) locating information.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 43 - Alaska Performance Scholarship Program › 4 AAC 43.030 - Curriculum requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For a student graduating from high school
			 in 2011, the curriculum requirements for all levels of the Alaska performance
			 scholarship are completion of
(1) the subject
			 matter requirements for high school graduation under
			 4 AAC 06.075(b); and
(2) one additional unit of credit from any of
			 the following:
(A) mathematics - one unit of
			 credit;
(B) science - one unit of
			 credit;
(C) mathematics and science
			 - one-half unit of credit in mathematics and one-half unit of credit in
			 science.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 43 - Alaska Performance Scholarship Program › 4 AAC 43.040 - Procedures for home-based education and certain religious or other private schools

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To establish
			 eligibility for an Alaska performance scholarship, a student who is not
			 enrolled in a public school program and who completes a home-based education
			 program in the state, or who graduates from a religious or other private school
			 accredited under
			 4 AAC 04.300(c) that does not elect to
			 comply with
			 AS
			 14.45.100-14.45.130, shall apply to the
			 department no later than July 15 of the year the student intends to enroll at
			 an eligible postsecondary institution. The application must be in writing, on a
			 form provided by the department, and must include documentation demonstrating
(1) proof of results achieved on a
			 standardized examination that meet the requirements of
			 4 AAC 43.020(a), (b), or (c);
			 and
(2) completion of the
			 curriculum requirements in
			 4 AAC 43.030.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 43 - Alaska Performance Scholarship Program › 4 AAC 43.045 - Extensions of eligibility period

Current through May 31, 2024
A student may remain eligible for longer than six years after
				the date of the student's graduation from high school if the student submits to
				the commissioner a written request for a scholarship eligibility extension. The
				request must be accompanied by a signed statement from the institution of
				higher learning in which the student is admitted or enrolled attesting that the
				student has experienced or is experiencing an enrollment delay due to the
				availability of coursework required by the degree program the student is
				pursuing, and that the enrollment delay is beyond the student's control. The
				eligibility extension request must be postmarked no later than 30 days before
				the stude nt's period of scholarship eligibility under
				AS
				14.43.825(b) is set to
				expire. Nothing in this section permits a student to receive a scholarship for
				more semester hours than is permitted under
				AS
				14.43.825.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.060
AS
				  14.43.825
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 43 - Alaska Performance Scholarship Program › 4 AAC 43.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter, unless context indicates otherwise,
(1) "ACT" means the ACT high school
			 achievement and college admissions examination administered by ACT,
			 Inc.;
(2) "Alaska performance
			 scholarship" means the scholarship program established under
			 AS
			 14.43.810-14.43.849;
(3) "Alaska performance achievement
			 scholarship" means an Alaska performance scholarship at the award level
			 described under
			 AS
			 14.43.825(a)(2);
(4) "Alaska performance honors scholarship"
			 means an Alaska performance scholarship at the top award level described under
			 AS
			 14.43.825(a)(1);
(5) "Alaska performance opportunity
			 scholarship" means an Alaska performance scholarship at the award level
			 described under
			 AS
			 14.43.825(a)(3);
(6) "commissioner" means the Commissioner of
			 Education and Early Development;
(7) "home-based education program" means an
			 educational program that qualifies the student for an exemption under
			 AS
			 14.30.010(b)(12) from the
			 compulsory education requirement of
			 AS
			 14.30.010(a);
(8) "SAT" means the SAT high school
			 achievement and college admissions test administered by College Board,
			 Inc.;
(9) "standardized
			 examinations" means the ACT, SAT, or WorkKeys examinations;
(10) "unit of credit" has the meaning given
			 in
			 4 AAC 06.075(f);
(11) "WorkKeys" means the WorkKeys Job Skills
			 Assessment administered by ACT, Inc.
(12) "world languages" means non-English
			 languages including Alaska Native, American Indian, and American Sign
			 Language.
Authority:
AS 14.07.060
AS
				  14.43.810
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 51 - Vocational Education › Article 3 - Secondary Vocational Educational Programs › 4 AAC 51.200 - Purpose of 4 AAC 51.200 - 4 AAC 51.390

Current through May 31, 2024
The purpose of
				  4 AAC 51.200 -
				  4 AAC 51.390 is to establish minimum requirements for
				  secondary vocational education programs in Alaska.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS
					 14.35.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 51 - Vocational Education › Article 3 - Secondary Vocational Educational Programs › 4 AAC 51.220 - Local vocational education plan

Current through May 31, 2024
Each district that offers a vocational education program
				  under the provisions of
				  4 AAC 51.200 -
				  4 AAC 51.390 shall develop and submit to the department
				  a vocational education plan which
(a)
				describes the steps the district will take to ensure that each student
				participating in that program will have the competencies necessary to get and
				keep a job on graduation from high school; and
(b) integrates academic and vocational
				education through a coherent sequence of courses so that a student may achieve
				both academic and occupational competencies; and
(c) describes how the district will assess
				whether a student is achieving competencies necessary to get and keep a
				job.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS
					 14.35.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 51 - Vocational Education › Article 3 - Secondary Vocational Educational Programs › 4 AAC 51.250 - Personnel qualifications (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
As of Register 108, January 1989, the substance of former
					 4 AAC 51.250 is contained in
					 4 AAC 12.053.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 51 - Vocational Education › Article 3 - Secondary Vocational Educational Programs › 4 AAC 51.300 - Vocational facilities and equipment

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each school
				district shall provide equipment and facilities that are
(1) capable of meeting instructional
				objectives; and
(2) maintained to
				meet state and federal health and safety standards.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 51 - Vocational Education › Article 3 - Secondary Vocational Educational Programs › 4 AAC 51.310 - Evaluation

Current through May 31, 2024
The evaluation of the vocational education curriculum
				  required by
				  4 AAC 05.080(e) must include input from
				  students, former students, teachers, principals, counselors, and the business
				  community.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS
					 14.35.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 51 - Vocational Education › Article 3 - Secondary Vocational Educational Programs › 4 AAC 51.330 - Vocational guidance and placement

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each district
				shall establish procedures for providing career and vocational guidance
				services.
(b) The services must
				include
(1) distribution to potential
				students, parents, and other interested parties of a written description of the
				vocational plan offered; and
(2)
				access to information regarding advanced training, employment, or
				placement.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 51 - Vocational Education › Article 3 - Secondary Vocational Educational Programs › 4 AAC 51.340 - Secondary vocational education programs

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				6/2/2004.
(b) The vocational
				education plan must be submitted on forms provided by the department to the
				Department of Education and Early Development, 801 West Tenth St., Suite 200,
				Juneau, AK 99801-1894.
(c) To be
				approved, the local vocational education plan must meet the requirements of
				4 AAC 51.200 -
				4 AAC 51.330.
(d) Repealed 6/2/2004.
(e) Repealed 4/9/92.
(f), (g) Repealed 9/17/93.
As of Register 151 (October 1999), the regulations attorney
					 made technical revisions under
					 AS
					 44.62.125(b)(6) to reflect
					 the name change of the Department of Education to the Department of Education
					 and Early Development made by ch. 58, SLA 1999, and the corresponding title
					 change of the commissioner of
					 education.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS
					 14.35.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 51 - Vocational Education › Article 3 - Secondary Vocational Educational Programs › 4 AAC 51.390 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In
				  4 AAC 51.200 - 4 AAC 51.390,
(1) "curriculum" means the instructional
				program content as approved by the department;
(2) "program" means a logically sequenced set
				of instructional outcomes;
(3)
				"vocational education" means organized programs, approved by the department,
				for grades seven through twelve, that prepare individuals for paid or unpaid
				employment, or for further education.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS
					 14.35.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 52 - Education for Children with Disabilities and Gifted Children › Article 1 - Program Establishment › 4 AAC 52.010 - Purpose of chapter

Current through May 31, 2024
The purpose of this chapter is to establish minimum
				  requirements for the education of exceptional children in the state. The
				  program for the education of children with disabilities is set out in
				  4 AAC 52.100 -
				  4 AAC 52.790. The program for the education of gifted
				  children is set out in
				  4 AAC 52.800 -
				  4 AAC 52.890.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.30.180 -
					 AS
					 14.30.350
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 52 - Education for Children with Disabilities and Gifted Children › Article 1 - Program Establishment › 4 AAC 52.030 - Advisory panel

Current through May 31, 2024
The Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education,
				  established under
				  AS
				  47.80.030-47.80.090, is
				  the advisory panel under
				  20 U.S.C.
				  1400-
				  1482
				  (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), and
				  AS
				  14.30.231.
As of Register 123, October 1992, the regulations attorney
					 corrected the name of the council referred to in 4 AAC 52.030 to reflect a
					 statutory name change made by ch. 13, SLA
					 1992.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS
					 14.30.231
AS
					 14.30.335
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 52 - Education for Children with Disabilities and Gifted Children › Article 2 - Program Administration: Children with Disabilities › 4 AAC 52.090 - District responsibility

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each district
				shall administer a program offering special education and related services in
				order to provide a free appropriate public education (FAPE) program for
				children with disabilities ages 3 - 21, if less than 22 on July 1 of the school
				year, who reside in the district, including
(1) highly mobile children, such as migrant
				or homeless children;
(2) children
				being educated in their homes by a parent;
(3) children who have been expelled or
				suspended from school; and
(4)
				children enrolled in
(A) public schools,
				including charter schools and the district's correspondence study
				program;
(B) private schools;
				and
(C) educational programs in
				correctional facilities in the district, except for individuals 18 - 21 years
				of age who are incarcerated in an adult correctional facility unless
				34 C.F.R.
				300.102(a)(2) requires that
				those individuals be provided a FAPE;
				34 C.F.R.
				300.102(a)(2), as revised as
				of October 13, 2006, is adopted by reference.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 52 - Education for Children with Disabilities and Gifted Children › Article 2 - Program Administration: Children with Disabilities › 4 AAC 52.100 - Child find

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each district shall establish and
				implement written procedures for identifying all children with disabilities
				ages 3 - 21 who reside in the district, regardless of the severity of the
				disability, for whom the district is responsible to provide, and who need
				special education and related services under
				4 AAC 52.090. The procedures established must include
(1) annual public notice that states the
(A) type of disabilities that qualify as a
				disabling condition;
(B) the
				educational needs of children with disabilities;
(C) right to a FAPE;
(D) special services available within the
				district;
(E) confidentiality
				protections; and
(F) person to
				contact for information and how to contact that person;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 52 - Education for Children with Disabilities and Gifted Children › Article 2 - Program Administration: Children with Disabilities › 4 AAC 52.115 - Timelines

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Not later than 90 calendar days after
				obtaining parental consent for an initial evaluation or reevaluation of
				eligibility, the district shall evaluate the referred child, develop an IEP if
				the child is determined to be eligible and parental consent for services is
				obtained, and provide the child with special education and related
				services.
(b) A district remains
				obligated under
				AS
				14.30.278 to develop an IEP not later than 30
				days after the determination of the child's eligibility.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.30.180
AS 14.30.278
AS
					 14.30.350
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 52 - Education for Children with Disabilities and Gifted Children › Article 2 - Program Administration: Children with Disabilities › 4 AAC 52.120 - Evaluation

Current through May 31, 2024
Each district shall conduct a full individual evaluation of a
				  child who is referred under
				  4 AAC 52.100, in conformance with the procedures and
				  requirements of 34 C.F.R.
				  300.301 -
				  300.302,
				  300.304 -
				  300.306, and
				  300.308 -
				  300.311, as revised as of October
				  13, 2006, and adopted by reference, before any action is taken
(1) regarding the initial placement of a
				child with a disability in a special education program;
(2) to determine whether the child is
				eligible for special education and related services under
				4 AAC 52.130; and
(3) to determine the educational needs of the
				child.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS
					 14.30.191
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 52 - Education for Children with Disabilities and Gifted Children › Article 2 - Program Administration: Children with Disabilities › 4 AAC 52.125 - Eligibility

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To determine a child's eligibility for
				special education and related services under
				4 AAC 52.130, a district shall, in conformance with
				34 C.F.R.
				300.306, adopted by reference in
				4 AAC 52.120,
(1) in
				interpreting evaluation data draw upon information from a variety of sources,
				including aptitude and achievement tests, current classroom-based assessments
				and observation by the teacher and related service providers, physical
				condition, social or cultural background, information provided by the parents,
				and adaptive behavior;
(2) provide
				that the eligibility decision be made by a group consisting of qualified
				professionals and a parent of the child; and
(3) require the group described in (2) of
				this subsection to provide a written and dated statement confirming the
				determination of eligibility.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 52 - Education for Children with Disabilities and Gifted Children › Article 2 - Program Administration: Children with Disabilities › 4 AAC 52.130 - Criteria for determination of eligibility

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				8/22/2001.
(b) To be eligible for
				special education and related services as a child with cognitive impairment, a
				child must
(1) score two or more standard
				deviations below the national norm on an individual standardized test of
				intelligence, and exhibit deficits in adaptive behavior manifested during the
				developmental period which adversely affect the child's educational
				performance;
(2) require special
				facilities, equipment, or methods to make the child's educational program
				effective;
(3) be diagnosed as
				cognitively impaired by a psychiatrist, or by a psychologist who is licensed
				under AS 08.86, certified under
				4 AAC 12.355, or endorsed under
				4 AAC 12.395; and
(4) be certified by the group established
				under 4 AAC 52.125(a) (2) as qualifying for and needing special
				education services.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 52 - Education for Children with Disabilities and Gifted Children › Article 2 - Program Administration: Children with Disabilities › 4 AAC 52.140 - Individualized education program

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each district
				shall initiate and conduct an individualized education program (IEP) team
				meeting to develop, review, and revise a written IEP for each child who is
				eligible for services under
				4 AAC 52.130 and
				AS
				14.30.186.
(b) An IEP must be developed
(1) through an IEP team process that meets
				the requirements of 34
				C.F.R. 300.320 -
				300.328, adopted by reference in
				(f) of this section;
(2) no later
				than 30 days after determination of eligibility for special education
				services;
(3) by the IEP team for
				each child's initial IEP, and the team shall conduct each review and revision
				of an IEP, in strict conformance with the content standards and process
				requirements of 34 C.F.R.
				300.324 -
				300.325, adopted by reference in
				(f) of this section.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 52 - Education for Children with Disabilities and Gifted Children › Article 2 - Program Administration: Children with Disabilities › 4 AAC 52.142 - Individualized family service plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For a child with a disability, three
				through five years of age, an individualized family service plan (IFSP) that
				contains the material required by
				20 U.S.C.
				1436 Individuals with Disabilities Education
				and that is developed in accordance with
				34
				C.F.R. 300.321-  34 C.F.R. 300.325, and 300.327 - 300.328, adopted by reference in
				4 AAC 52.140(f), may serve as the IEP for
				the child if using that plan as the IEP is agreed to by the district and at
				least one of the child's parents.
(b) In implementing (a) of this section, and
				as required in
				34 C.F.R.
				300.323(b)(2), adopted by
				reference in
				4 AAC
				52.140(f), the district shall
(1) provide to the child's parents a detailed
				explanation of the differences between an IFSP and an IEP; and
(2) obtain written, informed consent from a
				parent that chooses an IFSP.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 52 - Education for Children with Disabilities and Gifted Children › Article 2 - Program Administration: Children with Disabilities › 4 AAC 52.144 - Extended school year

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each district shall ensure that extended
				school year services are available as necessary to provide a FAPE if a child's
				IEP team determines, on an individual basis, in accordance with the
				requirements of 34 C.F.R.
				300.106, as revised as of October 13, 2006,
				and adopted by reference, that the services are necessary for the provision of
				FAPE to the child. Extended school year services must be clearly set out in a
				child's IEP.
(b) As used in this
				section, "extended school year services" means special education and related
				services that are provided to a child with a disability
(1) beyond the normal school year;
(2) in accordance with the child's IEP;
				and
(3) at no cost to the parents
				of the child.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 52 - Education for Children with Disabilities and Gifted Children › Article 2 - Program Administration: Children with Disabilities › 4 AAC 52.148 - Assistive technology

Current through May 31, 2024
Each district shall ensure that assistive technology devices
				  and assistive technology services are made available to a child with a
				  disability who needs devices or services for supplementary aids and services in
				  regular classes or in the child's home or other setting in order to receive a
				  FAPE. The child's IEP team shall determine the necessity of those devices and
				  services on a case-by-case basis.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS 14.30.186
AS
					 14.30.335