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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 1 - General Administration › 4 AAC 06.121 - Annual financial reporting requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
Effective August 5, 1990, a school district's annual audit
				  report under
				  AS
				  14.14.050 must meet the following
				  requirements:
(1) the financial
				reports must be in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
				defined in the Codification of Governmental Accounting and Financial Reporting
				Standards adopted in
				4 AAC 06.120(a) (1);
(2) all governmental money shall be reported
				on the modified accrual basis of accounting;
(3) the effective dates of state and federal
				laws stipulating financial reporting requirements for school districts govern
				the content of an audit acceptable under
				AS
				14.14.050;
(4) financial audits shall report data for
				all required codes contained in the Uniform Chart of Accounts for Public School
				Districts, adopted by reference in
				4 AAC 06.120(a) (2); revenue and
				expenditure codes for which there were no transactions during the audit period
				need not be reported;
(5) the
				following additional special reports must be submitted, on a form prescribed by
				the department, with the annual audit report:
(A) Auditor's Report on Fund Balance
				Compliance based upon the requirements of
				AS
				14.17.505;
(B) Auditor's Report on Compliance based upon
				the employee bonding requirement of
				AS
				14.14.020;
(C) repealed 12/30/98;
(D) Certified Auditor's Report of
				Reimbursable Expenditures for School Construction based upon the requirements
				of AS
				14.11.100 and
				4 AAC 31.060;
(E) Certified Tuition Rate Report based upon
				the requirements of
				4 AAC 09.030.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 1 - General Administration › 4 AAC 06.135 - Use of school funds in elections

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A school
				district may not appropriate or spend school district money for the purpose of
				influencing the result of a public vote on an election, referendum, initiative,
				recall, or other election involving candidates for or holders of public
				office.
(b) The restriction in (a)
				of this section is not intended to interfere with the exercise of the right to
				free speech by school district board members or school personnel.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS
					 14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 1 - General Administration › 4 AAC 06.140 - AIDS in school personnel

Current through May 31, 2024
No employee of a public school district may be transferred,
				  suspended, or terminated from employment because the employee has acquired
				  immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),
				  unless the employee's condition prevents the employee from competently
				  performing the employee's duties or the employee has uncoverable oozing lesions
				  or other symptoms which, in the opinion of competent medical personnel,
				  substantially increase the risk of transmission of HIV to students or others
				  with whom the employee has regular contact.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS
					 14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 1 - General Administration › 4 AAC 06.150 - Confidentiality of AIDS information

Current through May 31, 2024
A school district or a school district employee with
				  information that a student or employee of the district has acquired immune
				  deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) shall keep
				  that information confidential except from public health officials and district
				  personnel who need the information in order to make an informed decision under
				  4 AAC 06.060(a),
				  4 AAC 06.140, or
				  AS
				  14.30.180 -
				  AS
				  14.30.350.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS
					 14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 1 - General Administration › 4 AAC 06.172 - Reporting of school disciplinary and safety programs

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A governing
				body of a school board shall report to the department information relating to
				the school district disciplinary and safety program required by
				AS
				14.33.120. The report shall be submitted
				annually with the school report required by
				AS
				14.03.120(a).
(b) To meet the requirements of
				AS
				14.33.120(a)(1) for
				collaboration at each school in development and review of the standards, the
				report must provide a description of the procedures used to develop the
				community-based standards of school behavior and safety contained in the school
				safety and discipline program, including
(1)
				the persons who were involved in developing the standards;
(2) the parameters for evaluation to assess
				the effectiveness of the standards; and
(3) the period of review and evaluation of
				the standards.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 1 - General Administration › 4 AAC 06.175 - Reporting restraint and seclusion incidents

Current through May 31, 2024
Annually, not later than June 30, a governing body shall
				  provide a report to the department that includes all data required under
				  AS
				  14.33.125(f). The governing
				  body shall file the required report electronically in a format prescribed by
				  the department, unless the governing body determines that the district docs not
				  have the capability of filing the report electronically in that format.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS
					 14.33.125
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 1 - General Administration › 4 AAC 06.177 - Crisis intervention training programs

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				department will maintain a list of approved crisis intervention training
				programs. An approved program must
(1)
				include training in all areas required under
				AS
				14.33.127(a);
(2) have a clear record of success in the
				prevention and safe use of physical restraint and seclusion;
(3) have undergone a peer-review process or
				have otherwise been the subject of scholarly research; and
(4) adequately address
				AS
				14.33.127(a)(1)-(3).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 2 - Safe Schools › 4 AAC 06.200 - Safe schools

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) On or before July 15 of each year, the
				department will determine the safety status of the schools in the state. The
				department will designate a school as safe, at-risk, or persistently
				dangerous.
(b) For each school in
				the state, the department will apply the following formula, to obtain a
				percentage figure representing that school's safety status:
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(c) The
				school size factor to be used in the formula in (b) of this section is as
				follows:
(1) for a school size of 10 - 100
				students, the school size factor is 0.7;
(2) for a school size of 101 - 425 students,
				the school size factor is 0.8;
(3)
				for a school size of 426 - 1,000 students, the school size factor is
				0.9;
(4) for a school size of 1,001
				students or more, the school size factor is 1.0.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 2 - Safe Schools › 4 AAC 06.210 - District response

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A district that contains a school that
				has been designated at-risk shall, within 30 days after the designation,
				prepare a report that includes
(1) an
				explanation of the nature and cause of the infractions involving violence
				against a person at the school; and
(2) a plan under which the district, school
				principal, and interested community members will take steps to make the school
				a safe environment.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 2 - Safe Schools › 4 AAC 06.220 - Department response

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department may appoint a task force
				to support and advise a district when a school in the district has been
				designated an at-risk school if, after review of the district's plan submitted
				under 4 AAC 06.210(a) (2), the department determines that a task
				force will assist the district.
(b)
				After a school within a district has been designated a persistently dangerous
				school, the department will
(1) appoint a task
				force to support and advise the district;
(2) review the plan submitted under
				4 AAC 06.210(b) (2) by the district,
				and approve or disapprove that plan;
(3) work with the district to identify
				funding or grant opportunities to improve the safety status of the school;
				and
(4) take any other action
				necessary to comply with federal law consistent with AS 14.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 2 - Safe Schools › 4 AAC 06.230 - Victim of a violent criminal offense

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Within 10 days
				after an incident in which a student is a victim of a violent criminal offense
				on the grounds of the school attended by the student, a district shall notify
				the parents of the student that the parents may, within 30 days after the
				notice is sent, elect to have the student transferred to the parent's choice of
				one of two or more safe schools within the district. If a parent timely
				requests a transfer under this section, the district shall provide the transfer
				within 30 days after receiving the request.
(b) Within 10 days after receiving notice
				that an incident of violence on school grounds may have occurred, a district
				shall determine whether substantial evidence indicates that a student was a
				victim of a violent criminal offense. A district shall consider a student
				eligible for a transfer under this section if substantial evidence indicates
				that the student was a victim of a violent criminal offense on the grounds of
				the school attended by the student. If a district refuses to offer to transfer
				a student whom the student's parent believes was the victim of a violent
				criminal offense, the parent may appeal to the commissioner within 30 days
				after receipt of the refusal. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee
				may use the existing record or may hear additional evidence to determine
				whether the student is eligible for a transfer under (a) of this section.
				Nothing in this section gives a determination by the district or the
				commissioner under this section preclusive effect in any other legal
				proceeding. A decision by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee is a
				final decision for purposes of judicial review.
(c) A district is not required to provide the
				notice or transfer option required under (a) of this section to a student who
				attends a youth detention center, but shall notify the parents of the
				incident.
(d) A district that has
				only one public school of the appropriate grade level is not required to create
				an additional public school in order to comply with (a) of this
				section.
(e) In this section,
				"violent criminal offense" means an incident, regardless of whether it was the
				subject of a criminal charge, that would establish the elements of an offense
				under
(1) AS 11.41 (Offenses Against the
				Person);
(2)AS
				11.61.160 (Recruiting a Gang Member in the
				First Degree); or
(3)AS
				11.61.195 (Misconduct Involving Weapons in
				the First Degree).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 2 - Safe Schools › 4 AAC 06.240 - Parent's options

Current through May 31, 2024
A parent who requests a transfer under
				  4 AAC 06.210 or
				  4 AAC 06.230 may also request that the student remain in
				  the receiving school until the student completes the highest grade level
				  offered by that school. The district shall grant the request.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS 14.33.120
AS
					 14.50.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 2 - Safe Schools › 4 AAC 06.250 - Reporting

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A district shall provide to the
				department a report on or before June 30 of each year that describes for each
				school in the district during the school year the number of
(1) infractions involving violence against a
				person at the school;
(2)
				infractions involving a weapon at the school;
(3) days students were suspended for
				infractions involving violence against a person or infractions involving a
				weapon at each school;
(4)
				expulsions for infractions involving violence against a person or infractions
				involving a weapon at a school;
(5)
				transfers requested and provided under
				4 AAC 06.210 or
				4 AAC 06.240;
(6) victims of violent criminal offenses as
				determined under
				4 AAC 06.230; and
(7) truancies at schools in the district, as
				determined by the district under its procedures established under
				AS
				14.30.030.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 2 - Safe Schools › 4 AAC 06.260 - Additional requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				10/20/2018.
(b) A district that is
				required to offer to transfer a student to a safe school shall make that offer
				even if the only available safe schools within the district exceed the schools'
				capacity limits. However, nothing in this subsection authorizes a district or
				school to fail to comply with the requirements of AS 18.70 and 13 AAC
				50.
(c) A district that is required
				under 4 AAC 06.210 or
				4 AAC 06.230 to offer a student a transfer to a safe
				school, but that does not contain a safe school of an appropriate grade level,
				shall offer to
(1) transfer the student to
				the parent's choice of any school and
(2) work with the parent to identify other
				suitable educational opportunities for the student, including
(A) transfer to another district;
				and
(B) attending a statewide
				correspondence school.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 2 - Safe Schools › 4 AAC 06.290 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In
				4 AAC 06.200 -
				4 AAC 06.290, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) "district" means a city or borough school
				district, a regional educational attendance area, and a state boarding
				school;
(2) "infractions involving
				violence against a person" means a violation of school rules in which a person
				was injured, was threatened with injury, or reasonably perceived a threat of
				injury;
(3) "infractions involving
				a weapon" means a violation of school rules in which a student possessed, used,
				attempted to use, or threatened to use a weapon, regardless of whether the
				possession, use, or sale of the weapon was the main infraction
				committed;
(4) "weapon" means a
				dangerous instrument as defined in
				AS
				11.81.900, and any object or instrument that,
				in the circumstances in which it is used, attempted to be used, or threatened
				to be used, is capable of causing injury.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 3 - Department Reading Program › 4 AAC 06.300 - Applicability

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department reading program provides
				direct support for and intervention in intensive reading intervention services
				to participating schools as provided in
				AS
				14.30.765 and
				14.30.770.
(b) The department will provide to eligible
				schools
(1) support from a reading specialist
				employed by the department; and
(2)
				funding to implement the reading improvement goals identified in the K - 3
				intensive school reading improvement plan, including intervention
				materials.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 3 - Department Reading Program › 4 AAC 06.305 - Eligibility

Current through May 31, 2024
A school serving students in kindergarten through third grade
				  is eligible to apply for the department reading program if the school has been
				  assigned a performance designation that is in the lowest performing 25 percent
				  of schools, as determined by the department based on the state accountability
				  system in AS 14.03.123. The department will
				  determine how many schools will be selected each year based on available
				  resources and school district needs.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.123
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS
					 14.30.770
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 3 - Department Reading Program › 4 AAC 06.310 - Application and selection

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				will notify a school that it is eligible to apply for the reading program in
				fall of each year.
(b) An eligible
				school may apply to the department as provided in
				AS
				14.30.770 by submitting a complete
				application on or before February 15 of each year on a form provided by the
				department.
(c) A complete
				application must include
(1) the school and
				school district name;
(2) the
				signature of the school principal, school district superintendent, and school
				board chair;
(3) a completed K - 3
				MTSS reading plan;
(4) school
				summative assessment scores for the past two years;
(5) school statewide screening tool or other
				approved screening tool results for students in kindergarten through grade
				three over the past year; for applications submitted in 2024 an eligible school
				shall submit screening tool results available as of February 15; and
(6) a statement describing the school's
				commitment to reading improvement through participation in the department
				reading program and implementation of reading improvement goals.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 3 - Department Reading Program › 4 AAC 06.315 - Program requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
A school selected to participate in the department reading
				  program established in
				  AS
				  14.30.770 shall
(1) submit a K - 3 intensive school reading
				improvement plan as provided under
				4 AAC 06.325;
(2) work with state reading specialists to
				structure the school day to accommodate effective core instruction and
				intensive reading interventions to best suit the needs of the school;
(3) present an update on the reading program
				and intervention services as provided in
				AS
				14.30.770; and
(4) comply with all requirements in this
				chapter and
				AS
				14.30.770.
Authority:
14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS
					 14.30.770
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 3 - Department Reading Program › 4 AAC 06.320 - Reading specialists

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department will employ reading
				specialists and assign them to eligible schools. An individual employed by the
				department as a reading specialist shall
(1)
				hold a teacher certificate issued under
				4 AAC 12.305 or
				4 AAC 12.306;
(2) meet the requirements of
				AS
				14.30.770(d)(2) - (3);
				and
(3) complete, not later than
				one year after the person's date of hire, a total of three semester hours of
				indigenous language learning and culturally responsive education, in any
				combination.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 3 - Department Reading Program › 4 AAC 06.325 - K - 3 intensive school reading improvement plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Not later than
				May 1 of each year, a school participating in the department reading program
				shall submit to the department a K - 3 intensive school reading improvement
				plan.
(b) The department will make
				a K -3 intensive school reading improvement plan template available on its
				website.
(c) The participating
				school shall complete the plan in partnership with the assigned reading
				specialist. The plan must include
(1) a
				description of the reading program and reading intervention services to be
				provided to students;
(2) goals for
				reading improvement with measures of interim progress;
(3) a description of the roles and
				responsibilities of the school, the reading specialist, and the
				department;
(4) a description of
				professional development plans for district staff involved in implementing the
				plan;
(5) a description of reading
				improvement home supports; and
(6)
				a description of the daily school schedule, redesigned as provided under
				AS
				14.30.770(b)(2).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 3 - Department Reading Program › 4 AAC 06.330 - Reporting and communication

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A school
				selected to participate in the reading program shall present on the reading
				program established under
				AS
				14.30.770 and present an annual update to the
				public in accordance with
				AS
				14.30.770(b)(3) -
				(5).
(b) A selected school shall report to the
				department the information to be reported to the public under (a) of this
				section and any additional update as requested by the department.
Authority:
14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS
					 14.30.770
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 3 - Department Reading Program › 4 AAC 06.390 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In
				  4 AAC 06.300 -
				  4 AAC 06.390,
(1) "culturally responsive" has the meaning
				given in AS 14.60.010;
(2) "K - 3 MTSS reading plan" means the
				multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) model described in
				4 AAC 06.405;
(3) "multi-tiered system of support" has the
				meaning given in
				4 AAC 06.490(a);
(4) "reading specialist" means an educator
(A) employed by the department, specialized
				in the science of reading, and assigned annually as a support for K - 3 Tier
				III students in schools participating in the department reading
				program;
(B) provided to improve
				and accelerate student progress toward reaching reading competency utilizing
				the state-approved program plan, as stated in
				AS
				14.30.770.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 4 - District Reading Intervention Services and Strategies › 4 AAC 06.400 - Statewide literacy screening and support

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				will provide a statewide screening tool and associated training to all school
				districts to assess student reading skills. The department will provide to
				school districts
(1) training on
				evidence-based instruction based on student needs, assistance in interpreting
				screening results, and training in the science of reading;
(2) training on using the statewide screening
				tool to identify students who will need an assessment for dyslexia;
				and
(3) assistance in developing an
				alternative standardized reading screening tool as provided in
				AS
				14.30.760, if requested by a school
				district.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 4 - District Reading Intervention Services and Strategies › 4 AAC 06.405 - Reading intervention services and strategies

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A school
				district shall offer intensive reading intervention services to students in
				kindergarten through grade three who exhibit a reading deficiency under
				AS
				14.30.765.
(b) Each school district must submit to the
				department not later than September 1 of each year a reading plan to provide
				services described in (a) of this section based on a response to intervention
				or multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) model. A school district may resubmit
				a department-approved K - 3 MTSS reading plan from the prior school year, if
				the district reading plan and intervention services have not changed.
(c) The department will provide a K - 3 MTSS
				reading plan template to school districts.
(d) Each school district's K - 3 MTSS reading
				plan must comply with
				AS
				14.30.765(b) and must
				include
(1) identification of the literacy
				screening tool to be used and the proposed schedule that is in alignment with
				statewide assessment schedules;
(2)
				a description of the adopted core and intervention reading programs for
				students in kindergarten through grade three.
(3) a description of the district's progress
				monitoring tool and the proposed schedule;
(4) a parent notification of student reading
				deficiency letter template;
(5) an
				individual reading improvement plan template;
(6) a description of home supports for early
				literacy development; and
(7)
				description of reading-related professional development for staff working with
				students in kindergarten through grade three.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 4 - District Reading Intervention Services and Strategies › 4 AAC 06.410 - Individual reading improvement plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A school
				district shall provide a culturally responsive individual reading improvement
				plan for each student in kindergarten through grade three who is determined to
				have a reading deficiency based on the statewide screening tool in
				AS
				14.30.765 or a district selected alternative
				screening tool based on an approved K - 3 literacy screener waiver form under
				4 AAC 06.400.
(b) The individual reading improvement plan
				must meet the requirements of
				AS
				14.30.765(b) and must
				include a description of individual reading intervention services to be
				provided in the summer for students progressing to grade four through
				submission of a waiver under
				4 AAC 06.415(c).
(c) The department will make available to
				school districts an individual reading improvement plan
				template
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS
					 14.30.765
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 4 - District Reading Intervention Services and Strategies › 4 AAC 06.415 - Student progression

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If a student demonstrates a reading
				deficiency, the district shall follow the student progression requirements set
				out in AS
				14.30.765(d) -
				(f).
(b) A student may demonstrate mastery of
				reading standards sufficient to progress from grade three to grade four as
				provided in
				AS
				14.30.765(e), including by
				submission of a complete reading portfolio. A complete reading portfolio must
(1) be submitted by a classroom teacher on a
				department-provided reading portfolio form;
(2) provide measurable evidence of
				proficiency on each English/Language Arts foundational skill grade standard
				through the student's current grade level, set out in
Alaska
				English/Language Arts and Mathematics Standards,
adopted by reference
				in 4 AAC 04.140.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 4 - District Reading Intervention Services and Strategies › 4 AAC 06.490 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In
				4 AAC 06.400 -
				4 AAC 06.490,
(1)
				"culturally responsive" has the meaning given in
				AS
				14.60.010;
(2) "measurable evidence of proficiency"
(A) means direct proof of student
				proficiency, including audio or video of a student performing a skill and data
				from a free online literacy assessment based on the science of
				reading;
(B) does not include
				worksheets, parent testimonials, or anecdotal notes and
				observations;
(3)
				"multi-tiered system of support" means the practice of providing high-quality
				tiered instruction and interventions that
(A)
				are based on the science of reading;
(B) are matched to student need;
(C) include monitoring student progress
				frequently to make decisions about changes in instruction or goals;
				and
(D) include applying student
				response data to important educational decisions;
(4) "parent" or "guardian" has the meaning
				given in AS 14.60.010. (b) In
				AS
				14.30.760 -
				14.30.780 and
				4 AAC 06.400 -
				4 AAC 06.490, "dyslexia" means a specific learning
				disability that
(1) is neurobiological in
				origin;
(2) is characterized by
				difficulties
(A) with accurate or fluent word
				recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities; and
(B) that typically result from a deficit in
				the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in relation to
				other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom instruction;
				and
(3) may have
				secondary consequences that include problems in reading comprehension and
				reduced reading experience that can impede growth of vocabulary and background
				knowledge.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 5 - Prohibition of Sex Discrimination › 4 AAC 06.500 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
The purpose of
				  4 AAC 06.500 -
				  4 AAC 06.600 is to establish procedures that will enable
				  school districts to prevent and eliminate, in public education, discrimination
				  on the basis of gender and, in employment, discrimination on the basis of
				  gender or race.
Authority:
AS
					 14.18.010
AS 14.18.020
AS
					 14.18.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 5 - Prohibition of Sex Discrimination › 4 AAC 06.510 - Discrimination in hiring practices

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Hiring
				practices that are prohibited by
				AS
				14.18.020(1) include the use
				of any position description, job qualification, or collective bargaining
				agreement that has the direct or indirect effect of giving preference to an
				applicant on the basis of gender or race, except that gender may be used as a
				criterion with respect to jobs requiring personal supervision of persons using
				locker rooms, showers, or toilet facilities.
(b) Nothing in
				4 AAC 06.500 -
				4 AAC 06.600 prevents a school district from using
				gender or race as a criterion for meeting employment goals under a valid
				affirmative action plan.
(c) In
				addition to the requirements of AS 14.18 and this section, the requirements of
				AS
				18.80.220 also apply to hiring practices in
				public education.
Authority:
AS
					 14.18.010
AS 14.18.020
AS
					 14.18.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 5 - Prohibition of Sex Discrimination › 4 AAC 06.520 - Recreational and athletic activities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Before February
				1, 1994, and thereafter every third school year, each school district shall
				conduct a survey of students in grades five through 11, in a manner to be
				established by the district, to determine student interest in specific
				extracurricular recreational activities, interscholastic athletic activities,
				and intrascholastic athletic activities.
(b) Before March 1 of each school year
				beginning in 1994, each school district shall adopt a plan that sets out all
				extracurricular recreational activities, interscholastic athletic activities,
				and intrascholastic athletic activities that will be offered by the district
				during the following school year. The plan required by this subsection must
				provide substantially equal opportunities for each gender, and must, to the
				maximum extent practicable, accommodate the interests of students as expressed
				in the survey required by (a) of this section.
(c) In developing or amending a plan under
				(b) of this section, each school district shall evaluate its extracurricular
				recreational activities, interscholastic athletic activities, and
				intrascholastic athletic activities to ensure that the activities available to
				each gender are substantially equal based on the following criteria:
(1) the provision of equipment and
				supplies;
(2) the schedule of games
				and practice times;
(3) travel
				schedules and trips taken;
(4)
				opportunities to receive coaching;
(5) assignment of coaches and
				tutors;
(6) provision of locker,
				practice, and competitive facilities;
(7) provision of administrative support
				services; and
(8)
				publicity.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 5 - Prohibition of Sex Discrimination › 4 AAC 06.530 - Guidance and counseling services

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) School
				personnel assigned to provide guidance and counseling services shall plan and
				implement programs and services, and use materials, that encourage students to
				explore and develop their individual interests in vocational programs and
				career opportunities without regard to gender. This may include encouraging
				students to consider nontraditional occupations.
(b) Before December 15 of the school year
				beginning after June 4, 1993, each school district shall establish, have on
				file, and implement written procedures for the biennial training of all
				certificated personnel who are assigned to provide guidance and counseling
				services. Training must include the recognition of gender bias in counseling
				materials and specific techniques that may be used with students to overcome
				the effects of gender bias.
Authority:
AS
					 14.18.010
AS 14.18.040
AS
					 14.18.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 5 - Prohibition of Sex Discrimination › 4 AAC 06.540 - Course offerings

Current through May 31, 2024
Except as provided in
				  AS
				  14.18.050(b), no school
				  district may require or deny participation in any course, program, or activity
				  on the basis of gender.
Authority:
AS
					 14.18.010
AS 14.18.030
AS 14.18.040
AS 14.18.050
AS
					 14.18.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 5 - Prohibition of Sex Discrimination › 4 AAC 06.550 - Review of instructional materials

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Instructional
				materials must portray people or characters of each gender in a wide variety of
				occupational, emotional, and behavioral situations, and present each gender in
				a broad range of its human potential.
(b) Before December 15 of the school year
				beginning after June 4, 1993, each school district shall establish and
				implement written procedures
(1) for the
				biennial training of certificated personnel in the recognition of gender bias
(A) in instructional materials,
(B) in career instruction, and
(C) in instructional techniques that may be
				used to overcome the effects of gender bias and discrimination; this training
				must be at least three hours in length;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 5 - Prohibition of Sex Discrimination › 4 AAC 06.560 - Violations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each school district shall adopt and make
				available to the public a grievance procedure through which violations of AS
				14.18 or 4 AAC 06.500 -
				4 AAC 06.600 may be remedied. The grievance procedure
				must be posted in a public place in each school operated by that district. The
				district shall make copies available upon request.
(b) A district grievance procedure adopted
				under (a) of this section must
(1) provide
				for a hearing before the governing body of the district;
(2) require that the hearing be held on the
				record; and
(3) require that a
				final decision be issued within 60 days after the filing of the
				grievance.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 5 - Prohibition of Sex Discrimination › 4 AAC 06.570 - Assurance of voluntary compliance

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				commissioner may enter into an assurance of voluntary compliance agreement with
				a school district alleged to be in violation of AS 14.18 or 4 AAC 06 instead of
				further action under
				4 AAC 06.560.
(b) Under the terms of an assurance of
				voluntary compliance agreement, the school district need not admit wrongdoing,
				but must agree not to commit the violation in the future. The commissioner may
				require as a condition of the assurance that the school district submit a plan
				of compliance for approval by the commissioner.
(c) A plan of compliance under (b) of this
				section or under
				4 AAC 06.580 must contain at least the following:
(1) a timeline for compliance;
(2) how compliance will be
				achieved;
(3) criteria by which
				compliance can be determined; and
(4) the name of the person responsible at the
				district level for supervising compliance.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 5 - Prohibition of Sex Discrimination › 4 AAC 06.575 - Nondiscrimination for filing grievances

Current through May 31, 2024
A school district may not discriminate against a person for
				  filing a grievance under AS 14.18 or this chapter.
Authority:
AS
					 14.18.010
AS 14.18.080
AS
					 14.18.090
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 5 - Prohibition of Sex Discrimination › 4 AAC 06.580 - Remedies

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If the state board determines that a
				school district is or has been engaged in practices in violation of AS 14.18 or
				4 AAC 06.500 -
				4 AAC 06.600, the board will, in its discretion, direct
				the school district or the hearing officer to formulate a plan of
				compliance.
(b) If the school
				district fails to implement the plan of compliance, or violates a plan of
				compliance, an assurance of voluntary compliance agreement, or another order of
				the state board, the commissioner may petition the board to withhold state
				funds in accordance with
				AS
				14.07.070.
(c) If the commissioner petitions the state
				board under (b) of this section, the state board will hold an abbreviated
				hearing in which the commissioner shall state the basis for the petition and
				the school district will be afforded the opportunity to respond.
(d) Nothing in
				4 AAC 06.500 -
				4 AAC 06.600 limits the commissioner or the Professional
				Teaching Practices Commission from seeking to revoke the certification of,
				suspend, or otherwise discipline an educator who violates AS 14.18 or
				4 AAC 06.500 -
				4 AAC 06.600.
(e) Nothing in
				4 AAC 06.500 -
				4 AAC 06.600 limits the Alaska School Activities
				Association from barring participation in its activities or otherwise
				disciplining a member district which violates
				AS
				14.18.040 or
				4 AAC 06.520.
Authority:
AS
					 14.18.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 5 - Prohibition of Sex Discrimination › 4 AAC 06.590 - Additional authority of the commissioner

Current through May 31, 2024
In addition to any other duties performed under
				  4 AAC 06.500 -
				  4 AAC 06.600, the commissioner may require a school
				  district to report its efforts toward compliance with
				  4 AAC 06.500 -
				  4 AAC 06.600 and, in the absence of a complaint, may
				  file an accusation with the state board.
Authority:
AS
					 14.18.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 5 - Prohibition of Sex Discrimination › 4 AAC 06.600 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In AS 14.18 and
				  4 AAC 06.500 -
				  4 AAC 06.600
(1) "commissioner" means the commissioner of
				the Department of Education and Early Development;
(2) "extracurricular recreational activity"
				includes school-sponsored or supported clubs, teams, or activities of general
				or specific interest not part of classroom instruction;
(3) "instructional material" includes
				textbooks, films, filmstrips, workbooks and other materials the primary purpose
				of which is for use in classroom instructional activity; "instructional
				materials" does not include literary works;
(4) "physical education activities involving
				bodily contact" means boxing, wrestling, rugby, ice hockey, football,
				basketball, and other sports the purpose or major activity of which involves
				bodily contact;
(5) "gender bias"
				means behavior or written materials that, when taken as a whole, portray one
				gender in a role or status inferior to or more limited than that of the other
				gender; assign abilities, traits, interests, or activities on the basis of
				gender stereotypes; denigrate or ridicule on the basis of gender; ignore or
				substantially underrepresent the numerical existence of one gender for reasons
				not necessitated by the subject matter of the work; or otherwise treat persons
				in a discriminatory way on the basis of gender;
(6) "state board" means the State Board of
				Education;
(7) "department" means
				the Department of Education and Early Development;
(8) "discrimination" means differential
				treatment of or the denial of equal opportunity to a person based on that
				person's race or gender or because that person filed a grievance under this
				chapter.
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
					 14.18.010
AS 14.18.030
AS 14.18.040
AS 14.18.050
AS 14.18.060
AS
					 14.18.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 6 - Statewide Student Assessment › 4 AAC 06.700 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
Statewide student assessment is one component in a system to
				  measure and make accountable the state education system. The purposes of
				  statewide student assessment specifically are to
(1) ascertain on a statewide basis the extent
				to which children of the state are attaining state standards as described in
				4 AAC 06.737;
(2) produce statewide information to
				facilitate sound decision making by policy makers, parents, educators, and the
				public; and
(3) provide a focus for
				instructional improvement;
(4)
				repealed 12/16/94.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.120
AS 14.07.020
AS
					 14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 6 - Statewide Student Assessment › 4 AAC 06.710 - Statewide student assessment system

Current through May 31, 2024
The commissioner will develop a statewide student assessment
				  system composed of multiple indicators that include
(1) a standards-based test to measure student
				attainment of the state's standards as described in
				4 AAC 06.737;
(2) an alternate assessment under
				4 AAC 06.775(b);
(3) biennial participation in the national
				assessment of educational progress in mathematics and reading in grades four
				and eight;
(4) the assessments
				included in
				4 AAC 34.055 to identify English language proficiency;
				and
(5) a statewide screening tool
				as described in
				AS
				14.30.760 and
				4 AAC 06.400.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS
					 14.30.775
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 6 - Statewide Student Assessment › 4 AAC 06.712 - Developmental profile

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) As part of the comprehensive system of
				student assessments required by
				AS
				14.07.020(b) and
				4 AAC 06.710, each district shall submit to the
				department by November 1 of each school year, on a form provided by the
				department, a developmental profile for each student entering kindergarten or
				first grade in each school in the district, including charter schools. A
				student whose profile was submitted upon entering kindergarten does not need an
				additional profile upon entering first grade.
(b) Indicators that must be used in preparing
				a student's developmental profile under this section include
(1) physical health, well-being, and motor
				development;
(2) social and
				emotional development;
(3)
				approaches to learning;
(4)
				cognition and general knowledge;
(5) communication, language, and literacy;
				and
(6) child background.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 6 - Statewide Student Assessment › 4 AAC 06.718 - College and career readiness assessment after student receives a certificate of achievement

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A district
				shall provide a secondary school diploma to a person who
(1) holds a certificate of achievement issued
				by the district on or after July 1, 2014 and before June 30, 2016;
(2) takes a college and career readiness
				assessment; and
(3) pays applicable
				fees charged by the district or the test vendor.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 6 - Statewide Student Assessment › 4 AAC 06.737 - Standards-based test

Current through May 31, 2024
The commissioner will select a standards-based test to
				  estimate the degree to which students have mastered the state's standards for
				  English language arts, mathematics, and science. For school years after school
				  year 2013 - 2014, the standards-based test must test for mastery of the
				  English/language arts, mathematics, and science standards adopted by reference
				  in
				  4 AAC 04.140(a). Except for students
				  eligible for an alternate assessment under
				  4 AAC 06.775(b), each district shall
				  administer the standards-based test in English language arts, and mathematics
				  annually to every student in grades three through eight and in one or more
				  years, as determined by the commissioner, in grades nine through 12, and each
				  district shall administer the standards-based test in science annually to every
				  student in grades five, eight, and ten. A school that does not assign students
				  to grade levels shall assess students using the grade-level assessment that
				  would apply if the school had standard a. grade levels based upon the number of
				  years a student has been enrolled in school.
English Language Arts and Mathematics Standards, adopted by
					 reference in
					 4 AAC 04.140,
					 may be obtained by writing to the Department of Education & Early
					 Development, 801 West 10th Street, Suite 200, P.O. Box 110500, Juneau, Alaska
					 99811 -0500 or at
www.education.alaska.gov/standards
.
Authority:
AS
					 14.03.123
AS
					 14.07.020
AS
					 14.50.080
AS 14.70.060