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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 19 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Board › Chapter 306 - Marijuana Control › Article 8 - Enforcement; Civil Penalties › 3 AAC 306.844 - Informal conference

Current through May 31, 2024
An aggrieved licensee or permittee subject to any action
					 under 3 AAC 306.800 -
					 3 AAC 306.840 may request an informal conference with
					 the director. The director will set the informal conference not later than ten
					 days after receipt of the request.
Authority:
AS
						17.38.010
AS 17.38.070
AS 17.38.121
AS 17.38.131
AS 17.38.150
AS 17.38.190
AS 17.38.200
AS
						17.38.900
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 19 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Board › Chapter 306 - Marijuana Control › Article 8 - Enforcement; Civil Penalties › 3 AAC 306.845 - Appeal

Current through May 31, 2024
An aggrieved party may appeal to the board regarding any
					 other action of the director, an enforcement agent, or an employee of the board
					 charged with enforcing AS 17.38 or this chapter. The board wilt consider the
					 appeal at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the board.
(b) Repealed 7/23/2023.
Authority:
AS
						17.38.010
AS 17.38.070
AS 17.38.121
AS 17.38.131
AS 17.38.150
AS 17.38.190
AS 17.38.200
AS
						17.38.900
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 19 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Board › Chapter 306 - Marijuana Control › Article 8 - Enforcement; Civil Penalties › 3 AAC 306.850 - Surrender or destruction of license

Current through May 31, 2024
A license issued under this chapter must be surrendered to
					 the director, an enforcement agent, or an employee of the board on demand if
					 the director or board so orders. A license issued under this chapter must be
					 surrendered not later than 10 days after the marijuana establishment loses or
					 vacates the licenced premises. If a license is destroyed, the marijuana
					 establishment shall promptly notify the board.
Authority:
AS
						17.38.010
AS 17.38.070
AS 17.38.121
AS 17.38.131
AS 17.38.150
AS 17.38.190
AS 17.38.200
AS
						17.38.900
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 19 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Board › Chapter 306 - Marijuana Control › Article 9 - General Provisions › 3 AAC 306.905 - Public records

Current through May 31, 2024
Marijuana establishment applications are public records.
					 The board may, at the request of any applicant, designate materials
					 confidential if they
(1) contain
				  proprietary information including trade secrets; or
(2) are required to be kept confidential by
				  any federal or state law.
Authority:
AS
						17.38.010
AS 17.38.070
AS 17.38.121
AS 17.38.150
AS 17.38.200
AS 17.38.900
AS 40.25.110
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 19 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Board › Chapter 306 - Marijuana Control › Article 9 - General Provisions › 3 AAC 306.910 - Refusal to sell marijuana

Current through May 31, 2024
Nothing in this chapter prohibits a licensee from refusing
					 to sell marijuana or marijuana products to any person unless that refusal is a
					 violation of
					 AS
					 18.80.210.
Authority:
AS
						17.38.010
AS 17.38.070
AS 17.38.121
AS 17.38.150
AS 17.38.190
AS 17.38.200
AS
						17.38.900
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 19 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Board › Chapter 306 - Marijuana Control › Article 9 - General Provisions › 3 AAC 306.915 - Exercise of authority

Current through May 31, 2024
Until a marijuana establishment surrenders its license to
					 the board, and so long as business is conducted under the license on the
					 licensed premises, the person holding the license, whether an individual, a
					 partnership, a limited liability company, a corporation, or a local government,
					 is responsible and liable for the conduct of the business. Any individual
					 exercising actual authority over the conduct of business on the licensed
					 premises must be the holder of the marijuana establishment license, or an agent
					 or employee of that person unless the board has approved a transfer of the
					 license to a different person.
Authority:
AS
						17.38.010
AS 17.38.070
AS 17.38.121
AS 17.38.150
AS 17.38.190
AS 17.38.200
AS
						17.38.900
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 19 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Board › Chapter 306 - Marijuana Control › Article 9 - General Provisions › 3 AAC 306.920 - Death of licensee

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If an individual who is the sole licensee
				  of a marijuana establishment dies, the marijuana establishment shall cease
				  operation. A personal representative appointed by the superior court for the
				  estate of the deceased licensee may submit to the director a written request to
				  reopen the business, along with a copy of the court order appointing the
				  personal representative. If the licensed marijuana establishment is in good
				  standing, and the personal representative is not a person prohibited from
				  holding a marijuana establishment license under AS 17.38.200(i), the director
				  shall grant permission to the personal representative to operate the business
				  on the licensed premises subject to (b) of this section. In this section, a
				  marijuana establishment is in good standing if the marijuana establishment
(1) has a valid current license;
(2) has paid all fees due under this chapter
				  and all local taxes due; and
(3)
				  has no unresolved suspension or revocation proceedings against it.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 19 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Board › Chapter 306 - Marijuana Control › Article 9 - General Provisions › 3 AAC 306.925 - Submissions to the board

Current through May 31, 2024
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter,
					 applications and communications of a formal nature must be submitted in
					 writing, upon prescribed forms as appropriate, to the board at its main office,
					 and are not considered timely filed until received there.
Authority:
AS 17.38.190
AS 17.38.200
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 19 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Board › Chapter 306 - Marijuana Control › Article 9 - General Provisions › 3 AAC 306.930 - Staff

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The director of
				  the board is responsible for the management of the board's offices, the
				  administration of the board's functions, and the enforcement of AS 17.38 and
				  this chapter.
(b) The director
				  shall employ and supervise necessary clerical and investigative personnel and
				  shall prescribe their duties and authority. The director may employ a person to
				  a position with the special investigator job classification only if the person
(1) possesses a certificate issued by the
				  Alaska Police Standards Council demonstrating that the person meets the
				  standards for appointment as a police officer under
				  AS
				  18.65.240;
(2) provides evidence satisfactory to the director
				  that the person
(A) meets the standards of
				  another state or a federal jurisdiction for appointment as a police officer;
				  and
(B) the standards of the state
				  or federal jurisdiction are equivalent to the standards required for issuance
				  of a certificate by the Alaska Police Standards Council under
				  AS
				  18.65.240; or
(3) is eligible for appointment as a police
				  officer through reciprocity in accordance with
				  13 AAC 85.060.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 19 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Board › Chapter 306 - Marijuana Control › Article 9 - General Provisions › 3 AAC 306.935 - Conduct of board meetings

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The board will,
				  at the first meeting of each calendar year, select a chair from among its
				  members to preside over board meetings during the ensuing year.
(b) The board will meet at the call of the
				  air after reasonable public notice is given.
(c) For the purposes of AS 17.33.111(b), the
				  whole membership is all persons appointed and serving as members of the
				  board.
(d) The director is
				  responsible for preparing an informative agenda for each board meeting. A copy
				  of the agenda must be available for inspection by persons who request
				  it.
Authority:
AS 17.38.111
AS 17.38.121
AS 17.38.150
AS 17.38.190
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 19 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Board › Chapter 306 - Marijuana Control › Article 9 - General Provisions › 3 AAC 306.990 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In AS 17.38 and this chapter,
(1) REPEALED 3/11/2018 "assisting" does not
				  include
(A) using, displaying, purchasing, or
				  transporting marijuana in excess of the amount allowed in
				  AS
				  17.38.020;
(B) possessing, growing, processing, or
				  transporting marijuana plants in excess of the number allowed in
				  AS
				  17.38.020;
(C) glowing marijuana plants for another
				  person in a place other than
(i) that other
				  person's primary residence; or
(ii)
				  a garage, shed, or similar place under the other person's
				  control;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 03 - State Board of Education › 4 AAC 03.025 - Advisory members of state board

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to
			 the board members appointed under
			 AS
			 14.07.085, the board will appoint, as
			 advisory members of the board,
(1) one
			 military representative; and
(2)
			 repealed 3/31/2005;
(3) one student
			 advisory member elect and one student advisory member who are enrolled in a
			 state public secondary education program; the student advisory member elect
			 becomes the student advisory member under (e) of this section.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 03 - State Board of Education › 4 AAC 03.090 - Adoption of regulations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
			 provided in (b) of this section, in AS 14.03 - AS 14.60 and AS 23.15, if state
			 law authorizes or directs action on a regulation by "the department" or "the
			 Department of Education and Early Development", the regulation may not be
			 adopted, amended, or repealed unless the adoption, amendment, or repeal is
			 approved by the board.
(b) The
			 commissioner of education and early development may adopt emergency regulations
			 under AS
			 44.62.250 -
			 AS
			 44.62.270 without prior board
			 approval.
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
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 03 - State Board of Education › 4 AAC 03.091 - Waivers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Innovation in education requires
			 flexibility in applying regulations. A local school board may request a waiver
			 from a regulation in this title to implement an innovative program that leads
			 to improved student achievement.
(b) A waiver request from a local school
			 board must be submitted in writing to the department and must
(1) describe the innovative educational
			 program and how it will improve student achievement;
(2) specify the regulation to be
			 waived;
(3) provide criteria to
			 measure the improvement in student achievement; and
(4) specify the period of time for which the
			 waiver is requested.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 04 - Statewide Goals › 4 AAC 04.010 - Purposes and responsibilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) This chapter
			 sets out statewide goals for public education, and adopts, by reference,
			 content standards for several subject areas.
(b) The purposes of the goals are to
(1) encourage the school districts to
			 envision and develop local educational plans that are unique to each district's
			 culture, geography, and climate, and that will graduate world-class
			 students;
(2) empower the public
			 with the knowledge that the skills and subjects included in this chapter are of
			 great importance to education so that the public can participate in local
			 educational planning with more authority and effect; and
(3) set standards against which the public,
			 school districts, teachers, and students can measure the quality of education
			 that students receive.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 04 - Statewide Goals › 4 AAC 04.020 - Skills for graduating students

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A goal of the
			 state public school system is to graduate students who will
(1) possess a broad knowledge base;
(2) communicate effectively;
(3) use technology skills;
(4) think logically and critically;
(5) be healthy;
(6) recognize, value and use
			 creativity;
(7) be responsible and
			 ethical citizens and community members; and
(8) be enthusiastic learners.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 04 - Statewide Goals › 4 AAC 04.030 - Subjects

Current through May 31, 2024
A goal of the state public school system is
			 to provide a working knowledge of
(1)
			 English/language arts;
(2)
			 mathematics;
(3) science;
(4) geography;
(5) history;
(6) skills for a healthy life;
(7) government and citizenship;
(8) arts;
(9) computer science arid digital technology;
(10) world languages;
(11) library and information literacy;
			 and
(12) cultural
			 standards
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 04 - Statewide Goals › 4 AAC 04.140 - Content standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The standards
			 for English/language arts and mathematics, as set out in the department's
			 publication
Alaska English/Language Arts and Mathematics
			 Standards
, revised as of June 2012, are adopted by reference. The
			 standards for science, as set out in the department's publication, Science
			 Standards for Alaska, revised as of March 2019, arc adopted by reference. The
			 standards for computer science, us set out in the department's publication,
			 Alaska Computer Science Standards, revised as of March 2019, arc adopted by
			 reference. The standards for digital literacy, as set out in the department's
			 publication, Alaska Digital Literacy Standards, revised as of March 2019. are
			 adopted by reference. The content standards for geography, government and
			 citizenship, history, Alaska history, skills for a healthy life, arts, world
			 languages, and employability, as set out in the department's publication Alaska
			 Standards: Content and Performance Standards for Alaska Students, revised as of
			 March 2019, are adopted by reference. The content standards for geography,
			 government and citizenship, history, Alaska history, skills for a healthy life,
			 arts, world languages, and employability, as set out in the department's
			 publication
Alaska Standards: Content and Performance Standards for
			 Alaska Students
, revised as of March 2019, are adopted by reference.
Click here to
				view Content and Performance Standards for Alaska
				Students
(b) The
			 content standards for physical education, as set out in the department's
			 publication entitled
Alaska Physical Education Standards
, as
			 revised as of March 9, 2010, are adopted by reference.
Copies of the publications Alaska English/Language Arts and
				  Mathematics Standards;
Science Standards for Alaska; Alaska
				  Computer Science Standards; Alaska Digital Literacy
				  Standards
: Alaska Standards: Content and Performance
				  Standards for Alaska Students and Alaska Physical Education Standards, adopted
				  by reference in 4 AAC 04.140, may be obtained by writing to the Department of
				  Education and Early Development, 801 West 10th Street, Suite 200, P.O. Box
				  110500, Juneau, Alaska 99811-0500 or at
www.eed.state.ak.us/standards/
.
Authority:
AS
				  14.03.015
AS
				  14.03.120
AS
				  14.07.020
AS
				  14.07.060
AS
				  14.07.165
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 04 - Statewide Goals › 4 AAC 04.155 - English language proficiency standards

Current through May 31, 2024
The standards for English language proficiency for grade levels
				kindergarten through Has set out in the publication titled
WIDA English
				Languags Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition: Kinderearten - Grade
				12.
are adopted by reference
A copy of WIDA English Language Development Standards
				  Framework, 2020 Edition: Kindergarten - Grade 12, adopted by reference in 4 AAC 04.155, may be obtained by writing to the Department of Education and Early
				  Development at 801 West 10th Street, Suite 200, P.O. Box 110500, Juneau, Alaska
				  99811-0500j ] at
https://education.alaska.gov/standards
,
				  or at
https://wida.wisc.edu/sites/default/files/resource/WIDA-ELD-Standards-Framework-2020.pdf
.
Authority:
AS 14.07.060
AS
				  14.17.420
AS
				  14.30.410
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 04 - Statewide Goals › 4 AAC 04.170 - Library and information literacy standards

Current through May 31, 2024
The standards for library and information literacy, as set out
				in the document titled
The Alaska School Library Framework for
				Learners,
2020 Edition, excerpted from the
National School
				Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School
				Libraries,
developed by the American Library Association of School
				Librarians, are adopted by reference.
The standards adopted by reference in 4 AAC 04.170 may be
				  obtained at the Department of Education and Early Development, 801 W. 10th
				  Street, Suite 200, Juneau, Alaska 99811-0500, (907) 465-2800, or
				  deed.commissioner@alaska.gov.
Authority:
AS
				  14.03.015
AS 14.03.120
AS 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS
				  14.07.165
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 04 - Statewide Goals › 4 AAC 04.180 - Student cultural standards

Current through May 31, 2024
The cultural standards for students in the state, as set out in
				the department's publication entitled
Alaska Standards: Content and
				Performance Standards for Alaska Students
, revised as of March 2019,
				are adopted by reference.
Copies of the Alaska Standards: Content and Performance
				  Standards for Alaska Students adopted by reference in 4 AAC 04.180 may be
				  obtained by writing to the Department of Education and Early Development, 801
				  West 10th Street, Suite 200, P.O. Box 110500, Juneau, Alaska 99811-0500 or at
				  www.eed.state.ak.us/standards/.
Authority:
AS
				  14.03.015
AS
				  14.03.120
AS
				  14.07.020
AS
				  14.07.060
AS
				  14.07.165
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 04 - Statewide Goals › 4 AAC 04.200 - Professional content and performance standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The provision
			 contained in subsections (b), (c), (e) and (f) of this section identify and
			 describe content and performance standards that reflect the highest abilities
			 and qualities of the teaching profession. The paragraphs within each of those
			 subsections describe the content standards for teachers, and for teachers who
			 are administrators, as applicable. The subparagraphs within those paragraphs
			 identify performance standards upon which districts shall base district
			 performance standards.
(b) The
			 following content and performance standards apply to a teacher:
(1) A teacher can describe the teacher's
			 philosophy of education and demonstrate its relationship to the teacher's
			 practice. Performances that reflect attainment of this standard include
(A) engaging in thoughtful and critical
			 examination of the teacher's practice with others, including describing the
			 relationship of beliefs about learning, teaching, and assessment practice to
			 current trends, strategies, and resources in the teaching profession;
			 and
(B) demonstrating consistency
			 between a teacher's beliefs and the teacher's practice.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 04 - Statewide Goals › 4 AAC 04.205 - District performance standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
			 2/16/2013.
(b) A district shall
			 establish performance standards for each of the professional content standards
			 set out at 4 AAC 04.200. In establishing its
			 performance standards, a district shall discuss each of the performance
			 standards set out at
			 4 AAC 04.200 that reflect attainment of each
			 professional content standard. A district may
(1) establish a performance standard set out
			 at 4 AAC 04.200 as one of its
			 performance standards;
(2) modify a
			 performance standard set out at
			 4 AAC 04.200 to accommodate district goals and
			 priorities;
(3) combine performance
			 standards set out at
			 4 AAC 04.200 to create broader performance standards;
			 and
(4) provide additional or
			 alternative performance standards to accommodate district goals and
			 priorities.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 04 - Statewide Goals › 4 AAC 04.220 - Paraprofessional standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A paraprofessional will demonstrate the
			 ability to
(1) practice ethical and
			 professional standards of conduct and continued professional
			 improvement;
(2) understand how
			 students learn and develop and understand how to assist in providing
			 opportunities that support students' intellectual, social and personal
			 development;
(3) understand the
			 content areas and apply the elements of effective instruction to support
			 teaching and learning activities;
(4) motivate and assist students to build
			 self-esteem, develop interpersonal skills, and strengthen abilities in order to
			 become more successful;
(5)
			 understand the distinction between the roles and responsibilities of
			 professionals, paraprofessionals, and support personnel in the areas of
			 assessment, diagnosis, and evaluation;
(6) adhere to communication protocols with
			 colleagues, community members, and parents including following instructions,
			 sharing information, and using interpersonal skills to become an effective
			 member of the instructional team;
(7) understand and implement district and
			 state guidelines for protecting the safety, health and wellbeing of students
			 and staff, including the school district's crisis response plan; and
(8) utilize technology to assist and enhance
			 teaching and learning.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 04 - Statewide Goals › 4 AAC 04.300 - Standards for state accreditation of schools

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
			 provisions of this section apply to any public or private school in this state
			 seeking state accreditation under
			 AS
			 14.07.020.
(b) The standards for state accreditation for
			 a public or private school in this state are set out in
AdvancED
			 Performance Standards for Schools and AdvancED Performance Standards for
			 Schools Systems
, published by AdvancED in 2017, and adopted by
			 reference.
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				here to view image
(c) A public or private school in this state
			 will be accredited by the department under
			 AS
			 14.07.020(a)(6) if the
			 school is accredited by the Northwest Accreditation Commission, a division of
			 AdvancED after completion of the accreditation process, including the internal
			 review and the external review.
A copy of the AdvancED Performance Standards for Schools and
				  AdvancED Performance Standards for Schools Systems, adopted by reference in 4 AAC 04.300(b), may be obtained by writing to the Department of Education and
				  Early Development, 801 West 10th Street, Suite 200, P.O. Box 110500, Juneau, AK
				  99811-0500 or by contacting AdvancED at
http://www.advanced.org/mamanaging-office-location/alaska-office
.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.020
AS
				  14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 04 - Statewide Goals › 4 AAC 04.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In this chapter, unless the context
			 otherwise requires,
(1) "department" means
			 the Department of Education and Early Development;
(2) "paraprofessional" means a person who is
			 not required to have a professional license or certification and who, under the
			 supervision of a teacher or other professional educational service provider,
			 provides instructional or other educational support to a student.
(3) "world languages" means non-English
			 languages including Alaska Native, American Indian, and American Sign
			 Language.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 05 - Local Education › 4 AAC 05.010 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The purpose of this chapter is to ensure
			 that, consistent with the desires of parents and of local communities, the
			 children of school age in the state have the opportunity to attend an
			 elementary or secondary school in the local communities in which they
			 reside.
(b) Nothing in this chapter
			 is intended to require the construction of a new facility in which to conduct a
			 school established under this chapter, if there exists in the community a
			 suitable facility in which the school may be conducted.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.020
AS
				  14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 05 - Local Education › 4 AAC 05.020 - Definitions (Relocated)

Current through May 31, 2024
As of Register 134, July 1995, the definitions contained in
				  4 AAC 05.020 were relocated by the regulations attorney
				  to appear at
				  4 AAC 05.900.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 05 - Local Education › 4 AAC 05.030 - Local education

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Every child of school age has the right
			 to a public education in the local community in which the child
			 resides.
(b) Neither the department
			 nor a district may require a child of school age to live away from the local
			 community in which the child resides to obtain an education.
Authority:
AS
				  14.03.080
AS 14.07.020
AS
				  14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 05 - Local Education › 4 AAC 05.035 - Part-time enrollment in a public school

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A district
			 shall permit its schools to enroll part-time students. A district shall adopt a
			 policy that sets out how a school in the district shall comply with (b) of this
			 section and how the school shall process a request for enrollment of a
			 part-time student. The district shall make the policy available to an
			 interested person.
(b) Subject to
			 the policy that a district has set out under (a) of this section, a public
			 school in the district shall enroll a part-time student, including a private,
			 correspondence, or home school student, who is exempt from compulsory education
			 at a public school under
			 AS
			 14.30.010(b), if
(1) space is available in a course in which
			 the student desires to enroll;
(2)
			 the enrollment is at the request of the student or the student's parent; for
			 purposes of this paragraph, "parent" has the meaning set out at
			 4 AAC 52.990;
(3) the student has met the prerequisites for
			 the course that are required of a full-time student; and
(4) the enrollment does not result in an
			 expenditure of public money for the direct benefit of a private educational
			 institution.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 05 - Local Education › 4 AAC 05.080 - School curriculum and personnel

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The curriculum
			 of a local school may be supplemented through the use of correspondence course
			 materials approved by the commissioner. This use is not grounds for shortening
			 the day in session, as prescribed by
			 AS
			 14.03.040, for any student.
(b) The governing body of a district shall
			 comply with the statutes and regulations of the state in providing the
			 district's educational program to students in the district.
(c) Repealed 6/11/95.
(d) The governing body of a district shall
			 adopt, in the manner required by
			 AS
			 14.14.100(a), a curriculum
			 that describes what will be taught students in grades kindergarten through 12.
			 The curriculum
(1) must contain a statement
			 that the document is to be used as a guide for planning instructional
			 strategies;
(2) must contain a
			 statement of goals that the curriculum is designed to accomplish;
(3) must set out content that can reasonably
			 be expected to accomplish the goals;
(4) must contain a description of a means of
			 evaluating the effectiveness of the curriculum; and
(5) may contain a description of the extent
			 to which the local goals accomplish the state goals set out in 4 AAC
			 04.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 05 - Local Education › 4 AAC 05.090 - Discontinuation or closure of schools

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) After a school
			 has been started in a community, either by renovating an existing facility or
			 constructing a new facility, that school may be temporarily or permanently
			 discontinued or closed only
(1) through
			 action of the governing body of the district or regional school
			 board;
(2) after the district or
			 regional school board provides at least 10 days written notice to each of the
			 affected students' parents or guardian; and
(3) after submission of a plan under (d) of
			 this section, that is approved by the department using the standards set out in
			 this section, except in an emergency or case-by-case situation under (e) of
			 this section.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 05 - Local Education › 4 AAC 05.100 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A school that offers kindergarten shall
			 provide a kindergarten day in session that consists of at least two hours of
			 instructional time. A kindergarten student who attends school for less than
			 four hours per day, exclusive of intermissions, will be counted for funding
			 purposes under
			 4 AAC 09.040.
(b) In this section, "instructional time"
			 means time devoted to structured learning activities for the instruction of
			 kindergarten students.
Authority:
AS
				  14.03.040
AS 14.07.060
AS
				  14.07.165
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 05 - Local Education › 4 AAC 05.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) "commissioner" means the commissioner of
			 education and early development;
(2) "community" means a home-rule city, a
			 city of any class, an incorporated village, or an unincorporated
			 village;
(3) "department" means the
			 Department of Education and Early Development;
(4) "local school committee" or "committee"
			 means an elected advisory school board established under
			 AS
			 14.08.115 or, if there is no such board in
			 the community, an elected borough school district advisory school board
			 established under
			 AS
			 14.12.035 or, if there is no elected borough
			 school district advisory school board, the village or city council;
(5) "school" means a program of instruction
			 which complies with all statutes, regulations and requirements applicable to
			 the operation of public schools in the state;
(6) "curriculum" means a written plan which
			 sets out the scope and arrangement of the educational program planned for a
			 school district;
(7)
			 "superintendent" means a superintendent or chief school administrator of the
			 district or regional education attendance area.
Before Register 134, July 1995, the definition section was
				  located at 4 AAC 05.020. The history note for
				  4 AAC 05.900 contains the history of that section before
				  Register 134, July 1995.
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
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 1 - General Administration › 4 AAC 06.027 - Establishment of attendance areas

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The board may
				establish attendance areas without respect to district lines.
(b) Pupils may be required to attend schools
				in other districts, subject to the provisions of 4 AAC 05, when, in the
				judgment of the commissioner, the best interests of the state will be served.
				Either the district of residence or the district named as the attendance area
				may appeal the commissioner's decision to the state board. The decision of the
				state board will be final.
(c) An
				attendance area directive shall include grade levels and any specific
				agreements pertaining to educational programs offered by the involved
				schools.
(d) Repealed
				12/13/87.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS 14.14.110
AS
					 14.17.200
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 1 - General Administration › 4 AAC 06.055 - Immunizations required

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Before entry in a state public school
				district or nonpublic school offering pre-elementary education through the 12th
				grade, or any combination of these grades, a child shall be immunized against
(1) diphtheria, tetanus, polio, pertussis,
				measles, mumps, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and rubella, except rubella is not
				required in children 12 years of age or older; and
(2) beginning July 1, 2009,
				varicella.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 1 - General Administration › 4 AAC 06.060 - Suspension or denial of admission

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In a public
				school, the superintendent or principal may suspend a pupil under the
				provisions of
				AS
				14.30.045, and the pupil may be reinstated by
				the superintendent or principal or by the school board. A child who is
				diagnosed as having acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or the human
				immunodeficiency virus (HIV) does not have a condition which "will cause the
				attendance of the child to be inimical of the welfare of other pupils," within
				the meaning of
				AS
				14.30.045(4), unless the
				child has uncoverable oozing lesions or other symptoms, or displays behavior,
				such as biting, which in the opinion of a team made up of the child's
				physician, public health personnel, the child's parent or guardian, and school
				personnel associated with the child's educational placement, substantially
				increases the risk of transmission of HIV to other pupils.
(b) Expulsion or denial of admission of a
				pupil shall be only upon the action of the governing school board in a district
				school.
(c) A pupil suspended or
				expelled under this section may appeal to the district board.
Authority:
AS
					 14.07.060
AS
					 14.30.045
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 1 - General Administration › 4 AAC 06.065 - Challenging courses

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A district shall provide students in
				grades nine through 12 with the opportunity to challenge courses offered in
				mathematics, language arts, science, social studies, and world languages by
				demonstrating mastery of the course material. A district shall provide this
				opportunity at least twice annually. A district shall develop standards
				regarding the degree of mastery necessary to successfully challenge a course.
				The method of assessment used by a district must include a written assessment.
				A district shall develop a written policy regarding the grading or evaluation
				of successfully challenged courses. A district may charge a fee to cover the
				costs of development and administration of the assessment.
(b) Students who successfully challenge a
				course by demonstrating mastery receive full credit for the course.
(c) In this section, "world languages" means
				non-English languages including Alaska Native, American Indian, and American
				Sign Language.
Authority:
AS 14.03.073
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 06.075 - High school graduation requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each chief school administrator shall
				develop and submit to the district board for approval a plan consisting of
				district high school graduation requirements. The plan must require that,
				before graduation, a student must have earned at least 21 units of
				credit.
(b) Specific subject area
				units-of-credit requirements must be set out in each district plan and must
				require that, before graduation, a student must have completed at least the
				following:
(1) language arts - four units of
				credit;
(2) social studies - three
				units of credit;
(3) mathematics -
				two units of credit for students graduating from high school on or before June
				30 2017, and three units of credit for students graduating from high school on
				or after July 1, 2017;
(4) science
				- two units of credit; and
(5)
				health/physical education - one unit of credit.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 1 - General Administration › 4 AAC 06.077 - High school credit for Alaska Army National Guard military training

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A course of study under 4 AAC 06.075(f)
				includes Alaska Army National Guard training that meets the requirements of
				this section.
(b) A school district
				shall award high school credit to an eligible student who has successfully
				completed Alaska Army National Guard Basic Combat Training, Advanced Individual
				Training, or both, prior to graduation.
(c) A school district shall allow a student
				to attend Alaska Army National Guard training during the school term of the
				student's fourth year of high school if
(1)
				the student has written permission from the student's parent or legal guardian;
				and
(2) the student has met all
				other requirements for graduation and needs only the credits the student will
				earn from the training to graduate.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 1 - General Administration › 4 AAC 06.078 - Alternative completion requirements; students with disabilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If the disability of a student precludes
				the taking of regular curricular offerings, a substitute course in the same
				subject area may be designed and provided as determined by the team that
				develops the individualized education program (IEP) set out in
				4 AAC 52.140. A substitute course may be noted on the
				student transcript by a number code known only to the IEP team and institution
				offering the course. A student taking a substitute course must take the state
				standards-based test described in
				4 AAC 06.737.
(b) If the disability of a student is so
				severe that substitute course offerings cannot be designed and provided, the
				student may be awarded a certificate of completion or attendance, based upon
				completion of the IEP goals or attendance for at least four years of high
				school.
(c) In this section,
(1) "disability" means a condition described
				in the definition of "children with disabilities" at
				4 AAC 52.990;
(2) "substitute course" means a course that
				1st aligned to the grade level content standards in
				4 AAC 04.140(a) and meets the state and
				district graduation requirements as specified in
				4 AAC 06.075.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 1 - General Administration › 4 AAC 06.079 - Seal or Biliteracy

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Seal of Biliteracy is established to
				recognize high school students who have attained proficiency in the areas of
				speaking, listening, writing, and reading in one or more world languages in
				addition to proficiency in English language arts. A district may elect to offer
				a Seal of Biliteracy to the district students.
(b) High school students must meet the
				following criteria to be awarded the Seal of Biliteracy:
(1) demonstrate proficiency in English
				language arts by meeting the statewide minimum graduation requirements in
				language arts under
				4 AAC 06.075 with a grade point average of 2.5 or higher on
				a scale of 4.0, and one of the following:
(A)
				achieve proficient or higher on the standards-based assessment in English
				language arts under
				4 AAC 06.739;
(B)
				achieve an overall composite score of 4.5 or higher on the state-approved
				assessment of English language proficiency under 4 AAC 34,055(c) with a score
				of 3.5 or higher in each of the testing domains;
(C) achieve a score of 16 or higher on the
				English language arts (ELA) portion of the AC 9 administered by ACT,
				Inc.
(D) achieve a score of 460 or
				higher on the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (ERW) portion of the SAT,
				administered by the College Board Educational Testing Service; or
(E) achieve a score of 4 or higher on the
				reading for information and locating information areas of the WorkKeys
				assessment, administered by ACT, Inc
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 1 - General Administration › 4 AAC 06.115 - Interscholastic activities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The purpose of
				this section is to provide a procedure that enables school districts to promote
				and govern interscholastic activities effectively, economically, and fairly,
				while keeping those activities in their proper perspective
				educationally.
(b) A school or school
				district may join and, to the extent authorized by its budget, may pay dues to
				the Alaska School Activities Association, Inc., or any other voluntary, nonprofit
				association whose purpose is to administer and promote interscholastic activities
				in Alaska so long as the association
(1) makes
				applications and membership available to all public and private schools, and
				school districts in the state;
(2) is
				governed by a board that is elected from the association membership and that
				fairly represents all regions of the state, that participate in the organization
				and whose membership may also include appointed representatives of other
				education organizations;
(3) adopts a
				constitution and bylaws setting out its philosophy, purpose, rules, and
				procedures, including a fair procedure for challenging interpretation or
				application of a rule;
(4) operates
				in compliance with state and federal law; and
(5) administers interscholastic activities in a
				manner that
(A) encourages high standards of
				citizenship and complements the academic programs of schools;
(B) is consistent with and advances the state's
				education policy set out at
				AS
				14.03.015; and
(C) recognizes that the organization and
				governance of interscholastic activities is a public purpose that is best met
				through the cooperation and association of interested schools and school
				districts.
(D) ensures fairness,
				safety, and equal opportunity for female students in high school athletics by
				providing, in consideration of responses to a school survey under 4 AAC 06.520,
				that if a separate high school athletics team is established for female students,
				participation shall be limited to females who were assigned female at birth; in
				this subparagraph, "athletics" means competitive or contact sports, as determined
				by the association.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 1 - General Administration › 4 AAC 06.120 - Accounting and audit manuals, charts of accounts, code descriptions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The following listed manuals and
				supplementary materials are adopted as basic guides for public school
				accounting systems and the annual audit of school districts:
(1) the Codification of Governmental
				Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards (GAFRS) issued by the Governmental
				Accounting Standards Board, Second Edition as of June 15, 1987; the American
				Institute of Certified Public Accountants publication "Audits of State and
				Local Governmental Units", 1986 revised edition, is adopted and incorporated
				into these standards as supplementary guidance to GAFRS;
(2) for fiscal years beginning on or after
				July 1, 2013, and ending before July 1, 2014, the Alaska Department of
				Education and Early Development Uniform Chart of Accounts and Account Code
				Descriptions for Public School Districts, 2012 Edition; for fiscal years
				beginning on or after July 1, 2014, and ending before July 1, 2018, the Alaska
				Department of Education and Early Development Uniform Chart of - Accounts and
				Account Code Descriptions for Public School Districts, 2014 Edition; for fiscal
				ears beginning on or after July 1, 2018, the Alaska Department of Education and
				Ea riv Development Uniform Chart of Accounts and Account Code Descriptions for
				Public School Districts, 2018 Edition;
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				here to view Uniform Chart of Accounts and Account Code Description 2012
				Edition
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				here to view Uniform Chart of Accounts and Account Code Description 2014
				Edition
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(3)
				Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United
				States, July 1988 Revision, commonly referred to as "generally accepted
				governmental auditing standards";
(4) the department's
Student Data
				Reporting Manual,
November 2004 edition; and
(5) the Alaska Department of Education
				Property Accounting Manual for Public School Districts, 1980 edition;
(6) repealed 8/15/90.