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Alaska House Bill HB392

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11+ HOUSE BILL NO. 392
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1213 IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
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1415 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION
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16-BY THE HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
17+BY THE HOUSE RESOURCES COMMITTEE
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18-Offered: 4/10/24
19-Referred: Finance
19+Introduced: 3/18/24
20+Referred: Education, Finance
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21-Sponsor(s): HOUSE RESOURCES COMMITTEE
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2223 A BILL
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2425 FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
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26-"An Act relating to education; relating to charter schools; relating to transportation of 1
27-public school students; relating to correspondence study funding; relating to the base 2
28-student allocation; relating to funding for reading improvement plans; and providing 3
29-for an effective date." 4
30-BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 5
31- * Section 1. AS 14.03 is amended by adding a new section to read: 6
32-Sec. 14.03.254. Board-authorized charter schools. (a) The board may 7
33-authorize a charter school in a school district under regulations adopted by the board. 8
34-The regulations must include an application procedure and provisions for 9
35-establishment of an academic policy committee consisting of parents of students 10
36-attending the school, teachers, and school employees. 11
37-(b) Before the board authorizes a charter school under this section, a local 12
38-school board shall review the application for the charter school. Within 60 days after 13
39-receiving the complete application for review, the local school board shall issue a 14 33-LS1453\I
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27+"An Act relating to education; relating to funding for Internet services for school 1
28+districts; relating to charter schools; relating to transportation of public school students; 2
29+relating to correspondence study funding; relating to the base student allocation; 3
30+relating to funding for reading improvement plans; relating to teacher retention and 4
31+recruitment incentives; and providing for an effective date." 5
32+BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 6
33+ * Section 1. AS 14.03.127(a) is amended to read: 7
34+(a) Each fiscal year, a district in which one or more schools qualify for a 8
35+discounted rate for Internet services under the federal universal services program is 9
36+eligible to receive an amount for each school that is equal to the amount needed to 10
37+bring the applicant's share to 100 [25] megabits of download a second of the Internet
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39+services. 12
40+ * Sec. 2. AS 14.03 is amended by adding a new section to read: 13 33-LS1453\Y
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43-written decision to the board recommending either approval or denial of the 1
44-application. The written decision must include all relevant findings of fact and 2
45-conclusions of law. 3
46-(c) The board shall contract with a local school board to operate a charter 4
47-school authorized by the board under (a) of this section. A local school board that 5
48-contracts with the board to operate a charter school under this subsection shall operate 6
49-the charter school as provided in AS 14.03.255 - 14.03.290. 7
50- * Sec. 2. AS 14.03 is amended by adding a new section to read: 8
51-Sec. 14.03.256. Charter school termination appeal. If a local school board 9
52-terminates a contract with a charter school, the charter school may appeal the decision 10
53-to the board under regulations established by the board. The board may request written 11
54-supplementation from the appellant or local school board. The board shall review the 12
55-decision of the local school board to determine whether the findings of fact are 13
56-supported by substantial evidence and whether the decision is contrary to law. The 14
57-board shall issue a written decision within 90 days after the appeal is filed and may 15
58-(1) remand the appeal to the local school board for further review; 16
59-(2) reapprove the charter school with or without added conditions; or 17
60-(3) uphold the decision terminating the charter school contract. 18
61- * Sec. 3. AS 14.03 is amended by adding a new section to read: 19
62-Sec. 14.03.277. Charter school coordinator. A position dedicated to charter 20
63-school support is established in the department. This position is responsible for the 21
64-development of a repository of charter school resources in the department. The charter 22
65-school coordinator shall provide support to charter schools, including 23
66-(1) providing charter schools with policy and regulation expertise and 24
67-guidance; 25
68-(2) providing groups assistance preparing charter school applications; 26
69-(3) coordinating with school districts and the Association of Alaska 27
70-School Boards to support charter school academic policy committees and local school 28
71-boards; and
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73-(4) coordinating with and providing expertise to legal services 30
74-provided by the state. 31 33-LS1453\I
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44+Sec. 14.03.256. Charter school termination appeal. If a local school board 1
45+terminates a contract with a charter school, the charter school may appeal the decision 2
46+to the commissioner under regulations established by the commissioner. The 3
47+commissioner may request written supplementation from the appellant or local school 4
48+board. The commissioner shall review the decision of the local school board to 5
49+determine whether the findings of fact are supported by substantial evidence and 6
50+whether the decision is contrary to law. The commissioner shall issue a written 7
51+decision within 90 days after the appeal is filed and may 8
52+(1) remand the appeal to the local school board for further review; 9
53+(2) reapprove the charter school with or without added conditions; or 10
54+(3) uphold the decision terminating the charter school contract. 11
55+ * Sec. 3. AS 14.03 is amended by adding a new section to read: 12
56+Sec. 14.03.277. Charter school coordinator. A position dedicated to charter 13
57+school support is established in the department. This position is responsible for the 14
58+development of a repository of charter school resources in the department. The charter 15
59+school coordinator shall provide support to charter schools, including 16
60+(1) providing charter schools with policy and regulation expertise and 17
61+guidance; 18
62+(2) providing groups assistance preparing charter school applications; 19
63+(3) coordinating with school districts and the Association of Alaska 20
64+School Boards to support charter school academic policy committees and local school 21
65+boards; and 22
66+(4) coordinating with and providing expertise to legal services 23
67+provided by the state. 24
68+ * Sec. 4. AS 14.09.010(a) is repealed and reenacted to read: 25
69+(a) A school district that provides student transportation services for the 26
70+transportation of students who reside a distance from established schools is eligible to 27
71+receive funding for operating or subcontracting the operation of the transportation 28
72+system for students to and from the schools within the student'
73+s transportation service 29
74+area. Subject to appropriation, the amount of funding provided by the state for 30
75+operating the student transportation system is the amount of a school district's ADM, 31 33-LS1453\Y
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78- * Sec. 4. AS 14.07.165(a) is amended to read: 1
79-(a) The board shall adopt 2
80-(1) statewide goals and require each governing body to adopt written 3
81-goals that are consistent with local needs; 4
82-(2) regulations regarding the application for and award of grants under 5
83-AS 14.03.125; 6
84-(3) regulations implementing provisions of AS 14.11.014(b); 7
85-(4) regulations requiring approval by the board before a charter school, 8
86-state boarding school, or a public school may provide domiciliary services; 9
87-(5) regulations establishing standards for an early education program 10
88-provided by a school district for children who are four and five years of age; the 11
89-regulations must include 12
90-(A) standards for a locally designed, evidence-based program 13
91-that meets Head Start Program Performance Standards and other federal 14
92-standards required for early education programs to receive federal funding; 15
93-(B) a requirement that a teacher in charge of a program hold a 16
94-valid teacher certificate issued under AS 14.20 and 17
95-(i) have satisfactorily completed a minimum of six 18
96-credit hours in early childhood education or complete the minimum 19
97-credit hours within two years of the date the teacher's employment with 20
98-the early education program begins; or 21
99-(ii) have two or more years of experience teaching 22
100-kindergarten or another early education program and have completed 23
101-additional coursework related to reading instruction, as required by the 24
102-department; 25
103-(C) developmentally appropriate objectives for children four 26
104-and five years of age rather than academic standards appropriate for older 27
105-children; the objectives must allow school districts to adapt the content of an 28
106-early education program to be culturally responsive to local communities; 29
107-(D) accommodations for the needs of all early education 30
108-children and their families regardless of socioeconomic circumstances; and 31 33-LS1453\I
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79+less the ADM for the district's correspondence programs during the current fiscal year, 1
80+multiplied by the per student amount for the school district as follows, for the school 2
81+years beginning July 1, 2024: 3
82+ DISTRICT PER STUDENT AMOUNT 4
83+Alaska Gateway $2,536 5
84+Aleutians East 378 6
85+Anchorage 531 7
86+Annette Island 222 8
87+Bering Strait 60 9
88+Bristol Bay 3,257 10
89+Chatham 342 11
90+Copper River 1,934 12
91+Cordova 409 13
92+Craig 515 14
93+Delta/Greely 2,019 15
94+Denali 2,203 16
95+Dillingham 1,484 17
96+Fairbanks 995 18
97+Galena 310 19
98+Haines 763 20
99+Hoonah 364 21
100+Iditarod 258 22
101+Juneau 735 23
102+Kake 331 24
103+Kashunamiut 6 25
104+Kenai Peninsula 1,115 26
105+Ketchikan 886 27
106+Klawock 712 28
107+Kodiak Island 974 29
108+Kuspuk 797 30
109+Lake and Peninsula 468 31 33-LS1453\Y
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112-(E) standards for day in session requirements appropriate for 1
113-children four and five years of age; 2
114-(6) regulations establishing standards for day in session requirements 3
115-appropriate for kindergarten students; 4
116-(7) regulations regarding the authorization of charter schools 5
117-under AS 14.03.254. 6
118- * Sec. 5. AS 14.09.010(a) is repealed and reenacted to read: 7
119-(a) A school district that provides student transportation services for the 8
120-transportation of students who reside a distance from established schools is eligible to 9
121-receive funding for operating or subcontracting the operation of the transportation 10
122-system for students to and from the schools within the student's transportation service 11
123-area. Subject to appropriation, the amount of funding provided by the state for 12
124-operating the student transportation system is the amount of a school district's ADM, 13
125-less the ADM for the district's correspondence programs during the current fiscal year, 14
126-multiplied by the per student amount for the school district as follows, for the school 15
127-years beginning July 1, 2024: 16
128- DISTRICT PER STUDENT AMOUNT 17
129-Alaska Gateway $2,536 18
130-Aleutians East 378 19
131-Anchorage 531 20
132-Annette Island 222 21
133-Bering Strait 60 22
134-Bristol Bay 3,257 23
135-Chatham 342 24
136-Copper River 1,934 25
137-Cordova 409 26
138-Craig 515 27
139-Delta/Greely 2,019 28
140-Denali 2,203 29
141-Dillingham 1,484 30
142-Fairbanks 995 31 33-LS1453\I
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113+Lower Kuskokwim 338 1
114+Lower Yukon 1 2
115+Matanuska-Susitna 1,109 3
116+Nenana 716 4
117+Nome 757 5
118+North Slope 1,365 6
119+Northwest Arctic 30 7
120+Pelican 88 8
121+Petersburg 457 9
122+Saint Mary's 235 10
123+Sitka 522 11
124+Skagway 44 12
125+Southeast Island 1,408 13
126+Southwest Region 728 14
127+Tanana 581 15
128+Unalaska 790 16
129+Valdez 897 17
130+Wrangell 854 18
131+Yakutat 907 19
132+Yukon Flats 322 20
133+Yukon/Koyukuk 365 21
134+Yupiit 2. 22
135+ * Sec. 5. AS 14.17.430 is amended to read: 23
136+Sec. 14.17.430. State funding for correspondence study. Except as provided 24
137+in AS 14.17.400(b), funding for the state centralized correspondence study program or 25
138+a district correspondence program, including a district that offers a statewide 26
139+correspondence study program, includes an allocation from the public education fund 27
140+in an amount calculated by using [MULTIPLYING] the ADM of the correspondence 28
141+program reported under AS 14.17.500(a) and 14.17.600(a) [BY 90 PERCENT]. 29
142+ * Sec. 6. AS 14.17.470 is amended to read: 30
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146-Galena 310 1
147-Haines 763 2
148-Hoonah 364 3
149-Iditarod 258 4
150-Juneau 735 5
151-Kake 331 6
152-Kashunamiut 6 7
153-Kenai Peninsula 1,115 8
154-Ketchikan 886 9
155-Klawock 712 10
156-Kodiak Island 974 11
157-Kuspuk 797 12
158-Lake and Peninsula 468 13
159-Lower Kuskokwim 338 14
160-Lower Yukon 1 15
161-Matanuska-Susitna 1,109 16
162-Nenana 716 17
163-Nome 757 18
164-North Slope 1,365 19
165-Northwest Arctic 30 20
166-Pelican 88 21
167-Petersburg 457 22
168-Saint Mary's 235 23
169-Sitka 522 24
170-Skagway 44 25
171-Southeast Island 1,408 26
172-Southwest Region 728 27
173-Tanana 581 28
174-Unalaska 790 29
175-Valdez 897 30
176-Wrangell 854 31 33-LS1453\I
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147+[$5,960]. 1
148+ * Sec. 7. AS 14.30 is amended by adding a new section to read: 2
149+Sec. 14.30.773. Support for reading improvement plans. The state shall 3
150+provide to a school district, for each student in grades kindergarten through three who 4
151+is determined to have a reading deficiency based on the statewide screening or 5
152+assessment tool, $500 to provide the support, intervention, and services the student 6
153+needs for the student's reading improvement plan, including teacher and 7
154+paraprofessional career development. 8
155+ * Sec. 8. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 9
156+read: 10
157+LUMP SUM PAYMENT FOR CERTAIN TEACHERS. (a) Subject to appropriation 11
158+for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027, a certificated full-12
159+time teacher is entitled to receive a lump sum payment as a retention and recruitment 13
160+incentive if the teacher was employed in a full-time classroom teaching position for the 14
161+entirety of the school term for the school year immediately preceding the date of payment and 15
162+the teacher has entered into a contract with a school district to teach for the entirety of the 16
163+following school term. The department shall pay the retention and recruitment incentive on or 17
164+within a reasonable period after July 1, 2024, July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026. The department 18
165+shall reduce the retention and recruitment incentive by the amount necessary to pay 19
166+mandatory employee and employer deductions, including a deduction required under 20
167+AS 14.25. Subject to the application and certification requirements in (e) of this section, the 21
168+department shall pay the retention and recruitment incentives through grants to school 22
169+districts as described in (b) - (e) of this section. 23
170+(b) The department shall pay $5,000 for each eligible certificated full-time teacher 24
171+teaching in the following districts: 25
172+(1) Anchorage School District; 26
173+(2) Fairbanks North Star Borough School District; 27
174+(3) Juneau Borough School District; 28
175+(4) Kenai Peninsula Borough School District; 29
176+(5) Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District. 30
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180-Yakutat 907 1
181-Yukon Flats 322 2
182-Yukon/Koyukuk 365 3
183-Yupiit 2. 4
184- * Sec. 6. AS 14.17.430 is amended to read: 5
185-Sec. 14.17.430. State funding for correspondence study. Except as provided 6
186-in AS 14.17.400(b), funding for the state centralized correspondence study program or 7
187-a district correspondence program, including a district that offers a statewide 8
188-correspondence study program, includes an allocation from the public education fund 9
189-in an amount calculated by multiplying the ADM of the correspondence program by 10
190-the special needs funding factor as provided in AS 14.17.420(a)(1) [90 PERCENT]. 11
191- * Sec. 7. AS 14.17.470 is amended to read: 12
192-Sec. 14.17.470. Base student allocation. The base student allocation is $6,640 13
193-[$5,960]. 14
194- * Sec. 8. AS 14.30 is amended by adding a new section to read: 15
195-Sec. 14.30.773. Support for reading improvement plans. Subject to 16
196-appropriation and in addition to the state aid received under AS 14.17, the state shall 17
197-provide to a school district, for each student in grades kindergarten through three, 18
198-$180 to provide the support, intervention, and services the student needs to reach 19
199-reading proficiency by the end of grade three. The state shall provide to a school 20
200-district an additional $100 for each student in grades kindergarten through three at 21
201-each school in the school district that receives funds under 20 U.S.C. 6311 - 6339. 22
202- * Sec. 9. This Act takes effect July 1, 2024. 23
181+teaching in the following districts: 1
182+(1) Alaska Gateway School District; 2
183+(2) Aleutian Region School District; 3
184+(3) Aleutians East Borough School District; 4
185+(4) Annette Island School District; 5
186+(5) Chugach School District; 6
187+(6) Copper River School District; 7
188+(7) Cordova City School District; 8
189+(8) Delta/Greely School District; 9
190+(9) Denali Borough School District; 10
191+(10) Galena City School District; 11
192+(11) Haines Borough School District; 12
193+(12) Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District; 13
194+(13) Kodiak Island Borough School District; 14
195+(14) Mt. Edgecumbe High School; 15
196+(15) Nenana City School District; 16
197+(16) Nome Public Schools; 17
198+(17) Petersburg Borough School District; 18
199+(18) Saint Mary's School District; 19
200+(19) Sitka School District; 20
201+(20) Skagway School District; 21
202+(21) Unalaska City School District; 22
203+(22) Valdez City School District; 23
204+(23) Wrangell Public School District; 24
205+(24) Yakutat School District. 25
206+(d) The department shall pay $15,000 for each eligible certificated full-time teacher 26
207+teaching in the following districts: 27
208+(1) Bering Strait School District; 28
209+(2) Bristol Bay Borough School District; 29
210+(3) Chatham School District; 30
211+(4) Craig City School District; 31 33-LS1453\Y
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215+(5) Dillingham City School District; 1
216+(6) Hoonah City School District; 2
217+(7) Hydaburg City School District; 3
218+(8) Iditarod Area School District; 4
219+(9) Kake City School District; 5
220+(10) Kashunamiut School District; 6
221+(11) Klawock City School District; 7
222+(12) Kuspuk School District; 8
223+(13) Lake and Peninsula Borough School District; 9
224+(14) Lower Kuskokwim School District; 10
225+(15) Lower Yukon School District; 11
226+(16) North Slope Borough School District; 12
227+(17) Northwest Arctic Borough School District; 13
228+(18) Pelican City School District; 14
229+(19) Pribilof School District; 15
230+(20) Southeast Island School District; 16
231+(21) Southwest Region School District; 17
232+(22) Tanana City School District; 18
233+(23) Yukon Flats School District; 19
234+(24) Yukon-Koyukuk School District; 20
235+(25) Yupiit School District. 21
236+(e) To be eligible for the retention and recruitment incentive described in (a) of this 22
237+section, a certificated full-time teacher must apply during each eligible calendar year to the 23
238+department on a date not later than the final day in session for the school term established by 24
239+the governing body of the teacher's school district or regional educational attendance area. 25
240+Application for payment shall be made on a form designated by the commissioner of 26
241+education and early development. For each teacher who applies, the school district or regional 27
242+educational attendance area shall certify the teacher's eligibility for payment under (a) of this 28
243+section to the department. 29
244+(f) Payment made under this section is considered compensation for the purposes of 30
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249+(g) The department may adopt regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this 1
250+section. 2
251+(h) In this section, 3
252+(1) "certificated full-time teacher" 4
253+(A) means an individual occupying a position that requires 5
254+(i) a teaching certificate as a condition of employment; and 6
255+(ii) teaching on a regular basis during the normal work period 7
256+for each day or week at a classroom teaching assignment in a public 8
257+elementary or secondary school; 9
258+(B) does not include an individual teaching as an assistant or graduate 10
259+assistant or teaching on a substitute, temporary, or per diem basis; 11
260+(2) "department" means the Department of Education and Early Development. 12
261+ * Sec. 9. Section 1 of this Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 13
262+ * Sec. 10. Except as provided in sec. 9 of this Act, this Act takes effect July 1, 2024. 14