Alaska 2023-2024 Regular Session

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14		-	~~AN ACT~~
	10	+	CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 140(FIN) am H
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16		-	Relating to funding for Internet services for school districts; relating to charter schools;
17		-	relating to transportation of public school students; relating to correspondence study funding;
18		-	relating to the base student allocation; relating to funding for reading improvement plans; and
19		-	providing for an effective date.
	12	+	IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
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	14	+	THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION
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	16	+	BY THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
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	18	+	Amended: 2/22/24
	19	+	Offered: 5/11/23
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25		-	~~BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA~~:
	21	+	Sponsor(s): SENATORS HOFFMAN, Bishop, Claman, Gray-Jackson, Tobin, Kiehl, Dunbar, Olson, Stevens
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	23	+	REPRESENTATIVES Josephson, Hannan, Schrage, Stutes
	24	+	A BILL
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	26	+	FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
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51		-	AN ACT
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54		-	Relating to funding for Internet services for school districts; relating to charter schools; 1
55		-	relating to transportation of public school students; relating to correspondence study funding; 2
56		-	relating to the base student allocation; relating to funding for reading improvement plans; and 3
57		-	providing for an effective date. 4
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	28	+	"An Act relating to funding for Internet services for school districts; relating to charter 1
	29	+	schools; relating to transportation of public school students; relating to correspondence 2
	30	+	study funding; relating to the base student allocation; relating to funding for reading 3
	31	+	improvement plans; and providing for an effective date." 4
	32	+	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 5
59	33		* Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section 6
60	34		to read: 7
61	35		LEGISLATIVE INTENT. To the greatest extent possible, a portion of additional 8
62	36		funds authorized by this legislation shall be directed to the classroom in the form of educator 9
63	37		salary and retention bonuses. Each school district shall provide a report to the senate secretary 10
64	38		and the chief clerk of the house of representatives and notify the legislature that the report is 11
65	39		available not later than February 1 of each regular session of the Thirty-Fourth Alaska State 12
66	40		Legislature describing efforts made by the district to direct additional funds to the classroom 13
67		-	in the form of educator salary and retention bonuses. 14
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	41	+	in the form of educator salary and retention bonuses. 14 33-LS0687\S.A
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69	45		* Sec. 2. AS 14.03.127(a) is amended to read: 1
70	46		(a) Each fiscal year, a district in which one or more schools qualify for a 2
71	47		discounted rate for Internet services under the federal universal services program is 3
72	48		eligible to receive an amount for each school that is equal to the amount needed to 4
73	49		bring the applicant's share to 100 [25] megabits of download a second of the Internet 5
74	50		services. 6
75	51		* Sec. 3. AS 14.03 is amended by adding a new section to read: 7
76	52		Sec. 14.03.256. Charter school termination appeal. If a local school board 8
77	53		terminates a contract with a charter school, the charter school may appeal the decision 9
78	54		to the commissioner under regulations established by the commissioner. The 10
79	55		commissioner may request written supplementation from the appellant or local school 11
80	56		board. The commissioner shall review the decision of the local school board to 12
81	57		determine whether the findings of fact are supported by substantial evidence and 13
82	58		whether the decision is contrary to law. The commissioner shall issue a written 14
83	59		decision within 90 days after the appeal is filed and may 15
84	60		(1) remand the appeal to the local school board for further review; 16
85	61		(2) reapprove the charter school with or without added conditions; or 17
86		-	(3) uphold the decision terminating the charter school ~~contract~~. 18
	62	+	(3) uphold the decision terminating the charter school. 18
87	63		* Sec. 4. AS 14.03 is amended by adding a new section to read: 19
88	64		Sec. 14.03.277. Charter school coordinator. A position dedicated to charter 20
89	65		school support is established in the department. This position is responsible for the 21
90	66		development of a repository of charter school resources in the department. The charter 22
91	67		school coordinator shall provide support to charter schools, including 23
92	68		(1) providing charter schools with policy and regulation expertise and 24
93	69		guidance; 25
94	70		(2) providing groups assistance preparing charter school applications; 26
95	71		(3) coordinating with school districts and the Association of Alaska 27
96	72		School Boards to support charter school academic policy committees and local school 28
97	73		boards; and 29
98	74		(4) coordinating with and providing expertise to legal services 30
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101	79		* Sec. 5. AS 14.09.010(a) is repealed and reenacted to read: 1
102	80		(a) A school district that provides student transportation services for the 2
103	81		transportation of students who reside a distance from established schools is eligible to 3
104	82		receive funding for operating or subcontracting the operation of the transportation 4
105	83		system for students to and from the schools within the student's transportation service 5
106	84		area. Subject to appropriation, the amount of funding provided by the state for 6
107	85		operating the student transportation system is the amount of a school district's ADM, 7
108	86		less the ADM for the district's correspondence programs during the current fiscal year, 8
109	87		multiplied by the per student amount for the school district as follows, for the school 9
110	88		years beginning July 1, 2024: 10
111	89		DISTRICT PER STUDENT AMOUNT 11
112	90		Alaska Gateway $2,536 12
113	91		Aleutians East 378 13
114	92		Anchorage 531 14
115	93		Annette Island 222 15
116	94		Bering Strait 60 16
117	95		Bristol Bay 3,257 17
118	96		Chatham 342 18
119	97		Copper River 1,934 19
120	98		Cordova 409 20
121	99		Craig 515 21
122	100		Delta/Greely 2,019 22
123	101		Denali 2,203 23
124	102		Dillingham 1,484 24
125	103		Fairbanks 995 25
126	104		Galena 310 26
127	105		Haines 763 27
128	106		Hoonah 364 28
129	107		Iditarod 258 29
130	108		Juneau 735 30
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133	113		Kashunamiut 6 1
134	114		Kenai Peninsula 1,115 2
135	115		Ketchikan 886 3
136	116		Klawock 712 4
137	117		Kodiak Island 974 5
138	118		Kuspuk 797 6
139	119		Lake and Peninsula 468 7
140	120		Lower Kuskokwim 338 8
141	121		Lower Yukon 1 9
142	122		Matanuska-Susitna 1,109 10
143	123		Nenana 716 11
144	124		Nome 757 12
145	125		North Slope 1,365 13
146	126		Northwest Arctic 30 14
147	127		Pelican 88 15
148	128		Petersburg 457 16
149	129		Saint Mary's 235 17
150	130		Sitka 522 18
151	131		Skagway 44 19
152	132		Southeast Island 1,408 20
153	133		Southwest Region 728 21
154	134		Tanana 581 22
155	135		Unalaska 790 23
156	136		Valdez 897 24
157	137		Wrangell 854 25
158	138		Yakutat 907 26
159	139		Yukon Flats 322 27
160	140		Yukon/Koyukuk 365 28
161	141		Yupiit 2. 29
162	142		* Sec. 6. AS 14.17.430 is amended to read: 30
163		-	Sec. 14.17.430. State funding for correspondence study. Except as provided 31
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165	147		in AS 14.17.400(b), funding for the state centralized correspondence study program or 1
166	148		a district correspondence program, including a district that offers a statewide 2
167	149		correspondence study program, includes an allocation from the public education fund 3
168	150		in an amount calculated by using [MULTIPLYING] the ADM of the correspondence 4
169	151		program reported under AS 14.17.500(a) and 14.17.600(a) [BY 90 PERCENT]. 5
170	152		* Sec. 7. AS 14.17.470 is amended to read: 6
171	153		Sec. 14.17.470. Base student allocation. The base student allocation is $6,640 7
172	154		[$5,960]. 8
173		-	* Sec. 8. AS 14.30 is amended by adding a new section to read: 9
	155	+	* Sec. 8. AS 14.30 is amended by adding a new section to article 15 to read: 9
174	156		Sec. 14.30.773. Support for reading improvement plans. The state shall 10
175	157		provide to a school district, for each student in grades kindergarten through three who 11
176	158		is determined to have a reading deficiency based on the statewide screening or 12
177	159		assessment tool, $500 to provide the support, intervention, and services the student 13
178	160		needs for the student's reading improvement plan, including teacher and 14
179	161		paraprofessional career development. 15
180	162		* Sec. 9. Section 2 of this Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 16
181	163		* Sec. 10. Except as provided in sec. 9 of this Act, this Act takes effect July 1, 2024. 17