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1212 IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
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1414 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION
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16-BY THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
16+BY THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
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18-Offered: 5/10/23
19-Referred: Today's Calendar
18+Offered: 3/15/23
19+Referred: Finance
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2121 Sponsor(s): SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
2222 A BILL
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2424 FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
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2626 "An Act relating to education; requiring the Department of Education and Early 1
2727 Development to provide information relating to public schools on an Internet website; 2
2828 relating to information on the post-secondary education, career path, and residency of 3
29-graduates from high schools in the state; relating to transportation of students; relating 4
30-to state funding for districts operating residential schools; increasing the base student 5
31-allocation; and providing for an effective date." 6
32-BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 7
33- * Section 1. AS 14.03.120 is amended by adding new subsections to read: 8
34-(k) The department shall establish and maintain a user-friendly Internet 9
35-website that allows a member of the public to view and download information 10
36-described in this subsection and to make recommendations relating to improving 11
37-public education in the state. The information on the Internet website must be 12
38-presented in a fashion that is easily understood. To the extent practicable, and without 13 33-LS0369\D
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29+graduates from high schools in the state; increasing the base student allocation; and 4
30+providing for an effective date." 5
31+BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 6
32+ * Section 1. AS 14.03.120 is amended by adding new subsections to read: 7
33+(k) The department shall establish and maintain a user-friendly Internet 8
34+website that allows a member of the public to view and download information 9
35+described in this subsection and to make recommendations relating to improving 10
36+public education in the state. The information on the Internet website must be 11
37+presented in a fashion that is easily understood. To the extent practicable, and without 12
38+disclosing information that is confidential under state or federal law, the department 13 33-LS0369\S
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42-disclosing information that is confidential under state or federal law, the department 1
43-shall make the following information available on the Internet website: 2
44-(1) reports required under this section and AS 14.03.078; 3
45-(2) copies of audits made under AS 14.14.050; and 4
46-(3) a description of how each district is addressing the needs of 5
47-students who receive special education services. 6
48-(l) A district may provide on the district's Internet website a link to the 7
49-Internet website described in (k) of this section. 8
50-(m) The department shall collaborate with the Department of Labor and 9
51-Workforce Development under AS 44.31.020 to gather data on the progress of each 10
52-high school graduating class in a district by collecting career, postsecondary 11
53-education, and residency data on each student in the graduating class. The departments 12
54-shall gather the data every five years for 20 years after the high school graduation date 13
55-of the class. 14
56- * Sec. 2. AS 14.07.020(a), as amended by sec. 15, ch. 40, SLA 2022, is amended to read: 15
57-(a) The department shall 16
58-(1) exercise general supervision over the public schools of the state 17
59-except the University of Alaska; 18
60-(2) study the conditions and needs of the public schools of the state, 19
61-adopt or recommend plans, administer and evaluate grants to improve school 20
62-performance awarded under AS 14.03.125, and adopt regulations for the improvement 21
63-of the public schools; the department may consult with the University of Alaska to 22
64-develop secondary education requirements to improve student achievement in college 23
65-preparatory courses; 24
66-(3) provide advisory and consultative services to all public school 25
67-governing bodies and personnel; 26
68-(4) prescribe by regulation a minimum course of study for the public 27
69-schools; the regulations must provide that, if a course in American Sign Language is 28
70-given, the course shall be given credit as a course in a foreign language; 29
71-(5) establish, in coordination with the Department of Family a
72-nd 30
73-Community Services, a program for the continuing education of children who are held 31 33-LS0369\D
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42+shall make the following information available on the Internet website: 1
43+(1) reports required under this section and AS 14.03.078; 2
44+(2) copies of audits made under AS 14.14.050; and 3
45+(3) a description of how each district is addressing the needs of 4
46+students who receive special education services. 5
47+(l) A district may provide on the district's Internet website a link to the 6
48+Internet website described in (k) of this section. 7
49+(m) The department shall collaborate with the Department of Labor and 8
50+Workforce Development under AS 44.31.020 to gather data on the progress of each 9
51+high school graduating class in a district by collecting career, postsecondary 10
52+education, and residency data on each student in the graduating class. The departments 11
53+shall gather the data every five years for 20 years after the high school graduation date 12
54+of the class. 13
55+ * Sec. 2. AS 14.07.020(a), as amended by sec. 15, ch. 40, SLA 2022, is amended to read: 14
56+(a) The department shall 15
57+(1) exercise general supervision over the public schools of the state 16
58+except the University of Alaska; 17
59+(2) study the conditions and needs of the public schools of the state, 18
60+adopt or recommend plans, administer and evaluate grants to improve school 19
61+performance awarded under AS 14.03.125, and adopt regulations for the improvement 20
62+of the public schools; the department may consult with the University of Alaska to 21
63+develop secondary education requirements to improve student achievement in college 22
64+preparatory courses; 23
65+(3) provide advisory and consultative services to all public school 24
66+governing bodies and personnel; 25
67+(4) prescribe by regulation a minimum course of study for the public 26
68+schools; the regulations must provide that, if a course in American Sign Language is 27
69+given, the course shall be given credit as a course in a foreign language; 28
70+(5) establish, in coordination with the Department of Family and 29
71+Community Services, a program for the continuing education of c
72+hildren who are held 30
73+in juvenile detention facilities or juvenile treatment facilities, as those terms are 31 33-LS0369\S
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77-in juvenile detention facilities or juvenile treatment facilities, as those terms are 1
78-defined in AS 47.12.990, in the state during the period of detention or treatment; 2
79-(6) accredit those public schools that meet accreditation standards 3
80-prescribed by regulation by the department; these regulations shall be adopted by the 4
81-department and presented to the legislature during the first 10 days of any regular 5
82-session, and become effective 45 days after presentation or at the end of the session, 6
83-whichever is earlier, unless disapproved by a resolution concurred in by a majority of 7
84-the members of each house; 8
85-(7) prescribe by regulation, after consultation with the state fire 9
86-marshal and the state sanitarian, standards that will ensure healthful and safe 10
87-conditions in the public and private schools of the state, including a requirement of 11
88-physical examinations and immunizations in pre-elementary schools; the standards for 12
89-private schools may not be more stringent than those for public schools; 13
90-(8) exercise general supervision over early education programs that 14
91-receive direct state or federal funding, including early education programs provided by 15
92-a school district for students four and five years of age, approve an early education 16
93-program provided by a school district that complies with the standards adopted by the 17
94-board under AS 14.07.165(a)(5), and revoke approval of an early education program if 18
95-the program does not comply with the standards adopted by the board under 19
96-AS 14.07.165(a)(5); 20
97-(9) exercise general supervision over elementary and secondary 21
98-correspondence study programs offered by municipal school districts or regional 22
99-educational attendance areas; the department may also offer and make available to any 23
100-Alaskan through a centralized office a correspondence study program; 24
101-(10) accredit private schools that request accreditation and that meet 25
102-accreditation standards prescribed by regulation by the department; nothing in this 26
103-paragraph authorizes the department to require religious or other private schools to be 27
104-licensed; 28
105-(11) review plans for construction of new public elementary and 29
106-secondary schools and for additions to and major rehabilitation of existing public 30
107-elementary and secondary schools and, in accordance with regulations adopted by the 31 33-LS0369\D
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77+defined in AS 47.12.990, in the state during the period of detention or treatment; 1
78+(6) accredit those public schools that meet accreditation standards 2
79+prescribed by regulation by the department; these regulations shall be adopted by the 3
80+department and presented to the legislature during the first 10 days of any regular 4
81+session, and become effective 45 days after presentation or at the end of the session, 5
82+whichever is earlier, unless disapproved by a resolution concurred in by a majority of 6
83+the members of each house; 7
84+(7) prescribe by regulation, after consultation with the state fire 8
85+marshal and the state sanitarian, standards that will ensure healthful and safe 9
86+conditions in the public and private schools of the state, including a requirement of 10
87+physical examinations and immunizations in pre-elementary schools; the standards for 11
88+private schools may not be more stringent than those for public schools; 12
89+(8) exercise general supervision over early education programs that 13
90+receive direct state or federal funding, including early education programs provided by 14
91+a school district for students four and five years of age, approve an early education 15
92+program provided by a school district that complies with the standards adopted by the 16
93+board under AS 14.07.165(a)(5), and revoke approval of an early education program if 17
94+the program does not comply with the standards adopted by the board under 18
95+AS 14.07.165(a)(5); 19
96+(9) exercise general supervision over elementary and secondary 20
97+correspondence study programs offered by municipal school districts or regional 21
98+educational attendance areas; the department may also offer and make available to any 22
99+Alaskan through a centralized office a correspondence study program; 23
100+(10) accredit private schools that request accreditation and that meet 24
101+accreditation standards prescribed by regulation by the department; nothing in this 25
102+paragraph authorizes the department to require religious or other private schools to be 26
103+licensed; 27
104+(11) review plans for construction of new public elementary and 28
105+secondary schools and for additions to and major rehabilitation of existing public 29
106+elementary and secondary schools and, in accordance with regulations adopted by the 30
107+department, determine and approve the extent of eligibility for state aid of a school 31 33-LS0369\S
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111-department, determine and approve the extent of eligibility for state aid of a school 1
112-construction or major maintenance project; for the purposes of this paragraph, "plans" 2
113-include educational specifications, schematic designs, projected energy consumption 3
114-and costs, and final contract documents; 4
115-(12) provide educational opportunities in the areas of vocational 5
116-education and training, and basic education to individuals over 16 years of age who 6
117-are no longer attending school; the department may consult with businesses and labor 7
118-unions to develop a program to prepare students for apprenticeships or internships that 8
119-will lead to employment opportunities; 9
120-(13) administer the grants awarded under AS 14.11; 10
121-(14) establish, in coordination with the Department of Public Safety, a 11
122-school bus driver training course; 12
123-(15) require the reporting of information relating to school disciplinary 13
124-and safety programs under AS 14.33.120 and of incidents of disruptive or violent 14
125-behavior; 15
126-(16) establish by regulation criteria, based on low student performance, 16
127-under which the department may intervene in a school district to improve instructional 17
128-practices, as described in AS 14.07.030(a)(14) or (15); the regulations must include 18
129-(A) a notice provision that alerts the district to the deficiencies 19
130-and the instructional practice changes proposed by the department; 20
131-(B) an end date for departmental intervention, as described in 21
132-AS 14.07.030(a)(14)(A) and (B) and (15), after the district demonstrates three 22
133-consecutive years of improvement consisting of not less than two percent 23
134-increases in student proficiency on standards-based assessments in language 24
135-arts and mathematics, as provided in AS 14.03.123(f)(1)(A); and 25
136-(C) a process for districts to petition the department for 26
137-continuing or discontinuing the department's intervention; 27
138-(17) notify the legislative committees having jurisdiction over 28
139-education before intervening in a school district under AS 14.07.030(a)(14) or 29
140-redirecting public school funding under AS 14.07.030(a)(15);
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111+construction or major maintenance project; for the purposes of this paragraph, "plans" 1
112+include educational specifications, schematic designs, projected energy consumption 2
113+and costs, and final contract documents; 3
114+(12) provide educational opportunities in the areas of vocational 4
115+education and training, and basic education to individuals over 16 years of age who 5
116+are no longer attending school; the department may consult with businesses and labor 6
117+unions to develop a program to prepare students for apprenticeships or internships that 7
118+will lead to employment opportunities; 8
119+(13) administer the grants awarded under AS 14.11; 9
120+(14) establish, in coordination with the Department of Public Safety, a 10
121+school bus driver training course; 11
122+(15) require the reporting of information relating to school disciplinary 12
123+and safety programs under AS 14.33.120 and of incidents of disruptive or violent 13
124+behavior; 14
125+(16) establish by regulation criteria, based on low student performance, 15
126+under which the department may intervene in a school district to improve instructional 16
127+practices, as described in AS 14.07.030(a)(14) or (15); the regulations must include 17
128+(A) a notice provision that alerts the district to the deficiencies 18
129+and the instructional practice changes proposed by the department; 19
130+(B) an end date for departmental intervention, as described in 20
131+AS 14.07.030(a)(14)(A) and (B) and (15), after the district demonstrates three 21
132+consecutive years of improvement consisting of not less than two percent 22
133+increases in student proficiency on standards-based assessments in language 23
134+arts and mathematics, as provided in AS 14.03.123(f)(1)(A); and 24
135+(C) a process for districts to petition the department for 25
136+continuing or discontinuing the department's intervention; 26
137+(17) notify the legislative committees having jurisdiction over 27
138+education before intervening in a school district under AS 14.07.030(a)(14) or 28
139+redirecting public school funding under AS 14.07.030(a)(15); 29
140+(18) establish a reading program to provide direct support for
141+ and 30
142+intervention in the reading intervention programs of participating schools as described 31 33-LS0369\S
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146-intervention in the reading intervention programs of participating schools as described 1
147-in AS 14.30.765 and 14.30.770; 2
148-(19) annually convene, either in person or electronically, a panel to 3
149-review and comment on the effectiveness of the programs created by the department 4
150-and the regulations adopted by the board to implement AS 14.03.410, 14.03.420, 5
151-AS 14.30.760 - 14.30.770, and 14.30.800; the panel 6
152-(A) shall provide recommendations and guidance to the board, 7
153-the department, and the legislature on how to integrate early education and 8
154-reading programs created under this title with tribal compacting or programs 9
155-focused on cultural education within the department; 10
156-(B) shall discuss support for reading in Alaska Native 11
157-languages and other non-English languages; 12
158-(C) must collectively represent the regions of the state and 13
159-include teachers of grades kindergarten through three, school administrators, 14
160-parents of students in grades kindergarten through three, stakeholders from 15
161-indigenous language immersion programs, representatives from early 16
162-education stakeholder groups, and researchers of best practices for improving 17
163-literacy performance, including best practices for instruction of indigenous 18
164-students and students whose first language is not English; 19
165-(20) collaborate with the Department of Labor and Workforce 20
166-Development to gather data on the progress of each high school graduating class 21
167-as required under AS 14.03.120(m). 22
168- * Sec. 3. AS 14.07.020(a), as amended by sec. 16, ch. 40, SLA 2022, is amended to read: 23
169-(a) The department shall 24
170-(1) exercise general supervision over the public schools of the state 25
171-except the University of Alaska; 26
172-(2) study the conditions and needs of the public schools of the state, 27
173-adopt or recommend plans, administer and evaluate grants to improve school 28
174-performance awarded under AS 14.03.125, and adopt regulations for the improvement 29
175-of the public schools; the department may consult with the University of Alaska to 30
176-develop secondary education requirements to improve student achievement in college 31 33-LS0369\D
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146+in AS 14.30.765 and 14.30.770; 1
147+(19) annually convene, either in person or electronically, a panel to 2
148+review and comment on the effectiveness of the programs created by the department 3
149+and the regulations adopted by the board to implement AS 14.03.410, 14.03.420, 4
150+AS 14.30.760 - 14.30.770, and 14.30.800; the panel 5
151+(A) shall provide recommendations and guidance to the board, 6
152+the department, and the legislature on how to integrate early education and 7
153+reading programs created under this title with tribal compacting or programs 8
154+focused on cultural education within the department; 9
155+(B) shall discuss support for reading in Alaska Native 10
156+languages and other non-English languages; 11
157+(C) must collectively represent the regions of the state and 12
158+include teachers of grades kindergarten through three, school administrators, 13
159+parents of students in grades kindergarten through three, stakeholders from 14
160+indigenous language immersion programs, representatives from early 15
161+education stakeholder groups, and researchers of best practices for improving 16
162+literacy performance, including best practices for instruction of indigenous 17
163+students and students whose first language is not English; 18
164+(20) collaborate with the Department of Labor and Workforce 19
165+Development to gather data on the progress of each high school graduating class 20
166+as required under AS 14.03.120(m). 21
167+ * Sec. 3. AS 14.07.020(a), as amended by sec. 16, ch. 40, SLA 2022, is amended to read: 22
168+(a) The department shall 23
169+(1) exercise general supervision over the public schools of the state 24
170+except the University of Alaska; 25
171+(2) study the conditions and needs of the public schools of the state, 26
172+adopt or recommend plans, administer and evaluate grants to improve school 27
173+performance awarded under AS 14.03.125, and adopt regulations for the improvement 28
174+of the public schools; the department may consult with the University of Alaska to 29
175+develop secondary education requirements to improve student achievement in college 30
176+preparatory courses; 31 33-LS0369\S
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180-preparatory courses; 1
181-(3) provide advisory and consultative services to all public school 2
182-governing bodies and personnel; 3
183-(4) prescribe by regulation a minimum course of study for the public 4
184-schools; the regulations must provide that, if a course in American Sign Language is 5
185-given, the course shall be given credit as a course in a foreign language; 6
186-(5) establish, in coordination with the Department of Family and 7
187-Community Services, a program for the continuing education of children who are held 8
188-in juvenile detention facilities or juvenile treatment facilities, as those terms are 9
189-defined in AS 47.12.990, in the state during the period of detention or treatment; 10
190-(6) accredit those public schools that meet accreditation standards 11
191-prescribed by regulation by the department; these regulations shall be adopted by the 12
192-department and presented to the legislature during the first 10 days of any regular 13
193-session, and become effective 45 days after presentation or at the end of the session, 14
194-whichever is earlier, unless disapproved by a resolution concurred in by a majority of 15
195-the members of each house; 16
196-(7) prescribe by regulation, after consultation with the state fire 17
197-marshal and the state sanitarian, standards that will ensure healthful and safe 18
198-conditions in the public and private schools of the state, including a requirement of 19
199-physical examinations and immunizations in pre-elementary schools; the standards for 20
200-private schools may not be more stringent than those for public schools; 21
201-(8) exercise general supervision over early education programs that 22
202-receive direct state or federal funding, including early education programs provided by 23
203-a school district for students four and five years of age; 24
204-(9) exercise general supervision over elementary and secondary 25
205-correspondence study programs offered by municipal school districts or regional 26
206-educational attendance areas; the department may also offer and make available to any 27
207-Alaskan through a centralized office a correspondence study program; 28
208-(10) accredit private schools that request accreditation and that meet 29
209-accreditation standards prescribed by regulation by the departm
210-ent; nothing in this 30
211-paragraph authorizes the department to require religious or other private schools to be 31 33-LS0369\D
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180+(3) provide advisory and consultative services to all public school 1
181+governing bodies and personnel; 2
182+(4) prescribe by regulation a minimum course of study for the public 3
183+schools; the regulations must provide that, if a course in American Sign Language is 4
184+given, the course shall be given credit as a course in a foreign language; 5
185+(5) establish, in coordination with the Department of Family and 6
186+Community Services, a program for the continuing education of children who are held 7
187+in juvenile detention facilities or juvenile treatment facilities, as those terms are 8
188+defined in AS 47.12.990, in the state during the period of detention or treatment; 9
189+(6) accredit those public schools that meet accreditation standards 10
190+prescribed by regulation by the department; these regulations shall be adopted by the 11
191+department and presented to the legislature during the first 10 days of any regular 12
192+session, and become effective 45 days after presentation or at the end of the session, 13
193+whichever is earlier, unless disapproved by a resolution concurred in by a majority of 14
194+the members of each house; 15
195+(7) prescribe by regulation, after consultation with the state fire 16
196+marshal and the state sanitarian, standards that will ensure healthful and safe 17
197+conditions in the public and private schools of the state, including a requirement of 18
198+physical examinations and immunizations in pre-elementary schools; the standards for 19
199+private schools may not be more stringent than those for public schools; 20
200+(8) exercise general supervision over early education programs that 21
201+receive direct state or federal funding, including early education programs provided by 22
202+a school district for students four and five years of age; 23
203+(9) exercise general supervision over elementary and secondary 24
204+correspondence study programs offered by municipal school districts or regional 25
205+educational attendance areas; the department may also offer and make available to any 26
206+Alaskan through a centralized office a correspondence study program; 27
207+(10) accredit private schools that request accreditation and that meet 28
208+accreditation standards prescribed by regulation by the department; nothing in this 29
209+paragraph authorizes the department to require religious or other private schools to be 30
210+licensed; 31 33-LS0369\S
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215-licensed; 1
216-(11) review plans for construction of new public elementary and 2
217-secondary schools and for additions to and major rehabilitation of existing public 3
218-elementary and secondary schools and, in accordance with regulations adopted by the 4
219-department, determine and approve the extent of eligibility for state aid of a school 5
220-construction or major maintenance project; for the purposes of this paragraph, "plans" 6
221-include educational specifications, schematic designs, projected energy consumption 7
222-and costs, and final contract documents; 8
223-(12) provide educational opportunities in the areas of vocational 9
224-education and training, and basic education to individuals over 16 years of age who 10
225-are no longer attending school; the department may consult with businesses and labor 11
226-unions to develop a program to prepare students for apprenticeships or internships that 12
227-will lead to employment opportunities; 13
228-(13) administer the grants awarded under AS 14.11; 14
229-(14) establish, in coordination with the Department of Public Safety, a 15
230-school bus driver training course; 16
231-(15) require the reporting of information relating to school disciplinary 17
232-and safety programs under AS 14.33.120 and of incidents of disruptive or violent 18
233-behavior; 19
234-(16) establish by regulation criteria, based on low student performance, 20
235-under which the department may intervene in a school district to improve instructional 21
236-practices, as described in AS 14.07.030(a)(14) or (15); the regulations must include 22
237-(A) a notice provision that alerts the district to the deficiencies 23
238-and the instructional practice changes proposed by the department; 24
239-(B) an end date for departmental intervention, as described in 25
240-AS 14.07.030(a)(14)(A) and (B) and (15), after the district demonstrates three 26
241-consecutive years of improvement consisting of not less than two percent 27
242-increases in student proficiency on standards-based assessments in language 28
243-arts and mathematics, as provided in AS 14.03.123(f)(1)(A); and
214+(11) review plans for construction of new public elementary and 1
215+secondary schools and for additions to and major rehabilitation of existing public 2
216+elementary and secondary schools and, in accordance with regulations adopted by the 3
217+department, determine and approve the extent of eligibility for state aid of a school 4
218+construction or major maintenance project; for the purposes of this paragraph, "plans" 5
219+include educational specifications, schematic designs, projected energy consumption 6
220+and costs, and final contract documents; 7
221+(12) provide educational opportunities in the areas of vocational 8
222+education and training, and basic education to individuals over 16 years of age who 9
223+are no longer attending school; the department may consult with businesses and labor 10
224+unions to develop a program to prepare students for apprenticeships or internships that 11
225+will lead to employment opportunities; 12
226+(13) administer the grants awarded under AS 14.11; 13
227+(14) establish, in coordination with the Department of Public Safety, a 14
228+school bus driver training course; 15
229+(15) require the reporting of information relating to school disciplinary 16
230+and safety programs under AS 14.33.120 and of incidents of disruptive or violent 17
231+behavior; 18
232+(16) establish by regulation criteria, based on low student performance, 19
233+under which the department may intervene in a school district to improve instructional 20
234+practices, as described in AS 14.07.030(a)(14) or (15); the regulations must include 21
235+(A) a notice provision that alerts the district to the deficiencies 22
236+and the instructional practice changes proposed by the department; 23
237+(B) an end date for departmental intervention, as described in 24
238+AS 14.07.030(a)(14)(A) and (B) and (15), after the district demonstrates three 25
239+consecutive years of improvement consisting of not less than two percent 26
240+increases in student proficiency on standards-based assessments in language 27
241+arts and mathematics, as provided in AS 14.03.123(f)(1)(A); and 28
242+(C) a process for districts to petition the department for
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245-(C) a process for districts to petition the department for 30
246-continuing or discontinuing the department's intervention; 31 33-LS0369\D
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245+(17) notify the legislative committees having jurisdiction over 31 33-LS0369\S
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250-(17) notify the legislative committees having jurisdiction over 1
251-education before intervening in a school district under AS 14.07.030(a)(14) or 2
252-redirecting public school funding under AS 14.07.030(a)(15); 3
253-(18) collaborate with the Department of Labor and Workforce 4
254-Development to gather data on the progress of each high school graduating class 5
255-as required under AS 14.03.120(m). 6
256- * Sec. 4. AS 14.09.010(a) is repealed and reenacted to read: 7
257-(a) A school district that provides student transportation services for the 8
258-transportation of students who reside a distance from established schools is eligible to 9
259-receive funding for operating or subcontracting the operation of the transportation 10
260-system for students to and from the schools within the student's transportation service 11
261-area. Subject to appropriation, the amount of funding provided by the state for 12
262-operating the student transportation system is the amount of a school district's ADM, 13
263-less the ADM for the district's correspondence programs during the current fiscal year, 14
264-multiplied by the per student amount for the school district as follows, for the school 15
265-years beginning July 1, 2023: 16
266- DISTRICT PER STUDENT AMOUNT 17
267-Alaska Gateway $2,536 18
268-Aleutians East 378 19
269-Anchorage 531 20
270-Annette Island 222 21
271-Bering Strait 60 22
272-Bristol Bay 3,257 23
273-Chatham 342 24
274-Copper River 1,934 25
275-Cordova 409 26
276-Craig 515 27
277-Delta/Greely 2,019 28
278-Denali 2,203 29
279-Dillingham 1,484 30
280-Fairbanks 995 31 33-LS0369\D
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249+education before intervening in a school district under AS 14.07.030(a)(14) or 1
250+redirecting public school funding under AS 14.07.030(a)(15); 2
251+(18) collaborate with the Department of Labor and Workforce 3
252+Development to gather data on the progress of each high school graduating class 4
253+as required under AS 14.03.120(m). 5
254+ * Sec. 4. AS 14.17.470, as amended by sec. 26, ch. 40, SLA 2022, is amended to read: 6
255+Sec. 14.17.470. Base student allocation. The base student allocation is $6,960 7
256+[$5,960]. 8
257+ * Sec. 5. AS 14.17.470, as amended by sec. 4 of this Act, is amended to read: 9
258+Sec. 14.17.470. Base student allocation. The base student allocation is $7,308 10
259+[$6,960]. 11
260+ * Sec. 6. AS 14.17.470 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 12
261+(b) On July 1, 2025, the department shall increase the base student allocation 13
262+by a percentage equal to the average percentage of increase over the preceding four 14
263+calendar years in all items of the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers for 15
264+urban Alaska prepared by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor 16
265+Statistics. 17
266+ * Sec. 7. AS 44.31.020 is amended to read: 18
267+Sec. 44.31.020. Duties of department. The Department of Labor and 19
268+Workforce Development shall 20
269+(1) enforce the laws and adopt regulations under them concerning 21
270+employer-employee relationships, including the safety, hours of work, wages, and 22
271+conditions of workers, including children; 23
272+(2) accumulate, analyze, and report labor statistics; 24
273+(3) operate systems of workers' compensation and unemployment 25
274+insurance; 26
275+(4) gather data reflecting the cost of living in various locations of the 27
276+state upon request of the director of personnel under AS 39.27.030; 28
277+(5) operate the federally funded employment and training programs 29
278+under 29 U.S.C. 2801 - 2945 (Workforce Investment Act of 1998); 30
279+(6) administer the state's program of adult basic education and adopt 31 33-LS0369\S
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284-Galena 310 1
285-Haines 763 2
286-Hoonah 364 3
287-Iditarod 258 4
288-Juneau 735 5
289-Kake 331 6
290-Kashunamiut 6 7
291-Kenai Peninsula 1,115 8
292-Ketchikan 886 9
293-Klawock 712 10
294-Kodiak Island 974 11
295-Kuspuk 797 12
296-Lake and Peninsula 468 13
297-Lower Kuskokwim 338 14
298-Lower Yukon 1 15
299-Matanuska-Susitna 1,109 16
300-Nenana 716 17
301-Nome 757 18
302-North Slope 1,365 19
303-Northwest Arctic 30 20
304-Pelican 88 21
305-Petersburg 457 22
306-Saint Mary's 235 23
307-Sitka 522 24
308-Skagway 44 25
309-Southeast Island 1,408 26
310-Southwest Region 728 27
311-Tanana 581 28
312-Unalaska 790 29
313-Valdez 897 30
314-Wrangell 854 31 33-LS0369\D
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318-Yakutat 907 1
319-Yukon Flats 322 2
320-Yukon/Koyukuk 365 3
321-Yupiit 2. 4
322- * Sec. 5. AS 14.16.200(b) is amended to read: 5
323-(b) Costs that may be claimed by a district for reimbursement under (a) of this 6
324-section are 7
325-(1) one round trip on the least expensive means of transportation 8
326-between the student's community of residence and the school during the school year if 9
327-the district expends money for the trip; and 10
328-(2) a per-pupil monthly stipend to cover room and board expenses as 11
329-determined by the department on a regional basis and not to exceed the following 12
330-amounts: 13
331-(A) for the Southeast Region (Region I), $1,845 [$1,230]; 14
332-(B) for the Southcentral Region (Region II), $1,800 [$1,200]; 15
333-(C) for the Interior Region (Region III), $2,178 [$1,452]; 16
334-(D) for the Southwest Region (Region IV), $2,264 [$1,509]; 17
335-(E) for the Northern Remote Region (Region V), $2,664 18
336-[$1,776]. 19
337- * Sec. 6. AS 14.17.470, as amended by sec. 26, ch. 40, SLA 2022, is amended to read: 20
338-Sec. 14.17.470. Base student allocation. The base student allocation is $6,640 21
339-[$5,960]. 22
340- * Sec. 7. AS 44.31.020 is amended to read: 23
341-Sec. 44.31.020. Duties of department. The Department of Labor and 24
342-Workforce Development shall 25
343-(1) enforce the laws and adopt regulations under them concerning 26
344-employer-employee relationships, including the safety, hours of work, wages, and 27
345-conditions of workers, including children; 28
346-(2) accumulate, analyze, and report labor statistics; 29
347-(3) operate systems of workers' compensation and unemployment 30
348-insurance; 31 33-LS0369\D
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352-(4) gather data reflecting the cost of living in various locations of the 1
353-state upon request of the director of personnel under AS 39.27.030; 2
354-(5) operate the federally funded employment and training programs 3
355-under 29 U.S.C. 2801 - 2945 (Workforce Investment Act of 1998); 4
356-(6) administer the state's program of adult basic education and adopt 5
357-regulations to administer the program; and 6
358-(7) administer the programs of the Alaska Vocational Technical Center 7
359-and adopt regulations to administer the programs, including regulations that set rates 8
360-for student tuition and room and board and fees for the programs and services 9
361-provided by the department regarding the Alaska Vocational Technical Center; 10
362-(8) gather data on the progress of each high school graduating 11
363-class in a district by collecting career, postsecondary education, and residency 12
364-data on each student in the graduating class; the department shall gather the 13
365-data required under this paragraph every five years for 20 years after the high 14
366-school graduation date of each high school graduating class; the department shall 15
367-publish a biennial report on the data gathered under this paragraph; in this 16
368-paragraph, "district" has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990. 17
369- * Sec. 8. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 18
370-read: 19
371-RETROACTIVITY. Section 4 of this Act is retroactive to July 1, 2023. 20
372- * Sec. 9. Section 3 of this Act takes effect on the effective date of sec. 16, ch. 40, SLA 21
373-2022. 22
374- * Sec. 10. Sections 4 - 6 and 8 of this Act take effect on the effective date of sec. 26, ch. 40, 23
375-SLA 2022. 24
376- * Sec. 11. AS 14.03.120(k) and (l), enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, take effect July 1, 2024. 25
377- * Sec. 12. AS 14.03.120(m), enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, and secs. 2 and 7 of this Act take 26
378-effect July 1, 2025. 27
283+regulations to administer the program; and 1
284+(7) administer the programs of the Alaska Vocational Technical Center 2
285+and adopt regulations to administer the programs, including regulations that set rates 3
286+for student tuition and room and board and fees for the programs and services 4
287+provided by the department regarding the Alaska Vocational Technical Center; 5
288+(8) gather data on the progress of each high school graduating 6
289+class in a district by collecting career, postsecondary education, and residency 7
290+data on each student in the graduating class; the department shall gather the 8
291+data required under this paragraph every five years for 20 years after the high 9
292+school graduation date of each high school graduating class; the department shall 10
293+publish a biennial report on the data gathered under this paragraph; in this 11
294+paragraph, "district" has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990. 12
295+ * Sec. 8. Section 3 of this Act takes effect on the effective date of sec. 16, ch. 40, SLA 13
296+2022. 14
297+ * Sec. 9. Sections 2 and 4 of this Act take effect on the effective date of secs. 15 and 26, ch. 15
298+40, SLA 2022. 16
299+ * Sec. 10. AS 14.03.120(k) and (l), enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, and sec. 5 of this Act take 17
300+effect July 1, 2024. 18
301+ * Sec. 11. AS 14.03.120(m), enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, and secs. 6 and 7 of this Act take 19
302+effect July 1, 2025. 20