| Issue |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
 Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 12/2012 |
Postsec. |
Renames the Alaska merit scholarship to the Alaska performance scholarship and makes changes relating to the scholarship and tax credits. Establishes accounts and a fund for those purposes. Increases student eligibility rates over time from 28% to 44% of high school graduates. For institutions to qualify, adds additional requirements: That each such institution has an advisory program established for incoming students that provides counseling related to course selection, career choice, and personal challenges; and provides courses and credits that can result in the issuance of a degree or certificate available at the institution within a time frame expected for that degree or certificate.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0104Z&session=27
Title: H.B. 104
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Adopted 07/2012 |
Postsec. |
20 AAC 16.034 - Provides that the commission will annually set aside a portion of the available grant money, from an AlaskAdvantage education grant funded through the state's participation in the Leveraging Education Assistance Partnership (LEAP), as priority awards to assure the availability of increased grant award amounts to eligible applicants when the applicants are enrolled in a program of study designed to lead to employment in a workforce shortage area, or when the applicants document participation in a secondary education program of study that is a predictor of postsecondary education success.
http://akadvantage.alaska.gov/Portals/0/ACPEREGS.pdf
Title: 20 AAC 16.034; 20 AAC 17.060
Source: akadvantage.alaska.gov |
Bilingual/ESL |
Adopted 06/2012 |
pre-K-12 |
Repeals 6-tiered classification system for identifying or reclassifying limited English proficient (LEP) students in grades K-12. Replaces with simplified system allowing an LEP student to be reclassified as English proficient by either achieving a specified composite score on the English language proficiency assessment, or minimum score in each of the tested domains of reading, writing, speaking, and listening. http://www.eed.state.ak.us/regs/filed/4AAC_34.055%28d%29.pdf
Title: 4 AAC 34.055
Source: eed.state.ak.us |
Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 |
Establishes the Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council to advise both the governor and legislature on programs, policies, and projects to provide for the cost-effective preservation, restoration, and revitalization of Alaska Native languages in the state. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/27/Bills/SB0130Z.PDF
Title: S.B.130
Source: legis.state.ak.us |
Health--Suicide Prevention |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 |
Requires the department of education to annually provide youth suicide awareness and prevention training to each teacher, administrator, counselor, and specialist to provide services to students in grades seven through 12 in a public school in the state at no cost to the trainees. Requires that the training be offered not less than two hours each year, meets standards for professional continuing education credit in the state, and is periodically reviewed by a qualified person or committee for consistency with generally accepted principles of youth suicide awareness and prevention. Permits training to be offered through videoconferencing or an individual program of study of designated materials. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/27/Bills/SB0137C.PDF
Title: S.B. 137
Source: legis.state.ak.us |
P-3 Family Involvement |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 |
Establishes a Voluntary Parent and Early Childhood Education Program for children under 5, to be planned, implemented, and reported on by the Department of Education and Early Development. The program must provide a system of early childhood education that, among other things, enhances school readiness, increases parental involvement and increases early identification of health and developmental problems. Requires school districts to provide a room in a school free of charge; and requires the department to develop and enter into local partnerships to implement the
program. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/27/Bills/SB0182C.PDF
Title: S.B. 182
Source: www.legis.state.ak.us |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 |
Amends the amount of state funding provided to school districts for pupil transportation; Directs the department to adopt regulations that provide for oversight of and support to school districts in achieving a safe and cost-effective student transportation system. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/27/Bills/SB0182C.PDF
Title: S.B. 182
Source: legis.state.ak.us |
Postsecondary Students--Military |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
Postsec. |
Directs the department or applicable board to accept military education, training, and service credit for some or all of the qualifications otherwise required of an applicant for a license or certificate issued or to accept academic credit towards a degree or technical education if an applicant provides satisfactory evidence of successful completion of relevant military education, training, or service. Permits department to provide a temporary occupational license for qualified military service members under certain circumstances. Requires that a postsecondary educational institution or workforce investment board demonstrate that it accepts military education, training, or service credit or hours toward a degree or technical program offered by the institution.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/27/Bills/HB0282C.PDF
Title: H.B. 282
Source: legis.state.ak.us |
Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 03/2012 |
P-12 |
Revises the requirements for issuance of a limited career or technical education certificate (Type M), to include, a period of validity limited to 1 year (previously 4 years) with options for extension following the passage of a teacher competency exam; requires evidence of satisfactory completion of three semester hours of credit related to specialty area, 135 hours of work experience in the specialty outside of work with students, and evidence of satisfactory teaching performance for certificate renewal; demonstration of subject matter competency by submitting two letters of recommendation verifying the applicant's length of experience and competency in the specialty; and possessing an industry certification in the career or technical specialty, or having completed four or more years of full-time work experience in the specialty, for which not more than two years of formal training at a trade school, technical institute, or similar institution may be substituted; and the passage of a criminal background check. Also requires that applicants for a Limited Certificate in the specialty area of Alaska Native language or culture of military science successfully pass a criminal background check. http://www.eed.state.ak.us/regs/filed/4_AAC_12.370%28a%29.pdf
Title: 4 AAC 12.370, 372, 385
Source: eed.state.ak.us |
High School--College Readiness |
Adopted 03/2012 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Revises the math and science curriculum and the social studies and language curriculum requirements for all levels of Alaska Performance Scholarships after 2015. Course options are specified for each area of study. Requires that each course is a college or industry preparatory course and meets or exceeds the standards and grade-level expectation for a high school course established in the Department's publication of Alaska's Content Standards: Standards for Alaska Students. Clarifies that Advanced Placement courses meet the curriculum requirements for this section. Permits the department to conduct desk audits of the curriculum of a district that determines that students are eligible for a scholarship award. Encourages a district offering a course of study that meets the requirements but does not clearly fall within the course names listed in this section to request approval from the department. http://eed.alaska.gov/tls/CTE/docs/conferences/APS2012-january-4_AAC_43_030_final.pdf
Title: 4 AAC 43.030
Source: eed.alaska.gov |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
An Act amending the funding for statewide residential educational programs; relating to funding for high school vocational and technical instruction as a component of funding for public schools; allows taxpayers a credit against the tax due for cash contributions to include: (1) a facility or an annual intercollegiate sports tournament; (2) Alaska Native cultural or heritage programs including mentoring and tutoring; (3) for education, research, rehabilitation and facilities by an institution located in the state that qualifies as a coastal ecosystem learning center; creating a pilot project in the Iditarod Area School District; providing for an effective date by amending the effective date in sec. 57, ch. 92, SLA 2010. Effective 07/01/2011. MANIFEST ERRORS ON BILL.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=SB0084Z&session=27
Title: S.B. 84
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Relating to prevention and evaluation of and liability for concussions in student athletes. Sec. 14.30.142 is amended to read: The governing body of a school district shall consult with the state school activities association to develop and publish guidelines and other information to educate coaches, student athletes and parents of student athletes regarding the nature and risks of concussions. Guidelines developed under this section must include a description of the risks of return to play and standards for return to play. A student who is expected of having sustained a concussion during a practice or game is to be immediately removed from the practice or game and the student may not return to plan until having been evaluated and cleared for participation in writing by a qualifed person who has received training and is currently certified, as verified in writing or electronically by the qualified person, in the evaluation and management of concussions. "Qualified person" means either a licensed health care provider or a person acting at the direction and under the supervision of a licensed physician. Effective date 08/25/11.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0015Z&session=27
Title: H.B. 15
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us/ |
High School--College Readiness |
Adopted 05/2011 |
P-12 |
The Department of Education & Early Development proposes to adopt regulation changes in Title 4 of the Alaska Administrative Code, 4 AAC 06.717 (b) - (f), Work Ready/College Ready Transitional Skills Assessment, which may include issues such as the following: Requirements for the administration of the Work Keys assessment. ALASKA REG 243855
http://wwwjnu01.legis.state.ak.us/cgi-bin/folioisa.dll/aac/query=[JUMP:'4+aac+06!2E717']/doc/{@1}?firsthit
Title: 4 AAC 06.717
Source: http://wwwjnu01.legis.state.ak.us |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 |
Establishes advisory task force on theme-based education as a legislative task force to compile data and advise the legislature on public school curriculum. Establishes membership. Requires the task force to meet at the call of the chair at least once every three months. Directs the task force to (1) Compile research conducted in the state and nationally on theme-based education; (2) Explore new approaches that may effective in producing increased levels of career readiness; and (3) Prepare legislative recommendations to improve curriculum in the state. Directs the task force to submit its findings and recommendations no later than January 1, 2012. Dissolves the task force effective January 1, 2012.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=SB0001Z&session=27
Title: S.B. 1 - Task Force on Theme-Based Education
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires that the board present an annual report not later than the 30th legislative day of each regular session that describes the efforts of the board to develop, maintain, and continuously improve a comprehensive quality public education system, as provided for under the bylaws of the board. The report must include (1) a summary of the resolves and rationales provided in support of policy decisions; (2) program and curriculum changes made, discussed, or recommended in meetings; (3) additional information relevant to efforts made to improve and maintain the public education system.http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=SB0001Z&session=27
Title: S.B. 1 - State Board Reporting to Legislature
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Adopted 01/2011 |
P-12 |
Revises various provisions regarding the other academic indicator, including graduation rate, for school, district and state accountability. Repeals provision allowing target to be met by "any" improvement with provisions requiring differential improvement on the 4-year or 5-year extended graduation rate. Previously, 55.58% served as the minimum graduation rate target for public accountability; new rulemaking increases the minimum graduation rate target to 85%. Amends provisions relating to graduation rate for schools serving fewer than 25 students. Creates definition for "five year extended graduation rate." Creates definition of "émigré" for purposes of school, district and state accountability.
Title: 4 AAC 06.825, 895, 899
Source: AS 14.03.123 AS 13.07.060 AS 14.50.080 |
Assessment |
Adopted 08/2010 |
P-12 |
Amends the Alaska Administrative Code, 4 AAC 06. 715(b), regarding Work Ready/College Ready transitional skills curriculum and benchmark assessments. Provides that in each school year that the state obtains the license to allow districts to administer the WorkKeys curriculum and assessments, a district may provide students in grade 6 and 8 with the opportunity to take, or require those students to take, the WorkKeys assessments in (1) applied mathematics; (2) reading for information; and (3) locating information.
Title: 4 AAC 06.715
Source: |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Adopted 07/2010 |
P-12 |
The Department of Education & Early Development proposes to adopt regulation changes in Title 4 of the Alaska Administrative Code, 4 AAC 06.835, Designations, and 4 AAC 06.882, Ranking of schools, having to do with school improvement grants. ALASKA REG 219666
http://www.touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/aac/title04/chapter006/section835.htm
Title: 4 AAC 06.835, 882
Source: http://www.touchngo.com |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Resulting from report on 2/11/10 to the governor of earlier transportation task force. Recommendation from that task force proposed reconstitution of the task force to complete the work started with the initial effort and to perform additional tasks. The Governor's Coordinated Transportation Task Force is to serve as advisory committee to the governor to develop policy and procedural recommendations for existing programs of state, federal and local agencies that provide or coordinate community-based transportation services in communities in the state for persons with special needs or special circumstances in programs administered primarily through the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, the Department of Health and Social Services, the Department of Education and Early Development, the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, the Alaska Commission on Aging, the Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education and other agencies. The task force shall perform the following duties: (1) Gather detailed information on: (a) customer bases served; (b) the manner and type of service provided; (c) the costs for each program; and (d) the range of financing available to state, federal, and local government agencies and private entities that administer or support community-based transportation services for persons with special needs or special circumstances; (2) Analyze and make recommendations to determine improved ways agencies and private entities can coordinate and combine services to achieve cost savings in the state's largest city and in other communities as the task force's resources permit; (3) Perform a needs assessment to quantify transportation demands for persons with special needs or circumstances and recommend the removal of barriers that prevent coordination of these services to meet those demands; (4) Generate a draft coordinated transportation action plan that articulates a shared statewide vision of human service public transportation and formulates the recommendations of the first report into outcome-based strategies; (5) Review existing federal-aid programs related to urban, rural and tribal transit services and propose strategies for the Administration to pursue as part of the reauthorization of the new federal surface transportation program; (6) Recommend specific strategies to implement the urban, rural and tribal elements of the new federal surface transportation program; (7) Propose draft legislation or other strategies that support the coordinated infrastructure use of state, federal and local resources; (8) Propose changes that would allow for federal transportation activities and funding to be coordinated with the efforts of state, local and private organizations; and (9) Prepare and issue a final report, including recommendations, concerning the duties set out in this Order. The task force shall forward its final report to the Governor on or before January 15, 2012 or 18 months after the effective date of this order, whichever is later. The task force ceases to exist on the date that the report is forwarded to the governor.
Title: E.O.254
Source: http://gov.state.ak.us/admin-orders/254.html |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 |
An Act relating to the provision of information regarding a student by a school district to the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, Alaska Challenge Youth Academy.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/26/Bills/HB0360Z.PDF
Title: H.B. 360
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 |
An Act relating to charter school approval and funding. Establishes a charter school facilities construction, lease and major maintenance grant program. Chapter 91. MANIFEST ERRORS ON THIS BILL. WILL BE REVIEWED
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=SB0235Z&session=26
Title: S.B. 235
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
An Act relating to tax credits for cash contributions by taxpayers that are accepted for certain educational purposes and facilities; vocational education programs and facilities, for a facility by a nonprofit, public or private, Alaska two-year or four-year college accredited by a regional
accreditation association.and providing for an effective date. Chapter 92.
Title: S.B. 236
Source: Westlaw/StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 |
An Act relating to energy consumption and costs, operating costs, and energy efficiency standards for school construction and major maintenance by the Department of Education and Early Development; setting standards for energy efficiency for school construction and major maintenance to provide energy efficiency benefits for all school locations in the state and that address energy efficiency in design and energy systems that minimize long-term energy and operating costs; amending the percentages required to be paid by a municipal school district receiving a school construction or major maintenance grant; making a conforming amendment to a bond debt reimbursement provision referencing the percentages; establishing a formula and a fund for school construction grant funding for regional educational attendance areas; extending the deadline for authorizing school construction debt reimbursed by the state; requiring a report from the Department of Education and Early Development; and providing for an effective date. (NOTE: Since this bill was signed into law it has been found to contain manifest errors and may be reevaluated.)
Title: S.B. 237
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/images/pdficonsmall.gif |
Special Education |
Adopted Text or Summary of Text 06/2010 |
P-12 |
The Department of Education & Early Development proposes to adopt regulation changes in Title 4 of the Alaska Administrative Code, 4 AAC 06.775(i) having to do with the Nonstandardized Assessment Administrative Manual. The district's special education director or superintendent must approve the determination that a student is eligible for the nonstandardized assessment. If eligible, the district must apply to the state department of education for approval of a nonstandardized assessment. The district must file the request for approval no later than September 30 of the school year in which the student expects to graduate. If approved, the district must administer the assessment as provided in the Participation Guidelines and sent it to the department for review no later than March 15. The department will follow the procedures described in the Guidelines to determine whether the student has passed the assessment and they will evaluate the nonstandardized assessment under the department's document Alaska Nonstandardized Assessment Administrative Manual, dated June 2005 and adopted by reference.
http://www.touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/aac/title04/chapter006/section775.htm
Title: 4 AAC 06.775
Source: http://www.touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats |
Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Establishes the farm-to-school program in the Department of Natural Resources; relates to school gardens, greenhouses and farms. Program will both increase the amount of farm-fresh produce from the state into the state schools and promote agricultural education.
Chapter 11
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/26/Bills/HB0070C.PDF
Title: H.B. 70
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec. |
Relates to the AlaskAdvantage education grant program; relates to professional student exchange program availability; establishes the Alaska merit scholarship program and relating to the program; relates to student records; makes conforming amendments; establishes a Joint Legislative Higher Education Scholarship Funding Task Force; establishes an advisory task force on higher education and career readiness in the legislative branch of government. Chapter 14
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/26/Bills/SB0221Z.PDF
Title: S.B. 221
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Rule Adoption 02/2010 |
Postsec. |
Sets the origination fee for the AlaskAdvantage Consolidation Loan Program. Provides for the distribution of education funds when there are insufficient funds to meet demand. Clarifies application process and cosigner eligibility. Clarifies the methodology for setting interest rates on the WICHE PSEP. Adjusts interest rates.
http://notes5.state.ak.us/pn/pubnotic.nsf/cc52605f7c156e7a8925672a0060a91b/f977d5852d5b1432892
Title: 20 AAC 15.189(a), 20 AAC 15.520, 20 AAC 15.715, 20 AAC 15.930, 20 AAC15.940, 20 AAC 15.945(g), 20 AAC 15.945(h), 20 AAC 15.945(i)
Source: http://notes5.state.ak.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
Postsec. |
Relates to an investment in the education loan fund; relates to authority for the commissioner of revenue to enter into a bond purchase agreement and letter of credit with the Alaska Student Loan Corporation; relates to a proposal for a program under which the state repays loans to students for costs of postsecondary education. Chapter 48
http://www.legis.state.ak.us
Title: H.B. 172
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us |
Assessment |
Adopted 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Amends rules concerning work ready/college ready transitional skills assessments.
Title: 4 AAC 6.715, .717
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Relates to charter and alternative school funding. Provides for student rates. Chapter 9
http://www.legis.state.ak.us
Title: S.B. 57
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us |
Special Populations--Military |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Relates to an Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children to facilitate the timely enrollment of children of military families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty in the transfer of education records, attendance requirements, scheduling, assessment, eligibility for participation in extracurricular activities and on- time graduation. Chapter 10
http://www.legis.state.ak.us
Title: H.B. 137
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us |
Special Populations--Military |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
An Act relating to an interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children; amending Rules 4 and 24, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure; and providing for an effective date. Provides for a Compact administrator, charged with cooperation with all departments, agencies and officers of and in the goverment of the state and its subdivisions. Provides for a subcommittee of the State Board of Education to serve as the state council under AS 14.34.010.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/26/Bills/HB0137Z.PDF
Title: H.B. 137
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides for the temporary suspension of the operation of school experience factors applicable to salary scale provisions for teachers. Allows schools to use greater financial incentives to attract experienced, out-of-state teachers for hard-to-fill positions. Chapter 18
http://www.legis.state.ak.us
Title: H.B. 215
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
Postsec. |
Relates to eligibility for the state supplemental education loan program and to the interest rate for a loan made under the state family education loan program.
Chapter 7 SLA 9
http://www.legis.state.ak.us
Title: H.B. 109
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 10/2008 |
P-12 |
Removes the performance review requirement for those teachers moving from initial certification to professional certification. Allows the use of the performance review as an option to become a master teacher. Discontinues use of the performance review for the High Objective Uniform State Standards evaluation.
http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/AAC/Title04.htm
Title: 4 AAC 04.212, 12.305, 12.320
Source: http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Adopted 08/2008 |
P-12 |
Adds sections that clarify and expand the department's role in the school and district improvement process. New code requires a district to submit a district improvement plan to the department for approval not later than 90 days after designation as needing improvement under 4 AAC 06.835(b). In developing the district improvement plan, a district shall: 1) cover a two-year period; 2) consult with parents, school staff and other interested persons; 3) incorporate scientifically based research strategies that strengthen the core academic program in the schools served by the district; 4) identify actions that have the greatest likelihood of improving the achievement of students in meeting the academic performance requirements in 4 AAC.06.810; 5) address professional development needs of the instructional staff; 6) include specific measurable achievement goals and targets for all students collectively and each subgroup of students; 7) address the fundamental teaching and learning needs in the schools of the district, and the specific academic problems of low-achieving students, including a determination of why any of the district's prior plans failed to bring about increased student academic performance; 8) incorporate, as appropriate, activities before school, after school, during the summer, and during an extension of the school year; 9) specify the responsibilities of the department under the plan, including specifying the technical assistance to be provided by the department; and 10) include strategies to promote effective parental involvement in the school.
Title: 4 AAC 06.850, .872
Source: http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/AAC/Title04.htm |
Leadership |
Adopted 08/2008 |
P-12 |
Allows special service providers who hold a Type C certificate to be eligible for a Type F certificate with an endorsement as a special education administrator. Allows all holders of Type C special service certificates to be eligible for a Type B administrator certificate.
Title: 4 AAC 12.345, .346, .350
Source: http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/AAC/Title12.htm |
No Child Left Behind--Special Populations |
Adopted 08/2008 |
P-12 |
Repeals the alternate performance standards to comply with federal guidelines for students with significant cognitive disabilities.
Title: 4 AAC 04.160, .210(k)(2), .790(7)
Source: http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/AAC/Title04.htm |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 08/2008 |
P-12 |
Adds a new section setting out guidelines for maintaining initial teacher certification for students enrolled in a teacher preparation program. ALASKA 3678
Title: 4 AAC 12.305
Source: http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/AAC/Title04.htm |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds. |
Adopted 08/2008 |
P-12 |
Allows a new section setting out content and performance standards for beginning teachers.
Title: 4 AAC 04.200
Source: http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/AAC/Title04.htm |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Rule Adoption 07/2008 |
P-12 |
Deals with government of schools and special programs. Allows more flexibility in determining the graduation rate for purposes of Adequate Yearly Progress. Repeals the interim 2% flexibility. Relates to school and district accountability, academic indicators, subgroups and the performance incentive program. ALASKA 3625
http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/AAC/Title04.htm
Title: 4 AAC 06.825(b)(2), (c), .830(c), .885, 33.520(3)(4), .540(a)(2),(5), (6)
Source: http://touchngo.com |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 |
Relates to elementary and pre-elementary schools; relates to counting pre-elementary students in a school's average daily membership in a public school for federal funding purposes. Chapter 117
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/25/Bills/HB0332A.PDF
Title: H.B. 332
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us |
P-3 |
Adopted 06/2008 |
P-12 |
Aligns the developmental profile indicators in state regulation with the Alaska Early Learning Guidelines for Kindergarten and grade one. ALASKA 3627
http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/AAC/Title04.htm
Title: 4 AAC 06.712(b)
Source: http://touchngo.com |
P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Relates to the power and duties of the Department of Education and Early Development for improving instructional practices in school districts; requires the department to establish regulatory criteria under which the department may intervene in a district to improve such practices; relates to intervention and notice of deficiencies. Chapter 70
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/25/Bills/SB0285Z.PDF
Title: S.B. 285
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Extends specified public school bond debt reimbursement; relates to school construction and maintenance grants; relates to the required participating share for a municipal school district which is based on the district's full value per average daily membership calculated by dividing the full and true value of the taxable real and personal property in the district for the same fiscal year for which the valuation was made. Chapter 107
http://w3.legis.state.ak.us/house/23/WLS.htm
Title: H.B. 373
Source: http://w3.legis.state.ak.us |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Relates to a report to the Legislature on teacher preparation, retention, and recruitment by the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska. Chapter 71
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/25/Bills/SB0241Z.PDF
Title: S.B. 241
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 |
Relates to the accounting and payment of contributions under the defined benefit plan of the Public Employees' Retirement System, to calculations of contributions under that defined benefit plan, and to participation in, and termination of and amendments to participation in, that defined benefit plan; makes conforming amendments; provides for elected officials. Chapter No. 13.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=SB0125Z&session=25
Title: S.B. 125
Source: http://w3.legis.state.ak.us |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 |
Relates to school funding, the base student allocation, district cost factors and the adjustments for intensive services and average daily membership calculations; provides for special needs funding and the loss of enrollment due to a boundary change. Chapter 9
http://w3.legis.state.ak.us/docs/pdf/1stPrefiles.pdf
Title: H.B. 273
Source: http://w3.legis.state.ak.us
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Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 02/2008 |
P-12 |
Establishes a program curriculum and benchmark assessments to ensure that students in Alaska have the basic or transitional skills required for a successful transition into college and/or the workplace. ALASKA 3558
Title: 4 AAC 06.715, .717
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Health |
Adopted 02/2008 |
P-12 |
Adds one new immunization and expands the age-range for another immunization required for entry into a state public school. Updates the name of the exception reporting agency. Adds a new section that allows up to 30 days of provisional enrollment for homeless students to provide proof of immunizations. ALASKA 3594
http://old-www.legis.state.ak.us/cgi-bin/folioisa.dll/aac/query=[group+!274+aac+06!2E055!27!3A]/doc/%7B@1%7D/hits_only?
Title: 4 AAC 06.055
Source: http://old-www.legis.state.ak.us |
Student Supports--Remediation |
Adopted 11/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires districts to provide a remediation program for students who have not passed the Alaska High School Graduation Qualifying Exam after the fall administration in the student's 11th grade year. ALASKA 3573
http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/AAC/Title04.htm
Title: 4 AAC 06.759
Source: http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 11/2007 |
P-12 |
Allows the use of certain other states basic competency examinations for the purpose of teacher certification to meet the Alaska requirement. ALASKA 3557
http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/AAC/Title04.htm
Title: 4 AAC 12.310
Source: http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats |
Accountability |
Adopted 10/2007 |
P-12 |
Implements a growth model as part of the state's accountability system under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. ALASKA 3552
Title: 4 AAC 06.805(b), .812, .845(c)
Source: Lexis/Nexis |
Assessment--Accommodations |
Adopted 10/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends rules dealing with alternate performance standards for students with significant cognitive disabilities to include proficiency levels for the alternate assessment based on evaluating students' ability and performance on academic tasks. ALASKA 3551
http://www.touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/aac/title04/chapter004/section160.htm
Title: 4 AAC 04.160, .775
Source: http://www.touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats |
Assessment--Accommodations |
Adopted 10/2007 |
P-12 |
Adopts by reference, the 2007 edition of the Participation Guidelines for Alaska Students, setting forth the requirements in assessments for students with disabilities. ALASKA 3556
http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/AAC/Title04.htm
Title: 4 AAC 06.775
Source: http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/AAC/Title04.htm |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Adopted 10/2007 |
Postsec. |
Amends rules to the Department of Education and Early Development dealing with authorizations for postsecondary institutions. ALASKA 3608
Title: 20 AAC 17.040(a)-(b), 17.062
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Assessment--Accommodations |
Adopted 09/2007 |
P-12 |
Adopts by reference, the 2007 edition of the Participation Guidelines for Alaska Students, setting forth the requirements in assessments for students with disabilities. ALASKA 3556
http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/AAC/Title04.htm
Title: 4 AAC 06.775
Source: http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 09/2007 |
P-12 |
Deals with general standards for certification of professional teachers. ALASKA 3593
Title: 4 AAC 12.040 thru .900 (Non Seq)
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Special Education |
Adopted 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends regulations governing education of children with disabilities in response to the new federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act. ALASKA 3519
Title: 4 AAC 52
Source: http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/AAC/Title04.htm |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
Postsec. |
Establishes a higher education savings program for eligible children who were placed in out-of-home care by the state; provides that donors will contribute to college savings plans for a child who has spent a mimimum number of years in out of home care; provides for confidentiality of identifying information of a beneficiary under the program and provides exceptions, including disclosure to the University of Alaska who shall maintain the information as confidential. Chapter No. 58 SLA 07
Title: S.B. 76
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us
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No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools |
Adopted 06/2007 |
P-12 |
Deals with the consequences of not demonstrating adequate yearly progress. Adds additional corrective action that may be taken by the department if a school district is designated Level 4. ALASKA 3497
http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/AAC/Title04.htm
Title: 4 AAC 06.840(k), (l)
Source: http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats |
Teaching Quality |
Adopted 06/2007 |
P-12 |
Affects which schools' 7-12 teachers are eligible to use the multiple-subject objective uniform standards for the purpose of being designated highly qualified. Clarifies which teachers are eligible to use the multi-subject HOUSSE for the purpose of being designated highly qualified. ALASKA 3483
http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/AAC/Title04.htm
Title: 4 AAC 04.210(d), .212(h)
Source: http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats |
Accountability--Rewards |
Adopted 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends rules to the Department of Education and Early Development.Amends the participation rate in the Public School Performance IncentiveProgram.
Law allows for certificated and noncertificated staff to receive incentive payments on top of their base salary. Payment does not supplant or affect employee salaries or have any effect on evaluation promotion, discipline or retirement. Intent is encouragement for all involved to work collaboratively and take shared responsibility for all students, use instructional time effectively and use the results of standards-based assessments to target students' academic needs. Incentive for public school personnel to create a learning environment in which the students at that school demonstrate improved academic achievement or continue to perform at an advanced level.
http://www.eed.state.ak.us/spip/4AAC33.520_adopt.pdf
Title: 4 AAC 33.520
Source: http://www.eed.state.ak.us |
Health |
Passed 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Do pass., Relates to reauthorization of federal funding for children's health insurance; encourages the Governor to support additional funding for and access to children's health insurance. (S.J.R. 1)
http:/www.legis.state.ak.us
Title: S.J.R. 1
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
Postsec. |
Amends the functions and powers of the Commission on Postsecondary Education; revises the repayment provisions for medical education and postsecondary degree program participants. (Chapter No. 5)
http://www.legis.state.ak.us
Title: H.B. 18
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us |
Assessment |
Adopted 02/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends rules to the Department of Education and Early Development.Provides test security guidelines for the English Language assessment. Adds newsubsection that sets out guidelines for breach of test security. Clarifies theplan of service for Limited English proficient students. ALASKA 3418
Title: 4 AAC 06.765, 34.055
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Adopted 02/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends rules to the Department of Education and Early Development. Deals with criteria for low income economic status students in school accountability subgroups. Sets time frame for excluding immigrant students from assessments. ALASKA 3482
http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/AAC/Title04.htm
Title: 4 AAC 06.802, .805
Source: http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats |
P-3 Ensuring Quality |
Adopted 02/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends rules to the Department of Education and Early Development.Adopts Grade Level Expectations (GPE) for Kindergarten through Grade 2. ALASKA 3405
Title: 4 AAC 04.150
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Adopted 02/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends rules to the Department of Education and Early Development.Adopts the national specifications and revisions into the Alaska MinimumStandards for School Buses, 2006 Revised Edition. ALASKA 3454
http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/AAC/Title04.htm
Title: 4 AAC 27
Source: http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats |
Special Education |
Adopted 02/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends rules to the Department of Education and Early Development. Replaces the term "special education waiver" with "special education alternate program certificate", to more accurately reflect the participation of teachersin an alternate route to special education certification. ALASKA 3403
http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/AAC/Title04.htm
Title: 4 AAC 12.340
Source: http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats |
Special Education--Finance |
Adopted 02/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends rules concerning special education intensive services.Clarifies the criteria used to determine intensive special education fundingunder statute, and clarify certain definitions regarding this determination. ALASKA 3402
Title: 4 AAC 52.700, .790
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 02/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends rules to the Department of Education and Early Development.Adds a new paragraph to set out required scores for the teaching of certain foreign languages. ALASKA 3404
http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/AAC/Title04.htm
Title: 4 AAC 04.210(d)
Source: http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats |
Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
Adopted 02/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends rules to the Department of Education and Early Development.Deals with professional content and performance standards. ALASKA 3452
http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/AAC/Title04.htm
Title: 4 AAC 04.200(b)(5)(B)
Source: http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats |
Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
Adopted 12/2006 |
P-12 |
Amend rules to the Department of Education and Early Development,dealing with 10th grade standards based assessments. Repeals and readopts new 10th grade proficiency scores in reading, writing and mathematics. Establishes new cut scores for the High School Graduation Qualifying Exam.
Title: 4 AAC 06.739, .755
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Rule Adoption 10/2006 |
P-12 |
Implements federal flexibility guidelines in the calculation of adequate yearly progress for the subgroup of students with disabilities.
http://www.eed.state.ak.us/regs/filed/4AAC_06.830_and_4AAC_06.830(b).pdf
Title: 4 AAC 06.830(b)
Source: http://www.eed.state.ak.us/ |
No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools |
Rule Adoption 08/2006 |
P-12 |
Deals with NCLB by adding new sections concerning corrective actions for school districts that are designated for corrective action and a new section addressing procedures for receipt and resolution of program complaints in the administration of NCLB.
Title: 4 AAC 06.840, .888
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Prohibits public schools from denying students access to programs or services because a student's parent has refused to place the student on psychotropic medications, get a psychiatric evaluation or seek psychiatric or psychological treatment. Defines what communications are allowed, who can do evaluations and parental protections against being reported to office of child services because they disagree with psychotropic medications. Provisions allow behavioral, psychological or psychiatric screening by those qualified to do so, with parental consent.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=SB0048Z&session=24
Title: S.B. 48
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us/ |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Requires that each school district shall adopt a policy that prohibits the harassment, intimidation, or bullying of any student by July 2007. Districts must share this policy with parents or guardians, students, volunteers and school employees. Policy also requires districst to report incidents of harassment, intimidation, or bullying to the state department of education beginning with the 2007 - 2008 school year.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0482E&session=24
Title: H.B. 482
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0482E&session=24 |
Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Rule Adoption 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends rules to the Department of Education and Early Development. Deals with paraprofessional educators. Sets a new effective date by which certain paraprofessional educators must meet standards established by regulation. ALASKA 3321
Title: 4 AAC 04.220(d)
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
No Child Left Behind--Special Populations |
Adopted 02/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends rules to the Department of Education and Early Development, dealing with setting out qualifications for special education teachers to meet highly qualified status under the No Child Left Behind Act. Requires school districts to ensure that special education teachers employed by the district meet highly qualified teacher status. Sets requirements for teachers and school districts regarding highly qualified status for special education teachers.
Title: 4 AAC 04.210(j), (k)
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNew |
Assessment |
Adopted 12/2005 |
P-12 |
Requires the commissioner to select a standards-based science assessment and school districts to administer the assessment in selected grades.
AGENCY CONTACT: Dorothy Knuth, Commissioner's Office at the Department of Education & Early Development, 801 W 10th St., Ste. 200, Juneau, AK 99801- 1894, (907) 465-2802, Dorothy_Knuth@eed.state.ak.us
Title: 4 AAC 04.140 thru 06.825
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us/ |
No Child Left Behind--Assessment |
Adopted 10/2005 |
P-12 |
Establishes a Grade 10 Standards Based test in reading, writing and mathematics.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/cgi-bin/folioisa.dll/aac/query=[jump!3A!274+aac+06!2E737!27]/doc/{@12550}?
Title: 4 AAC 06.737
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us/ |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Issued 07/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Directs the commissioner of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to strive to require that no less than 15% of the labor hours on certain highway and heavy construction projects reported to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development be performed by apprentices. "Apprentice" means an apprentice enrolled in a federally registered approved apprenticeship training program.
http://gov.state.ak.us/admin-orders/226.html
Title: Administrative Order NO. 226
Source: http://gov.state.ak.us/ |
Health |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
An Act relating to self-administration and documentation of certain types of medication prescribed to a child attending school.
Title: H.B. 85
Source: StateNet |
Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
Passed 06/2005 |
P-12 |
Establishes a seven-member task force on school district cost factors and foundation formula to evaluate proposals that are based on available facts and conclusions pertaining to school district cost differentials. Requires the task force to provide a written report with recommendations to the House of Representatives and the Senate by January 20, 2006.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HR0010Z&session=24
Title: H.R. 10
Source: www.legis.state.ak.us |
Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 |
An act relating to the Alaska children's trust grant awards. Adds that a grant applicant must include in the program or project proposal a plan for sustainability and self-sufficiency after the grant period. Rewrites section on duration of grants. Adds provision that the grant board may reduce or discontinue an Alaska children's trust grant at any time during the grant period if the project is not being successful in accomplishing its objectives, as determined by the board.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill.asp?session=24&bill=sb150
Title: S.B. 150
Source: www.legis.state.ak.us |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 |
The reemployment of certain retired members of the teachers' and public employees' retirement systems provide a valuable tool for school districts and public employers to manage workforce shortages, especially in teaching positions and job classes that require specialized knowledge and skills. The legislature also finds that school districts and public employers must plan to meet their future workforce needs without reliance on retired workers. In extending the termination date of the reemployment provisions, it is the intent of the legislature to allow school districts and public employers to continue to use this management tool, while developing plans that address the knowledge, skills, and abilities that need to be transferred or developed to assure the work can be accomplished when the reemployment provisions terminate. It is the intent of the legislature that all participation in the retiree reemployment provisions by employers and reemployed retirees will end on July 1, 2009, unless that date is extended by law. The legislature also finds that there have been unintended consequences resulting from iplementation of the retiree reemployment provisions, including an increase in the unfunded liability of the retirement systems and the failure to realize savings in the health expenses of the retirement systems as a result of the practice of some employers of withdrawing health and medical coverage for reemployed retirees. It is the intent of the legislature that employers that benefit from the provisions of the retiree reemployment provisions pay any increase in unfunded liability that results to the retirement systems and that employers provide reemployed retirees with the same health and medical benefits provided to other active employees. A teacher hired to work as a full-time teacher who makes the election to continue to receive benefit payments may not receive retirement medical benefits during reemployment but, instead, is to be covered under the medical coverage provided by the employer to active teachers. A teacher hired to work as a less than full-time teacher who makes the election to continue to receive benefit payments may continue to receive retirement medical benefits. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/24/Bills/HB0161Z.PDF
Title: H.B. 161
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
Postsec. |
Requires a postsecondary educational institution in the state to provide written notice to each student who intends to reside in campus housing before the student's initial period of residence. Requires written notice to include information on the seriousness and transmission of meningococcal disease, notice that students in campus housing are at a moderately increased risk of contracting meningococcal disease, and that immunization against meningococcal disease decreases the risk of contracting the illness. Requires a college student to provide the institution with a signed document stating that the student has received either an immunization against meningococcal disease or the aforementioned notice.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0185Z&session=24
Title: H.B. 185
Source: www.legis.state.ak.us |
Parent/Family |
(H) PERMANENTLY FILED LEGIS RESOLVE 19 05/2005 |
P-12 |
Proclaiming July 24, 2005, as Parents' Day. States that the Alaska State Legislature encourages all parents to commit themselves to responsible and nurturing parenting to ensure the sound development of their children and to build strong and healthy communities. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HCR011Z&session=24
Title: H.C.R. 11
Source: www.legis.state.ak.us |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 02/2005 |
P-12 |
Proposes to adopt regulation changes in Title 4 of the Alaska Administrative Code, dealing with 4 AAC 12.020(a) and 4 AAC 12.043. Changes the requirements of a regular Alaska teacher certificate by allowing the department to issue regular Alaska teacher certificates to teachers who were prepared at a teacher education program approved by a chief school officer of another state. Amends the criteria for issuance of an Alaska Type M limited teacher certificate. http://www.eed.state.ak.us/regs/comment/4AAC_12.020.pdf
Title: 4 AAC 12.020(a), .043
Source: www.eed.state.ak.us |
Service-Learning |
Signed into law 09/2004 |
P-12 |
Reestablishes the Alaska State Community Service Commission to update its duties and organizational structure. Establishes membership, officers and duties. http://gov.state.ak.us/admin-orders/220.html
Title: Administrative Order 220
Source: gov.state.ak.us/ |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to reports on school and school district performance; relates to accountability of public schools and school districts. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0405Z&session=23
Title: H.B. 405
Source: Alaska Legislative Web site |
Attendance |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends the required age of a child for school attendance. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0338Z&session=23
Title: H.B. 338
Source: Alaska Legislative Web site |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to criminal history records and background checks; allows persons to teach in the public schools for up to five months without a teaching certificate if the person has applied for a certificate and the application has not been acted upon by the Department of Education and Early Development due to a delay in receiving criminal history records; allows teacher certification for certain persons based on a criminal history background check without fingerprints; and providing for an effective date."
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=SB0179Z&session=23
Title: S.B. 179
Source: Alaska Legislative Web site |
Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 |
Increases the base student allocation used in the formula for state funding of public education; and providing for an effective date." http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0233Z&session=23
Title: H.B. 233
Source: Alaska Legislative Web site |
No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 |
Exempts certain teachers at schools that are designated as failing to make adequate yearly progress from jury service during school terms. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0353Z&session=23
Title: H.B. 353
Source: Alaska Legislative Web site |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to the number of instruction days or hours in a school year; provides exceptions to the mandatory school year. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=SB0239Z&session=23
Title: S.B. 239
Source: Alaska Legislative Web site |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
Postsec. |
Exempts a person who allows a student of the University of Alaska to gain practical work experience with the person while participating in a practicum from vicarious liability as an employer, and exempts the student participating in a practicum from the Alaska Wage and Hour Act. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0539Z&session=23
Title: H.B. 539
Source: Alaska Legislative Web site |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to the housing assistance loan fund in the state housing finance corporation; creates the housing assistance loan program; repeals loans for teacher housing and provides for loans for multi- family housing. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=SB0274Z&session=23
Title: S.B. 274
Source: Alaska Legislative Web site |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
Postsec. |
Provides that the president of the University of Alaska may approve a contract between the University of Alaska and an employee that authorizes the employee to conduct research or other development of intellectual property and to develop, operate, or own a business related to or resulting from the research conducted during the employment; provides that the business may be jointly owned by the employee and the University of Alaska. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0282Z&session=23
Title: H.B. 282
Source: Alaska Legislative Web site |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Repeals the Charter School Grant Program; takes effect only if the state has received federal funding for charter school start-up costs that equals or exceeds the funding provided by the state for charter school start-up costs in fiscal year 2003.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0171B&session=23
Title: H.B. 171
Source: Alaska Legislative Web site |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to school transportation; relates to the base student allocation used in the formula for state funding of public education. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/pdf/23/Bills/SB0202B.PDF
Title: S.B. 202
Source: Alaska Legislative Web site |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to the State Centralized Correspondence Study Program, to funding for educational programs that occur primarily outside school facilities, and to the duties of school boards of borough and city school districts and regional educational attendance areas. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill.asp?session=23&bill=HB174
Title: H.B. 174
Source: Alaska LEgislative Web site |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to advancement in public schools of children under school age; provides that a district's educational program must prescribe that under school-age students advance through the curriculum or grade level by the following school year. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0154D&session=23
Title: H.B. 154
Source: Alaska Legislative web site |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to Community Schools; encourages school districts to maintain school buildings and equipment. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0165C&session=23
Title: H.B. 165
Source: Alaska Legislative Web site |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to the acquisition of teachers' housing by regional educational
attendance areas and to a teacher housing loan program and a teachers' and nurses'
housing loan program in the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=SB0025E&session=23
Title: S.B. 25
Source: Alaska Legislative Web site |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to strikes by employees of a municipal school district, a regional educational attendance area or a state boarding school; requires notice of at least 72 hours of a strike by those employees. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill.asp?session=23&bill=sb95
Title: S.B. 95
Source: Alaska Legislative Web site |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to benefits for retired teachers or employees who participated in retirement incentive programs and are subsequently reemployed as a commissioner; provides for an effective date. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill.asp?session=23&bill=HB140
Title: H.B. 140
Source: Alaska Legislative Web site |
Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
Adopted 12/2002 |
P-12 |
Requires every sophomore to take the high school graduation exam. Juniors who have failed must be retested at least once each school year on the portions of the exam that they have not yet passed. On their school reports, high schools must state the number and percentage of students who are "proficient" and "not proficient." Adds new subsection regarding the requirements for a student with a disability to retake a subtest of the examination. ALASKA REG 2754 (SN) http://www.eed.state.ak.us/regs/adopted/4AAC06.755_SophomoresTakeHSGQE.pdf
Title: 4 AAC 06.755
Source: Memorandum Number 2002-41 and State NEt |
Finance--Facilities |
Approved by voters 11/2002 |
P-12 |
State General Obligation Educational and Museum Facility, Design, Construction, and Major Maintenance Bonds $236,805,441. An Act relating to the issuance of general obligation bonds for the purpose of paying the cost of design, construction, and major maintenance of educational and museum facilities; and providing for an effective date. (http://www.gov.state.ak.us/ltgov/elections/02genr/bm02gen.htm)
Title: Bonding Proposition C
Source: Alaska Division of Elections |
P-3 |
Rule Adoption 11/2002 |
P-12 |
Pertains to child care licensing and facility operation and management. Expands the requirements regarding removal of employees or volunteers from contact with children. Requires certain books be available for parent use. Relates to life and fire safety. Clarifies fire extinguisher maintenance requirements, and the requirements of cribs for infants. Provides an exemption from the definition to certain attendants of children with special needs. http://www.educ.state.ak.us/regs/filed/993-03-0071CCLFurtherClarificationsFINAL.pdf
Title: 4 AAC 62.120; 4 AAS 62.310; 4 AAC 65.510, 65.540, 65.990
Source: StateNet |
No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Active 09/2002 |
P-12 |
Supplemental Education Services Providers Application; application process open continuously; applications will be reviewed periodically. http://www.eed.state.ak.us/nclb/pdf/SSP_RFA.pdf
Source: Alaska Department of Education Web site |
Special Education |
Rule Adoption 09/2002 |
P-12 |
Relates to special education due process hearings. Provides that on request the department will provide a record of the hearing findings or fact and decision at no cost to the parent or to any party. ALASKA REG 2757 (SN) http://old-www.legis.state.ak.us/cgi-bin/folioisa.dll/aac/query=[jump!3A!274+aac+52!2E550!27]/doc/{@12754}?
Title: 4 AAC 52.550
Source: StateNet |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Adopted 08/2002 |
P-12 |
Establishes the indicators and formulas used to measure school performance. http://www.eed.state.ak.us/regs/adopted/4AAC06_schooldesignators.pdf
Title: 4 AAC 06 - Article 4
Source: State of Alaska, Dept. of Education & Early Development |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Adopted 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Each school will receive accountability points for each student included in school accountability, based on their performance category ("Advanced," "Proficient," "Below Proficient," or "Not Proficient") Performance on Benchmark Test Accountability Points: Advanced 150, Proficient 100, Below Proficient 50, Not Proficient 20, Did Not Participate 0. A school may not exempt or excuse more than 3% of the total number of students enrolled in a grade. The school will receive zero points for students who are accountable but who did not participate, above 3% of the students enrolled in the tested grades; (3) The Status Index for each content area is calculated by adding the total number of points and dividing by the total number of students accountable. (4) The Benchmark Status Index for the school is calculated by adding the total number of index points across all content areas, and dividing by the number of content areas.
Title: 4 AAC 06
Source: http://www.eed.state.ak.us/regs/4AAC06SchoolDesignators.pdf |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Requires school report cards to include performance designations and the department to monitor the progress of the implementation of school improvement plans starting in January 2005 rather than January 2003. Requires the department to begin assigning performance designations in September 2004 rather than August 2002. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0352C&session=22
Title: H.B. 352
Source: www.legis.state.ak.us |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Adopted 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Amends the number of students that must be tested in order to publicly report test results from 3 to 10. http://www.eed.state.ak.us/regs/adopted/4AAC06.170_schoolreport.pdf
Title: Regulations Change - 4 AAC 06.170
Source: State of Alaska Dept. of Education & Early Development |
No Child Left Behind |
Active 06/2002 |
P-12 |
2002 Consolidated Application (dated June 12, 2002): http://www.eed.state.ak.us/nclb/pdf/AKConApp.pdf
Source: Alaska Department of Education Web site |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
Postsec. |
Prohibits granting a student loan to a person who fails to register for the military selective services.
Title: H.B. 305
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Special Education |
Adopted 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Waivers are allowed if districts are (A) recruiting through the University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Teacher Placement program; or
(B) advertising in one or more newspapers of general circulation; and (3) official transcripts and a letter from an approved teacher training program, evidencing that the person for whom the waiver is requested (A) has completed a minimum of nine semester or 12 quarter hours of special education coursework; and (B) is enrolled in an individualized special education training program that will qualify the person to receive a special education endorsement. May be renewed for up to three years as long as annual evidence that applicant continues to be enrolled in and is making satisfactory yearly progress on the individualized special education program set out in the application, and can complete the program within three years.
Title: 4 AAC 12.025 (a)
Source: http://www.eed.state.ak.us/regs/4aac12027specialedendorsefinal102001.pdf |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Adopted 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Beginning no later than August 31, 2002, a unique 10-digit individual student identification number issued by the department; the student identification number must appear in each electronic record containing studentlevel information that is reported to the department; also, the student identification number must appear on each student examination booklet.
Title: 4 AAC 07.060 (a)
Source: Memorandum Number 2002-32 |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Provides that the death of a state employee killed off the job site by an act of assault, assassination, or terrorism directly related to the person's status as a member, shall be considered an occupational death for purposes of survivor's pension benefits in the teachers' retirement system and the public employees' retirement system.
Title: H.B. 480
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Establishes reduced-interest-rate mortgage loans and housing assistance loans for certified teachers or education professionals in any public elementary or secondary school in a small community. Establishes maximum for principal amount of teacher housing loans. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=SB0181E&session=22
Title: S.B. 181
Source: www.legis.state.ak.us |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 07/2001 |
P-12 |
From the legislation:
It is the specific intent of this Act to place authority for regulating subject-matter expert teachers with local school boards and regional educational attendance areas and to limit the authority of the state Board of Education and Early Development with respect to subject- matter expert teachers only to the duties specifically given to the board in this Act.
Title: S.B. 86
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Relates to a 2 year transition for implementation of the public high school competency examination; establishes an essential skills examination as a high school graduation requirement; provides for an effective date.
Title: S.B. 133
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Increases the number of charter schools in the state from 30 to 60 and extends their contracts from 5 years to 10 years.
Title: H.B. 101
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Relates to funding and use of the Tobacco Use Education and Cessation Fund; Relates to finance of construction and major maintenance of public school facilities; authorizes the commissioner of revenue to sell the right to receive a portion of the anticipated revenue from a tobacco settlement to the Northern Tobacco Securitization Corporation; authorizes the issuance of bonds by the Corporation with proceeds to finance public schools and maintenance for the University of Alaska.
Title: H.B. 234
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
Postsec. |
Relates to the Commission on Postsecondary Education in the Alaska Student Loan Corporation; relates to student financial aid programs and the financing of those programs; establishes the Alaska Advantage Loan Program and the Alaska Supplemental Education Loan Program; increases bonding authorization; provides for liens resulting from default; relates to fees for the review of certain postsecondary institutions; makes conforming amendments; provides effective date.
Title: H.B. 204
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
It is the intent of the legislature that the Alaska Human Resource Investment Council undergo an internal reassessment and reorganization to minimize the number of members of the council and to improve its ability to efficiently and effectively serve as the state's primary planning and coordinating entity for vocational and technical education.
Title: S.B. 289
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 |
Makes capital appropriations that are funded from the sale of revenue bonds that are issued by the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation or a subsidiary of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation and that are to be repaid either from the revenue derived from the settlement of State of Alaska v. Phillip Morris, Incorporated, or from revenue of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to the Department of Education and Early Development for public school facilities.
Title: H.B. 287
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to a curriculum for Native language education.
Title: S.B. 103
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Establishes a school disciplinary and safety program; requires the reporting of information relating to school disciplinary and safety programs and of incidents of disruptive or violent behavior.
Title: H.B. 253
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to the pledge of allegiance by public school students.
Title: H.B. 192
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
Postsec. |
Relates to tuition; establishes a college tuition savings plan.
Title: S.B. 186
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
