00SENATE BILL NO. 65                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to centralized correspondence study; and providing for an                                              
02 effective date."                                                                                                        
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 14.16 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                   
05 ARTICLE 2.  CENTRALIZED CORRESPONDENCE STUDY.                                                                           
06  Sec. 14.16.100.  CENTRALIZED CORRESPONDENCE STUDY.  (a)  The                                                          
07 state centralized correspondence study program is a public school of the state.  A                                      
08 school term for a student enrolled in a centralized correspondence study program                                        
09 operated by the department consists of a minimum of 180 days, unless the                                                
10 commissioner approves a shorter term.                                                                                   
11  (b)  The board shall establish the salaries and benefits to be paid centralized                                       
12 correspondence study teachers employed by the department and shall establish                                            
13 procedures for teacher evaluation and training.                                                                         
14  (c)  The following provisions apply with respect to the operation and                                                 

01 management of the state centralized correspondence study program as if it were a                                        
02 school district:                                                                                                        
03   (1)  AS 14.14.105 and 14.14.107 (relating to sick leave);                                                            
04   (2)  AS 14.17.080 (relating to student count estimates);                                                             
05   (3)  AS 14.17.082 (relating to school operating fund balances);                                                      
06   (4)  AS 14.17.160 - 14.17.220 (setting out the procedure for payment                                                 
07 of financial assistance and imposing general requirements and limits on money paid);                                    
08   (5)  AS 14.20.095 - 14.20.215 (relating to the employment and tenure                                                 
09 of teachers);                                                                                                           
10   (6)  AS 14.20.220 (relating to the salaries of teachers employed);                                                   
11   (7)  AS 14.20.280 - 14.20.350 (relating to sabbatical leave provisions                                               
12 for teachers);                                                                                                          
13   (8)  AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 (authorizing collective bargaining by                                                  
14 certificated employees) except with regard to teachers who are administrators and                                       
15 except that the board may delegate some or all of its responsibilities under those                                      
16 statutes.                                                                                                               
17  (d)  A person employed as a teacher in the state centralized correspondence                                           
18 study program on July 1, 1993, acquires tenure rights under AS 14.20.150 and                                            
19 14.20.155 as though the person had been employed by a school district.                                                  
20    * Sec. 2.  AS 14.17.022 is amended to read:                                                                          
21  Sec. 14.17.022.  MONEY FOR CENTRALIZED CORRESPONDENCE                                                                 
22 STUDY.  Money for providing centralized correspondence study programs for students                                      
23 not enrolled in an approved school district correspondence study program includes an                                    
24 allocation from the public school foundation account in an amount calculated by                                         
25 multiplying the instructional unit value in AS 14.17.056 by the total number of                                         
26 instructional units, as determined by applying the number of correspondence students                                    
27 to the formula [FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS] in AS 14.17.041(b)                                                            
28 [AS 14.17.041(b)(1)], then multiplying that product by 65 percent.                                                      
29    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect July 1, 1993.