CSHB 464(EDU): "An Act relating to statewide school district correspondence study and to centralized correspondence study."
00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 464(EDU) 01 "An Act relating to statewide school district correspondence study and to centralized 02 correspondence study." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 14.07.050 is amended to read: 05 Sec. 14.07.050. Selection of textbooks. Textbooks for use in the public 06 schools of the state, including a district offered statewide correspondence study 07 program, shall be selected by district boards for district schools. Nothing in this 08 section precludes a correspondence study student, or the parent or guardian of a 09 correspondence study student, from privately obtaining or using textbooks or 10 curriculum material not provided by the school district. 11 * Sec. 2. AS 14.07 is amended by adding a new section to read: 12 Sec. 14.07.175. Powers relating to statewide correspondence study. (a) 13 The board may adopt regulations regarding statewide correspondence study programs. 14 A regulation applicable to a statewide correspondence study program conducted by
01 Alyeska Central School, a charter school, or a school district must 02 (1) specify that, once the department has approved an initial statewide 03 correspondence program application, the district is not required to submit a new 04 application more frequently than every five years if the program is designated as 05 distinguished or successful under AS 14.03.123(a); 06 (2) provide that an enrolled student shall be monitored by a certificated 07 teacher or appropriately trained personnel employed by the governing body; the 08 evaluation and grading of student work by certificated teachers must occur at least 09 quarterly, except as required by a student's individual education program under 10 AS 14.30.180 - 14.30.350 or as required in the education plan developed for the 11 student under 29 U.S.C. 794; and 12 (3) provide that the governing body conducting the correspondence 13 program has the duty and authority to establish procedures for 14 (A) the review, selection, and use of correspondence 15 curriculum materials before they are introduced into the correspondence 16 curriculum; and 17 (B) approving or disapproving home-designed courses. 18 (b) In this section, "district" has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990. 19 * Sec. 3. AS 14.08.111(9) is amended to read: 20 (9) establish procedures for the review and selection of all textbooks 21 and instructional materials, including textbooks and curriculum materials for 22 statewide correspondence programs, before they are introduced into the school 23 curriculum; the review includes a review for violations of AS 14.18.060; nothing in 24 this paragraph precludes a correspondence study student, or the parent or 25 guardian of a correspondence study student, from privately obtaining or using 26 textbooks or curriculum material not provided by the school district; 27 * Sec. 4. AS 14.14.090(7) is amended to read: 28 (7) establish procedures for the review and selection of all textbooks 29 and instructional materials, including textbooks and curriculum materials for 30 statewide correspondence programs, before they are introduced into the school 31 curriculum; the review includes a review for violations of AS 14.18.060; nothing in
01 this paragraph precludes a correspondence study student, or the parent or 02 guardian of a correspondence study student, from privately obtaining or using 03 textbooks or curriculum material not provided by the school district;