00                     CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 142(L&C)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to ownership of land by regional school boards; and providing for an                                   
02 effective date."                                                                                                        
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 14.08.101 is amended to read:                                                                     
05            Sec. 14.08.101.  Powers.  A regional school board may                                                      
06                 (1)  sue and be sued;                                                                                   
07                 (2)  contract with the department, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or any                                 
08       other school district, agency, or regional board for the provision of services, facilities,                       
09       supplies, or utilities;                                                                                           
10                 (3)  determine its own fiscal procedures, including but not limited to                                  
11       policies and procedures for the purchase of supplies and equipment; the regional                                  
12       school boards are exempt from AS 37.05 (Fiscal Procedures Act) and AS 36.30 (State                                
13       Procurement Code);                                                                                                
14                 (4)  appoint, compensate, and otherwise control all school employees in                                 

01       accordance with this title; these employees are not subject to AS 39.25 (State                                    
02       Personnel Act);                                                                                                   
03                 (5)  adopt regulations governing organization, policies, and procedures                                 
04       for the operation of the schools;                                                                                 
05                 (6)  establish, maintain, operate, discontinue, and combine schools                                     
06       subject to the approval of the commissioner;                                                                      
07                 (7)  recommend to the department projects for construction,                                             
08       rehabilitation, and improvement of schools and education-related facilities as specified                          
09       in AS 14.11.011(b), and plan, design, and construct the project when the responsibility                           
10       for it is assumed under AS 14.11.020;                                                                             
11                 (8)  by resolution adopted by a majority of all the members of the board                                
12       and provided to the commissioner of the department, assume ownership of all land and                              
13       buildings used in relation to the schools in the regional educational attendance area, as                     
14       provided for in AS 14.08.151(b);                                                                              
15                 (9)  provide housing for rental to teachers, by leasing existing housing                                
16       from a local agency or individual, by entering into contractual arrangements with a                               
17       local agency or individual to lease housing that will be constructed by the local agency                          
18       or individual for that purpose, or, without using for the purpose that portion of public                          
19       school funding that consists of state aid provided under AS 14.17, by constructing or                             
20       otherwise acquiring housing that is owned and managed by the regional educational                                 
21       attendance area for rental to teachers;                                                                           
22                 (10)  exercise those other functions that may be necessary for the                                      
23       proper performance of its responsibilities;                                                                       
24                 (11)  employ a chief school administrator.                                                              
25    * Sec. 2.  AS 14.08.151(b) is amended to read:                                                                     
26            (b)  Except for land located within the boundaries of a state airport, a [A]                             
27       regional school board may, by resolution, request, and the commissioner of the                                    
28       department having responsibility shall convey, title to land and buildings used in                                
29       relation to regional educational attendance area schools.  If the state holds less than fee                       
30       title to the land, the commissioner of the department having responsibility shall                                 
31       convey the entire interest of the state in the land to the regional school board.                                 

01    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).