SB 170: "An Act requiring vocational education counseling in public schools."
00 SENATE BILL NO. 170 01 "An Act requiring vocational education counseling in public schools." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. AS 14.07.020(a) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 04 (19) ensure the delivery of vocational education and training 05 counseling required under AS 14.14.090 in all public schools in the state; if a school 06 district is unable to provide vocational education and training counseling, the 07 department shall provide additional resources and technical assistance that result in the 08 delivery of the counseling. 09 * Sec. 2. AS 14.14.090 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 10 (11) except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, deliver vocational 11 education and training counseling to students in grades seven, nine, and 11; if a district 12 is unable to provide vocational education and training counseling because of a lack of 13 resources or technical expertise, the district shall request that the department provide 14 the resources and technical assistance necessary to deliver the counseling; this 15 paragraph does not require a district to deviate from a schedule for delivering
01 vocational education and training counseling that was consistently provided by the 02 district before the effective date of this Act.