00                            SENATE BILL NO. 113                                                                         
01 "An Act increasing the stipend for boarding school students; and providing for an                                       
02 effective date."                                                                                                        
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 14.16.200(b) is amended to read:                                                                   
05            (b)  Costs that may be claimed by a district for reimbursement under (a) of this                             
06       section are                                                                                                       
07                 (1)  one round trip on the least expensive means of transportation                                      
08       between the student's community of residence and the school during the school year if                             
09       the district expends money for the trip; and                                                                      
10                 (2)  a per-pupil monthly stipend to cover room and board expenses as                                    
11       determined by the department on a regional basis and not to exceed the following                                  
12       amounts:                                                                                                          
13                      (A)  for the Southeast Region (Region I), $1,230 [$820];                                       
14                      (B)  for the Southcentral Region (Region II), $1,200 [$800];                                   

01                      (C)  for the Interior Region (Region III), $1,452 [$968];                                      
02                      (D)  for the Southwest Region (Region IV), $1,509 [$1,006];                                    
03                      (E)  for the Northern Remote Region (Region V), $1,776                                         
04            [$1,184].                                                                                                    
05    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect July 1, 2014.