00                     CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 113(EDC)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to residential educational programs; increasing the stipend for                                        
02 boarding school students; and providing for an 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 article 2 to read:                                     
05            Sec. 14.16.100. Application for residential school. A school district shall                                
06       apply to the department for approval to establish and operate a statewide or district-                            
07       wide residential school. The department shall accept applications during an open                                  
08       application period conducted annually. A period of open application in itself does not                            
09       indicate that the department will approve the establishment of a new residential                                  
10       school.                                                                                                           
11    * Sec. 2. AS 14.16.200(b) is amended to read:                                                                      
12            (b)  Costs that may be claimed by a district for reimbursement under (a) of this                             
13       section are                                                                                                       
14                 (1)  one round trip on the least expensive means of transportation                                      

01       between the student's community of residence and the school during the school year if                             
02       the district expends money for the trip; and                                                                      
03                 (2)  a per-pupil monthly stipend to cover room and board expenses as                                    
04       determined by the department on a regional basis and not to exceed the following                                  
05       amounts:                                                                                                          
06                      (A)  for the Southeast Region (Region I), $1,230 [$820];                                       
07                      (B)  for the Southcentral Region (Region II), $1,200 [$800];                                   
08                      (C)  for the Interior Region (Region III), $1,452 [$968];                                      
09                      (D)  for the Southwest Region (Region IV), $1,509 [$1,006];                                    
10                      (E)  for the Northern Remote Region (Region V), $1,776                                         
11            [$1,184].                                                                                                    
12    * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect July 1, 2014.