00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 212                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to funding for school construction and major maintenance; and                                          
02 relating to the regional educational attendance area and small municipal school district                                
03 fund."                                                                                                                  
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 14.11.013 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                          
06            (f) The six-year capital improvement project grant schedule required under this                              
07       section must include a list for projects funded under AS 14.11.025 and a list for all                             
08       other projects.                                                                                                   
09    * Sec. 2. AS 14.11.030(a) is amended to read:                                                                    
10 (a)  The regional educational attendance area and small municipal school                                                
11 district school fund is created as an account in the general fund to be used, in addition                               
12 to other funding sources, to fund projects approved under AS 14.11.025 for the costs                                    
13 of school construction and major maintenance in regional educational attendance                                     
14       areas and small municipal school districts.                                                                       

01    * Sec. 3. AS 14.11.035 is amended to read:                                                                         
02 Sec. 14.11.035.  Report on school construction and major maintenance                                                  
03 funding.  Every [BEGINNING IN] February [2013], the department shall provide to                                     
04 the governor and the legislature an annual report on the effectiveness of the school                                    
05 construction and major maintenance grants, state aid for school construction and                                    
06 major maintenance in regional educational attendance areas, and state aid for costs of                              
07 school construction debt under this chapter. The report must include an analysis of                                     
08 funding sources and the short-term and long-term fiscal effects of the funding on the                                   
09       state. Copies of the report shall be made available to the public and to the legislature.