00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 109                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to residency requirements for public school enrollment for certain                                     
02 children of active duty military members."                                                                              
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 14.03.080 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
05 (g) A school district shall consider a student to be a resident of the district and                                     
06 admit the student to a public school in the district if a parent of the student is serving                              
07 on active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States and is transferred                                  
08 or pending transfer to a military installation in the state under an official military                                  
09 order. The parent of the student shall provide to the school district written proof of                                  
10       residence on an official document within 10 days after the arrival date stated in the                             
11       military orders. In this subsection,                                                                              
12                 (1) "military installation" means a base, camp, post, station, yard,                                    
13       center, homeport facility for a ship, or other installation under the jurisdiction of the                         
14       United States Department of Defense or the United States Coast Guard;                                             

01                 (2) "residence" includes                                                                                
02                      (A) the principal dwelling place of an active duty parent;                                         
03                      (B) a temporary billeting facility on a military base; and                                         
04                      (C) federal government housing or off-base military housing                                        
05            provided through a public-private venture.