00                            SENATE BILL NO. 149                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to the start time of a day in session for public high schools."                                        
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 14.03.040 is amended to read:                                                                      
04 Sec. 14.03.040. Day in session. Each day within the school term is a day in                                           
05 session except Saturdays, Sundays, and days designated as holidays by or according to                                   
06 AS 14.03.050. A school board may approve Saturdays as a day in session. The day in                                      
07 session in every school shall be at least four hours long, exclusive of intermissions, for                              
08 the first, second, and third grades and five hours, exclusive of intermissions, for all                                 
09 other grades. The commissioner may approve a shorter day in session for any grade.                                      
10       The day in session in every high school shall begin at 8:30 a.m. or later. The                                
11       period of the day in session shall be devoted to the instruction of pupils or to study                            
12       periods for the pupils.