00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 400(EDC)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to correspondence study programs; and relating to allotments for                                       
02 correspondence study programs."                                                                                         
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                          
05 to read:                                                                                                                
06 INDIVIDUAL LEARNING PLANS; STUDENT ALLOTMENTS. (a)                                                                      
07 Notwithstanding AS 14.03.300 or 14.03.310, the department or a district that provides a                                 
08 homeschool or correspondence study program shall annually provide an individual learning                                
09 plan for each student enrolled in the program developed in collaboration with the student, the                          
10 parent or guardian of the student, a certificated teacher assigned to the student, and other                            
11 individuals involved in the student's learning plan.                                                                    
12       (b)  The board shall adopt regulations establishing standards for individual learning                             
13 plans. The regulations must require that an individual learning plan                                                    
14            (1)  provide a course of study appropriate to the student's grade level and                                  

01 consistent with state and district standards;                                                                           
02            (2)  incorporate an ongoing assessment plan that includes statewide                                          
03 assessments required for public schools under AS 14.03.123(f);                                                          
04            (3)  include provisions for modifying an individual learning plan if the student                             
05 is below proficient on a standardized assessment in a core subject;                                                     
06            (4)  provide for quarterly monitoring of a student's work and progress by the                                
07 certificated teacher assigned to the student.                                                                         
08       (c)  The department or a district that provides a homeschool or correspondence study                              
09 program may provide an annual student allotment to a parent or guardian of a student enrolled                           
10 in the homeschool or correspondence study program. A parent or guardian may use the                                     
11 allotment only for implementation of the student's individual learning plan.                                            
12       (d)  The board shall adopt regulations to implement this section consistent with art.                             
13 VII, sec. 1, of the Constitution of the State of Alaska.                                                                
14       (e)  The department shall monitor the use of allotments distributed under this section.                           
15       (f)  In this section,                                                                                             
16            (1)  "board" means the state Board of Education and Early Development;                                       
17            (2)  "department" means the Department of Education and Early Development;                                   
18            (3)  "district" has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990.                                                       
19    * Sec. 2. Section 1 of this Act is repealed July 1, 2025.