1996-04-16                     Senate Journal                      Page 3318
SB 244                                                                       
Senator Phillips offered Amendment No. 6 :                                      
                                                                               
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	Delete all material and insert:                                               
""An Act relating to transportation of public school students;                
relating to school construction grants; relating to the public                 
school foundation program and to local aid for education; and                  
providing for an effective date."                                              
                                                                               
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE                                  
OF ALASKA:                                                                    
   * Section 1.  AS14.09.010(b) is amended to read:                          
	(b)  Each school district mentioned in (a)(1) of this section                 
is entitled to receive reimbursement from the state for the operation          
of the transportation system on a unit cost basis determined by the            
department.  In determining a school district's amount of eligible           
transportation reimbursement under this subsection, the                        
department shall provide the same level of reimbursement for                   
transportation  provided on a motor vehicle owned by the school                
district as for transportation provided on a motor vehicle                     
operated under a contract with the school district.                          
   * Sec. 2.  AS14.11.013(a) is amended to read:                             
	(a)  With regard to projects for which grants are requested                   
under AS14.11.011, the department shall                                        
		(1)  annually review the six-year plans submitted by                         
each district under AS14.11.011(b) and recommend to the board a                
revised and updated six-year capital improvement project grant                 
schedule that serves the best interests of the state and each district;        
in recommending projects for this schedule, the department shall               
verify that each proposed project meets the criteria established under         
AS14.11.014(b) and qualifies as a project required to                          
		(A)  avert imminent danger or correct life-                                 
threatening situations;                                                        
		(B)  house students who would otherwise be                                  
unhoused; for purposes of this subparagraph, students are                    
considered unhoused if the students attend school in                           
temporary relocatable facilities;                                            
		(C)  protect the structure of existing school                               
facilities;