00 HOUSE BILL NO. 435                                                                                                      
01 "An Act establishing a grant program to encourage parent involvement in public                                          
02 school education."                                                                                                      
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 14.30 is amended by adding new sections to read:                                                    
05 ARTICLE 12. PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN EDUCATION.                                                                            
06  Sec. 14.30.775.  INCENTIVE GRANT FUND ESTABLISHED.  The parent                                                        
07 involvement incentive grant fund is established.  The fund consists of money                                            
08 appropriated to it and unexpended grant money returned to the department by a school                                    
09 district.  The department may accept donations for the purpose of the fund and deposit                                  
10 the donations in it.  The department shall administer the fund.  Money in the fund may                                  
11 only be used to make grants under AS 14.30.780.  The unexpended and unobligated                                         
12 balance in the fund does not lapse under AS 37.25.010.                                                                  
13  Sec. 14.30.780.  PARENT INVOLVEMENT INCENTIVE GRANTS.  (a) The                                                        
14 department may award a parent involvement incentive grant to a school district that                                     
01 applies for the grant under regulations adopted by the board.  Only a school district                                   
02 that includes a program that effectively and consistently uses parents or volunteers, or                                
03 both, to assist in the classroom instruction of students in grades kindergarten through                                 
04 three may apply for a grant.                                                                                            
05  (b)  A grant may be used only for the purchase of student books and other                                             
06 educational materials for a qualifying program under (a) of this section that are in                                    
07 addition to those provided under the district's basic education program.  An individual                                 
08 grant may not exceed $1,000.  A grant may be expended only during the school fiscal                                     
09 year for which it was made.  A district receiving a grant shall return the unexpended                                   
10 and unobligated balance of the grant to the department for deposit in the fund.                                         
11  (c)  A school district that receives a grant under this section shall establish or                                    
12 use an existing advisory committee for each school that will receive the benefit of the                                 
13 grant to determine how the grant money shall be spent to benefit the school.  An                                        
14 advisory committee must include at minimum a parent, a teacher, and an administrator                                    
15 from the school receiving the benefit.                                                                                  
16  Sec. 14.30.785.  DEFINITIONS.  In AS 14.30.775 - 14.30.785,                                                           
17  (1)  "fund" means the parent involvement incentive grant fund;                                                       
18  (2)  "grant" means a parent involvement incentive grant under                                                        
19 AS 14.30.780;                                                                                                           
20   (3)  "school district" has the meaning given in AS 14.30.720.