00 CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 167(FIN)                                                                                       
01 "An Act relating to scholarships to attend the University of Alaska; and providing                                      
02 for an effective date."                                                                                                 
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 14.40.040 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                          
05  (b)  The Board of Regents of the University of Alaska shall provide scholarship                                       
06 information to school districts as required by AS 14.43.930(a).                                                         
07    * Sec. 2.  AS 14.40.253 is amended to read:                                                                        
08  Sec. 14.40.253.  Financing notice and approval.  If the University of Alaska                                        
09 intends to enter into an obligation, except for refinancing obligations, under                                          
10  AS 14.40.040(a)(5)  [AS 14.40.040(5)] with an annual payment by the university                                       
11 anticipated to exceed $1,000,000, the university shall provide notice to the legislature.                               
12 The notice must include the anticipated annual payment amount, the anticipated                                          
13 financing, and the total construction, acquisition, or other costs of the project.  The                                 
14 university may not enter into an obligation requiring a financing notice under this                                     
01 section, other than a refinancing obligation, unless the project has been approved by                                   
02 the legislature by law.  An appropriation for the project does not constitute approval                                  
03 of the project for the purpose of this section.                                                                         
04    * Sec. 3.  AS 14.43 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                    
05  Sec. 14.43.930.  Scholarship program information.  (a)  The board shall                                             
06 make information about scholarship programs available in each school district in the                                    
07 state and at each campus of the University of Alaska.                                                                   
08  (b)  By September 15 before each annual graduation, a qualified high school                                           
09 in the state with a high school graduating class shall provide                                                          
10   (1)  to the board a list of the names and addresses of students in the                                               
11 graduating class who meet scholarship eligibility requirements for each scholarship                                     
12 program; and                                                                                                            
13   (2)  a notice of eligibility for the scholarship program to those students                                           
14 on the list prepared under (1) of this subsection.                                                                      
15  (c)  A school district shall amend its policies, including those applying to                                          
16 student directory information, as necessary to comply with this section.                                                
17  (d)  A qualified high school may not provide to the board the name of a student                                       
18 if the parent of the student objects to the disclosure.                                                                 
19  (e)  In this section,                                                                                                 
20   (1)  "board" means the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska;                                                 
21   (2)  "qualified high school" means a public high school, a high school                                               
22 accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges, or a high school                                       
23 registered with the department.                                                                                         
24    * Sec. 4.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to students who were in their senior year                              
25 of high school in the 1998 - 1999 or a subsequent school year.                                                          
26     * Sec. 5.  TRANSITION PROVISION.  Notwithstanding the deadline in AS 14.43.930(b),                                
27 enacted by sec. 3 of this Act, a qualified high school in the state with a high school graduating                       
28 class for the 1998 - 1999 school year shall provide the list and notice specified in                                    
29 AS 14.43.930(b)(1) and (2), enacted by sec. 3 of this Act, not later than 30 days after the                             
30 effective date of this Act.                                                                                             
31    * Sec. 6.  This Act takes effect July 1, 1999.