00                       CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 464(HES)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to statewide school district correspondence study and to centralized                                   
02 correspondence study."                                                                                                  
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 14.07 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
05            Sec. 14.07.175.  Powers relating to statewide correspondence study.  (a)                                   
06       The board may adopt regulations regarding statewide correspondence study programs.                                
07       A regulation applicable to a statewide correspondence study program conducted by                                  
08       Alyeska Central School, a charter school, or a school district                                                    
09                 (1)  may not require that the correspondence study program be                                           
10       approved by the department more than once every 10 years; this paragraph does not                                 
11       apply to a statewide correspondence study program if the statewide correspondence                                 
12       study program is designated as deficient or in crisis under AS 14.03.123(a);                                      
13                 (2)  must provide that an enrolled student shall be monitored at periodic                               
14       intervals as established by the school district or Alyeska Central School, as applicable;                         
01       and                                                                                                               
02                 (3)  must provide that the governing body conducting the                                                
03       correspondence program has the duty and authority to establish procedures for                                     
04                      (A)  the purchase and use of correspondence curriculum                                             
05            materials purchased by the school district or Alyeska Central School, as                                     
06            applicable;                                                                                                  
07                      (B)  approving or disapproving home-designed courses; and                                          
08                      (C)  the evaluation of student work.                                                               
09            (b)  In this section, "district" has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990.