00                HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 174(FIN)                                                             
01 "An Act establishing a base student allocation for purposes of determining education                                    
02 funding in the amount of $4,010; providing that only 50 percent of the annual increase                                  
03 in assessed value may be included for purposes of calculating the required contribution                                 
04 to education from a city or borough school district; providing that a community with at                                 
05 least 101 students but not more than 425 students in average daily membership is                                        
06 counted as one elementary and one secondary school, and that, in a community with                                       
07 more than 425 students in average daily membership, each facility administered as a                                     
08 separate school, except certain alternative schools, is counted as a school; and providing                              
09 for an effective date."                                                                                                 
10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
11    * Section 1.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                         
12 to read:                                                                                                                
01       INTENT.  It is the intent of the legislature that any increase in funding for education                           
02 under AS 14.17                                                                                                          
03            (1)  provide an opportunity to move public schools in Alaska towards                                         
04 standards-based education; and                                                                                          
05            (2)  pay for costs associated with improving student performance by                                          
06 developing standards-based programs, including implementation of standards, aligning                                    
07 student assessment to standards, adopting instructional models based on basic skills,                                   
08 performance, tasks, and projects, and adopting a standards-based reporting system.                                      
09    * Sec. 2.  AS 14.17.470 is amended to read:                                                                        
10            Sec. 14.17.470.  Base student allocation.  The base student allocation is                                  
11       $4,010 [$3,940].                                                                                              
12    * Sec. 3.  AS 14.17.510 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
13            (c)  Notwithstanding AS 14.17.410(b)(2) and the other provisions of this                                     
14       section, if the assessed value in a city or borough school district determined under (a)                          
15       of this section increases from the base year, only 50 percent of the annual increase in                           
16       assessed value may be included in determining the assessed value in a city or borough                             
17       school district under (a) of this section.  The limitation on the increase in assessed                            
18       value in this subsection applies only to a determination of assessed value for purposes                           
19       of calculating the required contribution of a city or borough school district under                               
20       AS 14.17.410(b)(2) and 14.17.490(b).  In this subsection, the base year is 1999.                                  
21    * Sec. 4.  AS 14.17.905 is amended to read:                                                                        
22            Sec. 14.17.905.  Facilities constituting a school.  For purposes of this chapter,                          
23       the determination of the number of schools in a district is subject to the following:                             
24                 (1)  a community with an ADM of at least 10, but not more than 100,                                     
25       shall be counted as one school;                                                                                   
26                 (2)  a community with an ADM of at least 101, but not more than 425                                 
27       [750], shall be counted as                                                                                        
28                      (A)  one elementary school, which includes those students in                                       
29            grades kindergarten through six [6]; and                                                                 
30                      (B)  one secondary school, which includes students in grades                                       
31            seven [7] through 12;                                                                                    
01                 (3)  in a community with an ADM of greater than 425 [750], each                                     
02       facility that is administered as a separate school shall be counted as one school, except                         
03       that each alternative school with an ADM of less than 200 shall be counted as a part of                           
04       the school in the district with the highest ADM.                                                                  
05    * Sec. 5.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2001.