00                       CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 192(HES)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to notification to teachers of layoff or nonretention."                                                
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 14.20.140 (a) is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                   
04            (a)  If no bill containing public school funding under AS 14.17.410 passes both                              
05       houses of the legislature on or before March 1, the employer shall notify a teacher who                           
06       is to be laid off under AS 14.20.177 or is not to be retained for the following school                            
07       year of the layoff or nonretention by writing delivered on or before the last day of the                          
08       school term or by registered mail postmarked on or before the last day of the school                              
09       term.                                                                                                             
10    * Sec. 2. AS 14.20.140(b) is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                       
11            (b)  If a bill containing public school funding under AS 14.17.410 passes both                               
12       houses of the legislature on or before March 1, the employer shall notify a teacher who                           
13       is to be laid off under AS 14.20.177 or is not to be retained for the following school                            
14       year by writing delivered on or before                                                                            
15                 (1)  March 16, or by registered mail postmarked before March 16 for a                                   
01       teacher who has acquired tenure rights; or                                                                        
02                 (2)  the last day of the school term or by registered mail postmarked on                                
03       or before the last day of the school term for a teacher who has not acquired tenure                               
04       rights.                                                                                                           
05    * Sec. 3. AS 14.20.180(b) is amended to read:                                                                      
06            (b)  An employer that has decided to nonretain a tenured teacher shall provide                               
07       the teacher with written notice, including a statement of cause and a complete bill of                            
08       particulars. The notice must comply with AS 14.20.140(a) or (b), whichever is                                 
09       applicable.