00                    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 332(FIN)(title am)                                                             
01 "An Act defining an elementary school to include certain pre-elementary programs and                                    
02 relating to counting pre-elementary students in a school's average daily membership."                                   
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 14.03.060(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
05            (a)  Except as provided in (e) of this section, an [AN] elementary school                                
06       consists of grades kindergarten through grade eight or any appropriate combination of                             
07       grades within this range.                                                                                         
08    * Sec. 2. AS 14.03.060 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
09            (e)  In addition to the grades enumerated in (a) of this section, an elementary                              
10       school consists of a pre-elementary program supervised by the department under                                    
11       AS 14.07.020(a)(8), operated by the department as a head start program under                                      
12       AS 14.38.010, or located in a public school for federal funding purposes. Except for a                            
13       child with a disability who is receiving special education or related services under                              
14       AS 14.30.180 - 14.30.350, pre-elementary students may not be counted in a school's                                
01       average daily membership under AS 14.17.