00                       CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 352(EDC)                                                                    
01 "An Act establishing curriculum restrictions based on science, resource development,                                    
02 and sustained yield principles for public school districts and for the University of                                    
03 Alaska."                                                                                                                
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. AS 14.30.380 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
06            (b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing body of each                                  
07       public school in the state shall base curriculum development on                                                   
08                 (1)  the constitutional principles of                                                                   
09                      (A)  utilization, maintenance, and sustained yield of all natural                                  
10            resources belonging to the state, including fish, forests, wildlife, land, water,                            
11            and other renewable resources; and                                                                           
12                      (B)  utilization and development of all nonrenewable resources                                     
13            in addition to encouragement of balancing resource development and                                           
14            conservation under (a) of this section;                                                                      
01                 (2)  scientific principles, without bias and without regard to personal                                 
02       opinion.                                                                                                          
03    * Sec. 2. AS 14.40.170(b) is amended to read:                                                                      
04            (b)  The Board of Regents may                                                                                
05                 (1)  adopt reasonable rules, orders, and plans with reasonable penalties                                
06       for the good government of the university and for the regulation of the Board of                                  
07       Regents;                                                                                                          
08                 (2)  determine and regulate the course of instruction in the university                                 
09       with the advice of the president; a course of instruction for environmental                                   
10       education must be based on                                                                                    
11                      (A)  the constitutional principles of                                                          
12                           (i)  utilization, maintenance, and sustained yield of all                                 
13                 natural resources belonging to the state, including fish, forests,                                  
14                 wildlife, land, water, and other renewable resources; and                                           
15                           (ii)  utilization and development of all nonrenewable                                     
16                 resources in addition to encouragement of balancing resource                                        
17                 development and conservation under (a) of this section;                                             
18                      (B)  scientific principles, without bias and without regard to                                 
19            personal opinion;                                                                                        
20                 (3)  set student tuition and fees;                                                                      
21                 (4)  receive university receipts and, subject to legislative appropriation,                             
22       expend university receipts in accordance with AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act);                                    
23                 (5)  apply for and use the proceeds of a loan from the Alaska energy                                    
24       efficiency revolving loan fund (AS 18.56.855).