00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 320                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the exemption from jury service for certain teachers."                                              
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 09.20.030(b) is amended to read:                                                                   
04            (b)  A person may claim exemption and shall be excused by the court from                                     
05       service as a juror during the school term if it is shown that the person is a teacher in a                        
06       school that is designated as a low performing school under regulations adopted by                             
07       the state Board of Education and Early Development [FAILING TO MAKE                                           
08       ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS UNDER P.L. 107-110]. In this subsection,                                                 
09       "teacher" means a person who serves a school district in a teaching capacity in a                                 
10       classroom setting and is required to be certificated in order to hold the position.