00                       CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 82(EDC)                                                                     
01 "An Act relating to funding for Internet services for schools."                                                         
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 14.03.127(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
04            (a)  Each fiscal year, a district in which one or more schools qualify for a                                 
05       discounted rate for Internet services under the federal universal services program is                             
06       eligible to receive an amount for each school that is equal to the amount needed to                               
07       bring the applicant's share, as of June 30, 2013, to 10 megabits of download a second                         
08       of the Internet services.                                                                                         
09    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
10 read:                                                                                                                   
11       FUNDING FOR INTERNET SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS. Subject to appropriation,                                              
12 a school district is eligible to receive supplemental funding under AS 14.03.127 for the fiscal                         
13 years ending June 30, 2014, and June 30, 2015, for each school in the school district that                              
14 qualified for a discounted rate for Internet services under the federal universal services                              
15 program after June 30, 2013. If insufficient funding is appropriated to provide supplemental                            
01 funding authorized under this section, the state share shall be distributed pro rata to school                          
02 districts that would have been eligible for funding in the fiscal years ending June 30, 2014,                           
03 and June 30, 2015.