00                   CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 53(MLV) am(efd add)                                                             
01 "An Act relating to residency requirements for public school enrollment for certain                                     
02 children of active duty military and National Guard members; and providing for an                                       
03 effective date."                                                                                                        
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. AS 14.03.080 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
06 (g)  A school district shall consider a student to be a resident of the district and                                    
07 admit the student to a public school in the district if a parent or guardian of the student                             
08 is serving as an active duty member of the armed forces of the United States or a                                       
09 member of the National Guard and is transferred or pending transfer under an official                                   
10 military order to a military installation in the state from another military installation                               
11 within the state or from outside of the state. A parent or guardian of the student shall                                
12 provide to the school district written proof of residence in the state on an official                                   
13 document within 30 days of the student's first day of attendance in the school district.                                
14       In this subsection,                                                                                               
01                 (1)  "guardian" has the meaning given in AS 13.06.050;                                                  
02                 (2)  "military installation" means a base, camp, post, station, yard,                                   
03       center, homeport facility for a ship, armory, or other installation under the jurisdiction                        
04       of the United States Department of Defense or the United States Coast Guard;                                      
05                 (3)  "residence" means the principal dwelling place of an active duty                                   
06       parent or guardian.                                                                                               
07    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).