HB 210: "An Act relating to employment of chief school administrators."
00HOUSE BILL NO. 210 01 "An Act relating to employment of chief school administrators." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. AS 14.03.120(d) is amended to read: 04 (d) Each public school shall, by May 31 of each year, prepare a report on the 05 school's performance and the performance of the school's students. The report shall 06 be presented to parents, students, and community members at a public meeting [AND 07 FORWARDED TO THE CHIEF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE DISTRICT]. 08 * Sec. 2. AS 14.08.101 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 09 (11) employ a chief school administrator if there are at least 500 10 students in average daily membership in the district; in this paragraph, "average daily 11 membership" has the meaning given in AS 14.17.250. 12 * Sec. 3. AS 14.08.111(3) is amended to read: 13 (3) [EMPLOY A CHIEF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR AND] approve 14 the employment of the professional administrators, teachers, and noncertificated
01 personnel necessary to operate its schools; 02 * Sec. 4. AS 14.14.130(a) is amended to read: 03 (a) Each school board may [SHALL] select and employ a qualified person as 04 the chief school administrator for the district if the district has at least 500 students 05 in average daily membership in the district. In this subsection, 06 (1) "average daily membership" has the meaning given in 07 AS 14.17.250; and 08 (2) "employ" includes employment by contract. 09 * Sec. 5. AS 14.14.130(b) is amended to read: 10 (b) If the district employs a [THE] chief school administrator, the 11 administrator [OF THE DISTRICT] shall administer the district in accordance with 12 the policies that [WHICH] the school board prescribes by bylaw. 13 * Sec. 6. AS 14.14.130(c) is amended to read: 14 (c) If the district employs a [THE] chief school administrator, the 15 administrator shall select, appoint, and otherwise control all school district employees 16 that serve under the chief school administrator subject to the approval of the school 17 board. 18 * Sec. 7. AS 14.16.020 is amended to read: 19 Sec. 14.16.020. OPERATION OF STATE BOARDING SCHOOL. In the 20 management of the state boarding school, the board shall 21 (1) adopt a philosophy of education for the state boarding school; 22 (2) [EMPLOY A CHIEF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR AND] approve 23 the employment of [OTHER] personnel necessary to operate the state boarding school; 24 (3) establish the salaries and benefits to be paid teachers, excluding 25 administrators, of the state boarding school; 26 (4) designate the employees authorized to direct disbursements from the 27 money appropriated for the operation of the state boarding school and for the 28 construction of its facilities; 29 (5) provide custodial services and routine maintenance of the state 30 boarding school's physical facilities; 31 (6) establish procedures for the development and implementation of
01 curriculum and the selection and use of textbooks and instructional materials at the 02 state boarding school; 03 (7) prescribe health evaluation and placement screening programs for 04 newly admitted students; 05 (8) establish procedures for staff evaluation; and 06 (9) provide staff training. 07 * Sec. 8. AS 14.20.025 is amended to read: 08 Sec. 14.20.025. OTHER TEACHER CERTIFICATES. Notwithstanding 09 AS 14.20.020(b), a person may be issued a limited certificate, valid only in the area 10 of expertise for which it is issued, to teach Alaska Native language or culture, military 11 science, or a vocational or technical course for which the board determines by 12 regulation that baccalaureate degree training is not sufficiently available. A limited 13 certificate may be issued under this section only if the school board of the district or 14 regional educational attendance area in which the person will be teaching, through the 15 chief school administrator or directly to the department if a chief school 16 administrator is not employed, has requested its issuance. A person who applies for 17 a limited certificate shall demonstrate, as required by regulations adopted by the board, 18 instructional skills and subject matter expertise sufficient to ensure the public that the 19 person is competent as a teacher. The board may require a person issued a limited 20 certificate to undertake academic training as may be required by the board by 21 regulation and make satisfactory progress in the academic training. 22 * Sec. 9. AS 14.20.147(a) is amended to read: 23 (a) When an attendance area is transferred from a currently operating district 24 to, or absorbed into, a new or existing school district, the teachers for the attendance 25 area also shall be transferred unless otherwise mutually agreed by the teacher or 26 teachers and the chief school administrator of the new district if the district employs 27 a chief school administrator. Accumulated or earned benefits, including but not 28 limited to, seniority, salary level, tenure, leave, and retirement, accompany the teacher 29 who is transferred. 30 * Sec. 10. AS 14.20.148 is amended to read: 31 Sec. 14.20.148. INTRADISTRICT TEACHER REASSIGNMENTS. When a
01 teacher is involuntarily transferred or reassigned to a position for which the teacher is 02 qualified, within the district, the teacher's moving expenses shall be paid unless the 03 one-way driving distance is 20 miles or less from the teacher's present place of 04 residence, or unless otherwise mutually agreed by the teacher and chief school 05 administrator of the district if the district employs a chief school administrator. 06 * Sec. 11. AS 14.16.050(a)(1)(G) is repealed.