00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 257(HES)                                                                                        
01 "An Act relating to funding for school districts operating secondary school                                             
02 boarding programs; and providing for an effective date."                                                                
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 14.16 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
05 Article 2.  School District Operating Boarding Programs.                                                              
06  Sec. 14.16.200.  State funding for districts operating secondary school                                              
07 boarding programs.  (a)  A district is eligible to receive reimbursement for the costs                                 
08 incurred by the district in operating a secondary school boarding program.  To be                                       
09 eligible for reimbursement for costs, the district secondary school boarding program                                    
10 must provide a suitable student dormitory and daily access to a school offering the                                     
11 appropriate grade level.                                                                                                
12  (b)  Costs that may be claimed by a district for reimbursement are                                                    
13   (1)  one round trip between the student's community of residence and                                                 
14 the school during the school year if the district expends money for the trip; and                                       

01   (2)  a per-pupil stipend determined by the department on a regional                                                  
02 basis.                                                                                                                  
03  (c)  In this section, "district" has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990.                                               
04    * Sec. 2.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                            
05 to read:                                                                                                                
06  REVISOR INSTRUCTIONS.  The revisor of statutes shall substitute the spanned                                            
07 reference "AS 14.16.010 - 14.16.080" for a reference to "this chapter" in AS 14.16.010.                                 
08    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2000.