SB 105: "An Act determining the facilities constituting a school for purposes of public school funding; and providing for an effective date."
00SENATE BILL NO. 105 01 "An Act determining the facilities constituting a school for purposes of public 02 school funding; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 14.17.905 is amended to read: 05 Sec. 14.17.905. Facilities constituting a school. For purposes of this chapter, 06 the determination of the number of schools in a district is subject to the following: 07 (1) a community with an ADM of at least 10, but not more than 100, 08 shall be counted as one school; 09 (2) a community with an ADM of at least 101, but not more than 450 10 [750], 11 (A) shall be counted as 12 (i) [(A)] one elementary school, which includes those 13 students in grades kindergarten through six [6]; and 14 (ii) [(B)] one secondary school, which includes students
01 in grades seven [7] through 12; or 02 (B) shall be counted as (i) one elementary school, which 03 includes those students in grades kindergarten through six; (ii) one middle 04 school, which includes students in grades seven through nine; and (iii) one 05 high school, which includes students in grades 10 through 12 if the 06 community had an elementary school, middle school, and high school on 07 January 1, 1999; 08 (3) in a community with an ADM of greater than 450 [750], each 09 facility that is administered as a separate school shall be counted as one school, except 10 that each alternative school with an ADM of less than 200 shall be counted as a part 11 of the school in the district with the highest ADM. 12 * Sec. 2. AS 14.17.905 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 13 (b) A correspondence school or charter school or, notwithstanding (a)(3) of this 14 section, an alternative school shall be counted as a separate school if the school 15 (1) was operating as a school on January 1, 1999, has a separate 16 administration and facility, and has an ADM of at least 10; or 17 (2) is approved by the board as a separate school; the board may not 18 approve a school described in this subsection as a separate school for purposes of this 19 paragraph unless the school has an ADM of at least 20 (A) 20 if the community has an ADM of under 2,500; or 21 (B) 75 if the community has an ADM of 2,500 or more. 22 * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect July 1, 1999.