00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 464                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to statewide school district correspondence study programs."                                           
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 14.07 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
04            Sec. 14.07.175.  Powers relating to statewide school district                                              
05       correspondence study.  (a)  The board may adopt regulations regarding statewide                                 
06       school district correspondence study programs.  A regulation applicable to a statewide                            
07       school district correspondence study program                                                                      
08                 (1)  may not require that the correspondence study program be                                           
09       approved by the department more than once every 10 years; this paragraph does not                                 
10       apply to a statewide school district correspondence study program if the average                                  
11       student assessment in reading, writing, and mathematics for all students in the                                   
12       statewide school district correspondence study program falls below the corresponding                              
13       statewide average student assessment for two consecutive school years;                                            
14                 (2)  must provide that an enrolled student shall be monitored at periodic                               
15       intervals as established by the school district;                                                                  

01                 (3)  that implements AS 14.03.090 may not impose limits on the use of                                   
02       teaching materials if the limits are more stringent than limits imposed by this section                           
03       on teaching materials used by public school students; and                                                         
04                 (4)  may not be imposed if the regulation is not imposed on public                                      
05       school students.                                                                                                  
06            (b)  In this section, "statewide school district correspondence study program"                               
07       includes a state supported home-schooling program.