00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 84(EDU)                                                                     
01 "An Act relating to a curriculum for Alaska history; and providing for an effective                                     
02 date."                                                                                                                  
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 14.03.255(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
05            (a)  A charter school operates as a school in the local school district except that                          
06       the charter school (1) is exempt from the local school district's textbook, program,                              
07       curriculum, and scheduling requirements; (2) is exempt from AS 14.14.130(c); the                                  
08       principal of the charter school shall be selected by the academic policy committee and                            
09       shall select, appoint, or otherwise supervise employees of the charter school; and (3)                            
10       operates under the charter school's annual program budget as set out in the contract                              
11       between the local school board and the charter school under (c) of this section.  A                               
12       local school board may exempt a charter school from other local school district                                   
13       requirements if the exemption is set out in the contract.  A charter school is subject to                         
14       secondary school competency testing as provided in AS 14.03.075, to [AND] other                               

01       competency tests required by the department, and to the requirements of                                       
02       AS 14.30.440.                                                                                                 
03    * Sec. 2.  AS 14.30 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                    
04                    Article 7A.  Alaska History Education.                                                             
05            Sec. 14.30.440.  Alaska history education.  The department shall develop a                                 
06       standards-based Alaska history education curriculum within grades nine through 12.                                
07       Each school board may implement the curriculum as a part of regular classroom                                     
08       studies and shall require that each student complete the curriculum with a passing                                
09       grade as a requirement for graduation.  In this section, "curriculum" means a course of                           
10       study that, by the completion of the 12th grade, is the equivalent of at least one                                
11       semester.                                                                                                         
12    * Sec. 3.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
13 read:                                                                                                                   
14       APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to students who begin the ninth grade on or after                                
15 July 1, 2004.                                                                                                           
16    * Sec. 4.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2004.