00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 425(EDU)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to funding for school districts operating secondary school boarding                                    
02 programs and to funding for school districts from which boarding students come; and                                     
03 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 14.16 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
06             Article 2.  School Districts Operating Boarding Programs.                                                 
07            Sec. 14.16.200.  State funding for districts operating secondary school                                    
08       boarding programs.  (a)  A district that began operating a secondary school boarding                            
09       program before January 1, 2004, is eligible to receive reimbursement for the costs                                
10       incurred by the district in operating that program.  To be eligible for reimbursement                             
11       for costs, the district secondary school boarding program must provide a suitable                                 
12       student dormitory licensed under AS 47.35.015(h) and daily access to a public school                              
13       offering the appropriate grade level.                                                                             
14            (b)  Costs that may be claimed by a district for reimbursement under (a) of this                             

01       section are                                                                                                       
02                 (1)  one round trip between the student's community of residence and                                    
03       the school during the school year if the district expends money for the trip; and                                 
04                 (2)  a per-pupil stipend determined by the department on a regional                                     
05       basis.                                                                                                            
06            (c)  In this section,                                                                                        
07                 (1)  "district" has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990;                                                  
08                 (2)  "district secondary school boarding program" means a public                                        
09       school operated for a full school year by a district in which domiciliary services are                            
10       provided for students in grades nine through 12.                                                                  
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 14.17.905 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
12            (c)  Notwithstanding (a)(1) of this section, a community with an ADM of less                                 
13       than 10 shall be counted as a school if the ADM would be at least 10 if each student                              
14       from the community who is enrolled in a district secondary school boarding program                                
15       outside of the student's community and operated under AS 14.16.200 were counted as                                
16       a student in the community.                                                                                       
17    * Sec. 3.  AS 14.16.200 and AS 14.17.905(c) are repealed July 1, 2009.                                             
18    * Sec. 4.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2004.