00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 173                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to school funding and adjusting the district cost factors; and providing                               
02 for an effective date."                                                                                                 
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 14.17.460(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
05            (a)  For purposes of calculating a district's adjusted ADM under                                             
06       AS 14.17.410(b)(1), the district cost factor for a school district is as follows:                                 
07       DISTRICT                             DISTRICT COST FACTOR                                                         
08       Alaska Gateway                              1.594 [1.291]                                                     
09       Aleutians East                              1.991 [1.423]                                                     
10       Aleutians Region                            1.939 [1.736                                                      
11       ALYESKA CENTRAL SCHOOL                          1.000]                                                            
12       Anchorage                                        1.000                                                            
13       Annette Island                              1.338 [1.011]                                                     
14       Bering Strait                               1.998 [1.525]                                                     

01       Bristol Bay                                 1.478 [1.262]                                                     
02       Chatham                                     1.576 [1.120]                                                     
03       Chugach                                     1.496 [1.294]                                                     
04       Copper River                                1.316 [1.176]                                                     
05       Cordova                                     1.234 [1.096]                                                     
06       Craig                                       1.206 [1.010]                                                     
07       Delta/Greely                                1.241 [1.106]                                                     
08       Denali                                      1.332 [1.313]                                                     
09       Dillingham                                  1.346 [1.254]                                                     
10       Fairbanks                                   1.070 [1.039]                                                     
11       Galena                                      1.391 [1.348]                                                     
12       Haines                                      1.200 [1.008]                                                     
13       Hoonah                                      1.399 [1.055]                                                     
14       Hydaburg                                    1.504 [1.085]                                                     
15       Iditarod                                    1.846 [1.470]                                                     
16       Juneau                                      1.145 [1.005]                                                     
17       Kake                                        1.459 [1.025]                                                     
18       Kashunamiut                                 1.619 [1.389]                                                     
19       Kenai Peninsula                             1.171 [1.004]                                                     
20       Ketchikan                                   1.170 [1.000]                                                     
21       Klawock                                     1.302 [1.017]                                                     
22       Kodiak Island                               1.289 [1.093]                                                     
23       Kuspuk                                      1.734 [1.434]                                                     
24       Lake and Peninsula                          1.994 [1.558]                                                     
25       Lower Kuskokwim                             1.663 [1.491]                                                     
26       Lower Yukon                                 1.861 [1.438]                                                     
27       Matanuska-Susitna                           1.070 [1.010]                                                     
28       Mt. Edgecumbe                               1.195 [1.000]                                                     
29       Nenana                                      1.338 [1.270]                                                     
30       Nome                                        1.450 [1.319]                                                     
31       North Slope                                 1.791 [1.504]                                                     

01       Northwest Arctic                            1.823 [1.549]                                                     
02       Pelican                                     1.477 [1.290]                                                     
03       Petersburg                                  1.244 [1.000]                                                     
04       Pribilof                                    1.691 [1.419]                                                     
05       Sitka                                       1.195 [1.000]                                                     
06       Skagway                                     1.174 [1.143]                                                     
07       Southeast Island                            1.403 [1.124]                                                     
08       Southwest Region                            1.685 [1.423]                                                     
09       St. Mary's                                  1.624 [1.351]                                                     
10       Tanana                                      1.786 [1.496]                                                     
11       Unalaska                                    1.441 [1.245]                                                     
12       Valdez                                      1.170 [1.095]                                                     
13       Wrangell                                    1.159 [1.000]                                                     
14       Yakutat                                     1.412 [1.046]                                                     
15       Yukon Flats                                 2.116 [1.668]                                                     
16       Yukon/Koyukuk                               1.835 [1.502]                                                     
17       Yupiit                                     1.723 [1.469].                                                     
18    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2005.