00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 285                                                                          
01 "An Act supporting parental involvement in schools through employment of parental                                       
02 involvement coordinators."                                                                                              
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                          
05 to read:                                                                                                                
06       SHORT TITLE. This Act may be known as the Involved Parents and Successful                                         
07 Students Act.                                                                                                           
08    * Sec. 2. AS 14.03 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                     
09            Sec. 14.03.118. Parental involvement coordinator. (a) Each school district                                 
10       shall employ at least two persons at the administrative office of the school district to                          
11       serve as parental involvement coordinators for the district. One of the parental                                  
12       involvement coordinators employed under this subsection may be assigned clerical                                  
13       and support duties related to parental involvement coordination. The district may also                            
14       employ clerical staff necessary to support the work of the parental involvement                                   

01       coordinators.                                                                                                     
02            (b)  In addition to the parental involvement coordinators employed under (a) of                              
03       this section, each school district shall employ one person for each 500 students                                  
04       enrolled in the district or one person for each public school located in the district,                            
05       whichever is greater, to perform work to enhance parental involvement in district                                 
06       schools. The district may assign the persons employed under this subsection to schools                            
07       with the greatest need.                                                                                           
08            (c)  The department shall distribute funds to each school district for the costs                             
09       associated with employment of parental involvement coordinators, clerical support for                             
10       parental involvement coordinators, and additional staff employed under (a) and (b) of                             
11       this section from funds appropriated by the legislature. If the appropriation is                                  
12       insufficient to pay all eligible costs under this section, the department shall distribute                        
13       the available funds on a pro rata basis.                                                                          
14            (d)  The funding appropriated for the payment of parental involvement                                        
15       coordination under this section is in addition to the base student allocation under                               
16       AS 14.17.470.                                                                                                     
17            (e)  A school district is required to comply with the requirements of (a) and (b)                            
18       of this section only to the extent that funds have been appropriated to cover the cost of                         
19       meeting those requirements.