00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 198                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the special education service agency."                                                              
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 14.30.650 is amended to read:                                                                      
04            Sec. 14.30.650. Funding. Each fiscal year, the department shall allocate to the                        
05       agency an amount that is equal to four-tenths of one percent of the base student                              
06       allocation in AS 14.17.470 multiplied by [NOT LESS THAN $15.75 TIMES] the                                     
07       number of students in the state in average daily membership in the preceding fiscal                               
08       year as determined under AS 14.17.600. Money to carry out the provisions of this                                  
09       section may be appropriated annually by the legislature. If amounts are insufficient to                           
10       meet the allocation authorized under this section for a fiscal year, the allocation shall                         
11       be reduced pro rata. The amount allocated to the agency shall be reduced each fiscal                              
12       year by the amount contributed by the department to the Teachers' Retirement System                               
13       (AS 14.25) or the Public Employees' Retirement System (AS 39.35) on behalf of                                     
14       employees of the agency.                                                                                          
15    * Sec. 2. AS 44.66.010(a)(6) is repealed.