00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 95                                                                          
01 "An Act requiring school districts to provide a plan for hiring highly qualified teachers;                              
02 adjusting the base student allocation used in the formula for state funding of public                                   
03 education to account for inflation since fiscal year 2010; and providing for an effective                               
04 date."                                                                                                                  
05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
06    * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                          
07 to read:                                                                                                                
08       BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION ADJUSTMENT: LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE. The                                                      
09 base student allocation has not been increased since fiscal year 2009. The purpose of secs. 3                           
10 and 4 of this Act is to avoid a loss of public education funding caused by inflation rates in the                       
11 state.                                                                                                                  
12    * Sec. 2. AS 14.03.120(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
13            (a)  A district shall annually file with the department, and make available to the                           
14       public, a report that                                                                                             

01                 (1)  establishes district goals and priorities for improving education in                               
02       the district;                                                                                                     
03                 (2)  includes a plan for achieving district goals and priorities and for                            
04       hiring highly qualified teachers for the subsequent school year; and                                          
05                 (3)  includes a means of measuring the achievement of district goals                                    
06       and priorities.                                                                                                   
07    * Sec. 3. AS 14.17.470 is amended to read:                                                                         
08            Sec. 14.17.470. Base student allocation. The base student allocation is $5,966                         
09       [$5,680].                                                                                                         
10    * Sec. 4. AS 14.17.470 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
11            (b)  The department shall annually adjust the base student allocation to reflect                             
12       the change in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers for the Anchorage                                  
13       metropolitan area compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States                                       
14       Department of Labor. The index for the first half of 2012 is the reference base index.                            
15    * Sec. 5. Sections 2 and 3 of this Act take effect July 1, 2013.                                                   
16    * Sec. 6. Section 4 of this Act takes effect July 1, 2014.