00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 204                                                                          
01 "An Act extending the school term; and providing for an effective date."                                                
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 14.03.030 is amended to read:                                                                      
04            Sec. 14.03.030. School term. A school term begins and ends on the dates fixed                              
05       by the governing body of a school district. A school term shall include not less than                             
06       190 [180] days in session unless, with the approval of the commissioner,                                      
07                 (1)  a day used for in-service training of teachers is substituted for a day                            
08       in session, up to a maximum of 10 days;                                                                           
09                 (2)  an "emergency closure day" is substituted for a day in session                                     
10       because of conditions posing a threat to the health or safety of students; or                                     
11                 (3)  the school board adopts a different school term that includes at                                   
12       least 780 [740] hours of instruction and study periods for pupils in kindergarten and                     
13       [,] first grade [, SECOND GRADE, AND THIRD GRADE] and at least 1,000 [900]                                    
14       hours of instruction and study periods for pupils in grades two [FOUR] through 12 if                          
15       the commissioner finds that the school board has submitted an acceptable plan under                               

01       which students will receive the approximate educational equivalent of a 190-day [180-                         
02       DAY] term.                                                                                                        
03    * Sec. 2. AS 14.45.110(b) is amended to read:                                                                      
04            (b)  A religious or other private school that elects to comply with AS 14.45.100                             
05       - 14.45.130 shall maintain monthly attendance records for each student enrolled in the                            
06       school, shall operate on a regular schedule, excluding reasonable holidays and                                    
07       vacations, during at least 190 [180] days of the year, shall make an annual report to the                     
08       commissioner of the number of students in each grade and the school calendar, and                                 
09       shall comply with the provisions concerning missing children under AS 14.30.700 -                                 
10       14.30.720.                                                                                                        
11    * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
12 read:                                                                                                                   
13       APPLICABILITY; SCHOOL TERM. AS 14.03.030, as amended by sec. 1 of this Act,                                       
14 and AS 14.45.110(b), as amended by sec. 2 of this Act, apply to collective bargaining                                   
15 agreements and school employment contracts that take effect after June 30, 2018.                                        
16    * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect July 1, 2018.