00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 305                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to yoga training programs; and relating to an exemption from the                                       
02 regulation of postsecondary educational institutions."                                                                  
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 14.48.030(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
05            (a)  The following educational programs, and institutions providing only the                                 
06       following educational programs, are exempt from the provisions of this chapter:                                   
07                 (1)  instruction provided at a level from preschool through grade 12,                                   
08       including preparation for general equivalency diploma examinations;                                               
09                 (2)  a program operated by the United States;                                                           
10                 (3)  a program that does not offer educational credentials and is                                       
11       provided only to prepare individuals to take graduate examinations; [AND]                                         
12                 (4)  a program that does not offer educational credentials and is only                                  
13       avocational or recreational in nature; and                                                                    
14                 (5) a program of instruction in yoga or yoga teacher training.