00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 367                                                                          
01 "An Act establishing a computer science program for students in juvenile facilities; and                                
02 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 14.30 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
05                    Article 17. Computer Science Program.                                                              
06 Sec. 14.30.850. Computer science program. (a) Each school district that                                               
07 provides educational services within a juvenile facility shall establish and provide to                                 
08 students in the juvenile facility, to the maximum extent practicable, an opportunity to                                 
09 access a computer science program approved by the department. A school district may                                     
10 provide the program through one or more courses offered by the school district, but                                     
11 the program's hours of instruction must in the aggregate be equivalent to a one-half                                    
12 credit hour course. A school district may provide the program through                                                   
13       telecommunications or other digital or electronic methods.                                                        
14            (b)  Each school district that provides educational services within a juvenile                               

01 facility shall annually report to the commissioner data on the percentage of students                                   
02 who are enrolled in, have partially completed, or have completed the program. The                                       
03 data must be separated by a student's gender, age, and eligibility for free or reduced-                                 
04 price meals under 42 U.S.C. 1751 - 1769j (National School Lunch Act). If a                                              
05 technology security limitation or juvenile facility limitation prevents the school district                             
06 from providing the program to students in the juvenile facility, the report must include                                
07 a brief description of the limitation and the actions the school district and juvenile                                  
08       facility are taking to address the limitation.                                                                    
09            (c)  In this section,                                                                                        
10                 (1)  "juvenile facility" means a juvenile detention facility or juvenile                                
11       treatment facility as those terms are defined in AS 47.12.990;                                                    
12                 (2)  "program" means the computer science program established in this                                   
13       section;                                                                                                          
14                 (3)  "school district" has the meaning given in AS 14.30.350.                                           
15    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect July 1, 2025.