HCS CSSB 140(RLS): "An Act relating to education; providing for an effective date by repealing the effective date of secs. 1, 2, and 21, ch. 61, SLA 2014; and providing for an effective date."
00 HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 140(RLS) 01 "An Act relating to education; providing for an effective date by repealing the effective 02 date of secs. 1, 2, and 21, ch. 61, SLA 2014; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 14.03 is amended by adding a new section to read: 05 Sec. 14.03.076. Civics curriculum and assessment requirement. (a) The 06 board shall develop and periodically review a statewide civics education curriculum 07 and assessment that are based on the civics portion of the naturalization examination 08 used by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of 09 Homeland Security and primary source documents. The curriculum and assessment 10 must also include systems of government used by Alaska Natives. A district may use 11 the curriculum to educate students in civics. 12 (b) A school may not issue a secondary school diploma to a student unless the 13 student 14 (1) has completed one semester of a civics education course taught
01 using the curriculum developed under (a) of this section; 02 (2) has achieved a passing score on the civics assessment developed 03 under (a) of this section; or 04 (3) is a student with a disability and receives a waiver from the 05 governing body. 06 (c) If a student has achieved a passing score on the civics assessment 07 developed under (a) of this section, the school shall document on the student's 08 transcript that the student achieved a passing score. A student may retake the 09 assessment as needed to achieve a passing score. 10 (d) In this section, "passing score" means a student correctly answers 70 11 percent or more of the questions. 12 * Sec. 2. AS 14.03.120 is amended by adding new subsections to read: 13 (k) The department shall establish and maintain a user-friendly Internet 14 website that allows a member of the public to view and download information 15 described in this subsection and to make recommendations relating to improving 16 public education in the state. The information on the Internet website must be 17 presented in a fashion that is easily understood. To the extent practicable, and without 18 disclosing information that is confidential under state or federal law, the department 19 shall make the following information available on the Internet website: 20 (1) reports required under this section and AS 14.03.078; 21 (2) copies of audits made under AS 14.14.050; and 22 (3) a description of how each district is addressing the needs of 23 students who receive special education services. 24 (l) A district may provide on the district's Internet website a link to the 25 Internet website described in (k) of this section. 26 (m) The department shall collaborate with the Department of Labor and 27 Workforce Development under AS 44.31.020 to gather data on the progress of each 28 high school graduating class in a district by collecting career, postsecondary 29 education, and residency data on each student in the graduating class. The departments 30 shall gather the data every five years for 20 years after the high school graduation date 31 of the class.
01 * Sec. 3. AS 14.03.127(a) is amended to read: 02 (a) Each fiscal year, a district in which one or more schools qualify for a 03 discounted rate for Internet services under the federal universal services program is 04 eligible to receive an amount for each school that is equal to the amount needed to 05 bring the applicant's share to 100 [25] megabits of download a second of the Internet 06 services. 07 * Sec. 4. AS 14.03 is amended by adding a new section to read: 08 Sec. 14.03.254. Application for charter school to the board. (a) The board 09 may authorize a charter school in a school district under regulations adopted by the 10 board. The regulations must include an application procedure and provisions for 11 establishment of an academic policy committee consisting of parents of students 12 attending the school, teachers, and school employees. 13 (b) A local school board shall operate a charter school authorized under this 14 section as provided in AS 14.03.255 - 14.03.290. 15 * Sec. 5. AS 14.07.020(a) is amended to read: 16 (a) The department shall 17 (1) exercise general supervision over the public schools of the state 18 except the University of Alaska; 19 (2) study the conditions and needs of the public schools of the state, 20 adopt or recommend plans, administer and evaluate grants to improve school 21 performance awarded under AS 14.03.125, and adopt regulations for the improvement 22 of the public schools; the department may consult with the University of Alaska to 23 develop secondary education requirements to improve student achievement in college 24 preparatory courses; 25 (3) provide advisory and consultative services to all public school 26 governing bodies and personnel; 27 (4) prescribe by regulation a minimum course of study for the public 28 schools; the regulations must provide that, if a course in American Sign Language is 29 given, the course shall be given credit as a course in a foreign language; 30 (5) establish, in coordination with the Department of Family and 31 Community Services, a program for the continuing education of children who are held
01 in juvenile detention facilities or juvenile treatment facilities, as those terms are 02 defined in AS 47.12.990, in the state during the period of detention or treatment; 03 (6) accredit those public schools that meet accreditation standards 04 prescribed by regulation by the department; these regulations shall be adopted by the 05 department and presented to the legislature during the first 10 days of any regular 06 session, and become effective 45 days after presentation or at the end of the session, 07 whichever is earlier, unless disapproved by a resolution concurred in by a majority of 08 the members of each house; 09 (7) prescribe by regulation, after consultation with the state fire 10 marshal and the state sanitarian, standards that will ensure healthful and safe 11 conditions in the public and private schools of the state, including a requirement of 12 physical examinations and immunizations in pre-elementary schools; the standards for 13 private schools may not be more stringent than those for public schools; 14 (8) exercise general supervision over early education programs that 15 receive direct state or federal funding, including early education programs provided by 16 a school district for students four and five years of age, approve an early education 17 program provided by a school district that complies with the standards adopted by the 18 board under AS 14.07.165(a)(5), and revoke approval of an early education program if 19 the program does not comply with the standards adopted by the board under 20 AS 14.07.165(a)(5); 21 (9) exercise general supervision over elementary and secondary 22 correspondence study programs offered by municipal school districts or regional 23 educational attendance areas; the department may also offer and make available to any 24 Alaskan through a centralized office a correspondence study program; 25 (10) accredit private schools that request accreditation and that meet 26 accreditation standards prescribed by regulation by the department; nothing in this 27 paragraph authorizes the department to require religious or other private schools to be 28 licensed; 29 (11) review plans for construction of new public elementary and 30 secondary schools and for additions to and major rehabilitation of existing public 31 elementary and secondary schools and, in accordance with regulations adopted by the
01 department, determine and approve the extent of eligibility for state aid of a school 02 construction or major maintenance project; for the purposes of this paragraph, "plans" 03 include educational specifications, schematic designs, projected energy consumption 04 and costs, and final contract documents; 05 (12) provide educational opportunities in the areas of vocational 06 education and training, and basic education to individuals over 16 years of age who 07 are no longer attending school; the department may consult with businesses and labor 08 unions to develop a program to prepare students for apprenticeships or internships that 09 will lead to employment opportunities; 10 (13) administer the grants awarded under AS 14.11; 11 (14) establish, in coordination with the Department of Public Safety, a 12 school bus driver training course; 13 (15) require the reporting of information relating to school disciplinary 14 and safety programs under AS 14.33.120 and of incidents of disruptive or violent 15 behavior; 16 (16) establish by regulation criteria, based on low student performance, 17 under which the department may intervene in a school district to improve instructional 18 practices, as described in AS 14.07.030(a)(14) or (15); the regulations must include 19 (A) a notice provision that alerts the district to the deficiencies 20 and the instructional practice changes proposed by the department; 21 (B) an end date for departmental intervention, as described in 22 AS 14.07.030(a)(14)(A) and (B) and (15), after the district demonstrates three 23 consecutive years of improvement consisting of not less than two percent 24 increases in student proficiency on standards-based assessments in language 25 arts and mathematics, as provided in AS 14.03.123(f)(1)(A); and 26 (C) a process for districts to petition the department for 27 continuing or discontinuing the department's intervention; 28 (17) notify the legislative committees having jurisdiction over 29 education before intervening in a school district under AS 14.07.030(a)(14) or 30 redirecting public school funding under AS 14.07.030(a)(15); 31 (18) establish a reading program to provide direct support for and
01 intervention in the reading intervention programs of participating schools as described 02 in AS 14.30.765 and 14.30.770; 03 (19) annually convene, either in person or electronically, a panel to 04 review and comment on the effectiveness of the programs created by the department 05 and the regulations adopted by the board to implement AS 14.03.410, 14.03.420, 06 AS 14.30.760 - 14.30.770, and 14.30.800; the panel 07 (A) shall provide recommendations and guidance to the board, 08 the department, and the legislature on how to integrate early education and 09 reading programs created under this title with tribal compacting or programs 10 focused on cultural education within the department; 11 (B) shall discuss support for reading in Alaska Native 12 languages and other non-English languages; 13 (C) must collectively represent the regions of the state and 14 include teachers of grades kindergarten through three, school administrators, 15 parents of students in grades kindergarten through three, stakeholders from 16 indigenous language immersion programs, representatives from early 17 education stakeholder groups, and researchers of best practices for improving 18 literacy performance, including best practices for instruction of indigenous 19 students and students whose first language is not English; 20 (20) collaborate with the Department of Labor and Workforce 21 Development to gather data on the progress of each high school graduating class 22 as required under AS 14.03.120(m); 23 (21) conduct a financial audit on at least four randomly selected 24 school districts each fiscal year. 25 * Sec. 6. AS 14.07.020(a), as amended by sec. 16, ch. 40, SLA 2022, is amended to read: 26 (a) The department shall 27 (1) exercise general supervision over the public schools of the state 28 except the University of Alaska; 29 (2) study the conditions and needs of the public schools of the state, 30 adopt or recommend plans, administer and evaluate grants to improve school 31 performance awarded under AS 14.03.125, and adopt regulations for the improvement
01 of the public schools; the department may consult with the University of Alaska to 02 develop secondary education requirements to improve student achievement in college 03 preparatory courses; 04 (3) provide advisory and consultative services to all public school 05 governing bodies and personnel; 06 (4) prescribe by regulation a minimum course of study for the public 07 schools; the regulations must provide that, if a course in American Sign Language is 08 given, the course shall be given credit as a course in a foreign language; 09 (5) establish, in coordination with the Department of Family and 10 Community Services, a program for the continuing education of children who are held 11 in juvenile detention facilities or juvenile treatment facilities, as those terms are 12 defined in AS 47.12.990, in the state during the period of detention or treatment; 13 (6) accredit those public schools that meet accreditation standards 14 prescribed by regulation by the department; these regulations shall be adopted by the 15 department and presented to the legislature during the first 10 days of any regular 16 session, and become effective 45 days after presentation or at the end of the session, 17 whichever is earlier, unless disapproved by a resolution concurred in by a majority of 18 the members of each house; 19 (7) prescribe by regulation, after consultation with the state fire 20 marshal and the state sanitarian, standards that will ensure healthful and safe 21 conditions in the public and private schools of the state, including a requirement of 22 physical examinations and immunizations in pre-elementary schools; the standards for 23 private schools may not be more stringent than those for public schools; 24 (8) exercise general supervision over early education programs that 25 receive direct state or federal funding, including early education programs provided by 26 a school district for students four and five years of age; 27 (9) exercise general supervision over elementary and secondary 28 correspondence study programs offered by municipal school districts or regional 29 educational attendance areas; the department may also offer and make available to any 30 Alaskan through a centralized office a correspondence study program; 31 (10) accredit private schools that request accreditation and that meet
01 accreditation standards prescribed by regulation by the department; nothing in this 02 paragraph authorizes the department to require religious or other private schools to be 03 licensed; 04 (11) review plans for construction of new public elementary and 05 secondary schools and for additions to and major rehabilitation of existing public 06 elementary and secondary schools and, in accordance with regulations adopted by the 07 department, determine and approve the extent of eligibility for state aid of a school 08 construction or major maintenance project; for the purposes of this paragraph, "plans" 09 include educational specifications, schematic designs, projected energy consumption 10 and costs, and final contract documents; 11 (12) provide educational opportunities in the areas of vocational 12 education and training, and basic education to individuals over 16 years of age who 13 are no longer attending school; the department may consult with businesses and labor 14 unions to develop a program to prepare students for apprenticeships or internships that 15 will lead to employment opportunities; 16 (13) administer the grants awarded under AS 14.11; 17 (14) establish, in coordination with the Department of Public Safety, a 18 school bus driver training course; 19 (15) require the reporting of information relating to school disciplinary 20 and safety programs under AS 14.33.120 and of incidents of disruptive or violent 21 behavior; 22 (16) establish by regulation criteria, based on low student performance, 23 under which the department may intervene in a school district to improve instructional 24 practices, as described in AS 14.07.030(a)(14) or (15); the regulations must include 25 (A) a notice provision that alerts the district to the deficiencies 26 and the instructional practice changes proposed by the department; 27 (B) an end date for departmental intervention, as described in 28 AS 14.07.030(a)(14)(A) and (B) and (15), after the district demonstrates three 29 consecutive years of improvement consisting of not less than two percent 30 increases in student proficiency on standards-based assessments in language 31 arts and mathematics, as provided in AS 14.03.123(f)(1)(A); and
01 (C) a process for districts to petition the department for 02 continuing or discontinuing the department's intervention; 03 (17) notify the legislative committees having jurisdiction over 04 education before intervening in a school district under AS 14.07.030(a)(14) or 05 redirecting public school funding under AS 14.07.030(a)(15); 06 (18) collaborate with the Department of Labor and Workforce 07 Development to gather data on the progress of each high school graduating class 08 as required under AS 14.03.120(m); 09 (19) conduct a financial audit on at least four randomly selected 10 school districts each fiscal year. 11 * Sec. 7. AS 14.07.165(a) is amended to read: 12 (a) The board shall adopt 13 (1) statewide goals and require each governing body to adopt written 14 goals that are consistent with local needs; 15 (2) regulations regarding the application for and award of grants under 16 AS 14.03.125; 17 (3) regulations implementing provisions of AS 14.11.014(b); 18 (4) regulations requiring approval by the board before a charter school, 19 state boarding school, or a public school may provide domiciliary services; 20 (5) regulations establishing standards for an early education program 21 provided by a school district for children who are four and five years of age; the 22 regulations must include 23 (A) standards for a locally designed, evidence-based program 24 that meets Head Start Program Performance Standards and other federal 25 standards required for early education programs to receive federal funding; 26 (B) a requirement that a teacher in charge of a program hold a 27 valid teacher certificate issued under AS 14.20 and 28 (i) have satisfactorily completed a minimum of six 29 credit hours in early childhood education or complete the minimum 30 credit hours within two years of the date the teacher's employment with 31 the early education program begins; or
01 (ii) have two or more years of experience teaching 02 kindergarten or another early education program and have completed 03 additional coursework related to reading instruction, as required by the 04 department; 05 (C) developmentally appropriate objectives for children four 06 and five years of age rather than academic standards appropriate for older 07 children; the objectives must allow school districts to adapt the content of an 08 early education program to be culturally responsive to local communities; 09 (D) accommodations for the needs of all early education 10 children and their families regardless of socioeconomic circumstances; and 11 (E) standards for day in session requirements appropriate for 12 children four and five years of age; 13 (6) regulations establishing standards for day in session requirements 14 appropriate for kindergarten students; 15 (7) regulations regarding establishment of charter schools by the 16 board. 17 * Sec. 8. AS 14.09.010(a) is repealed and reenacted to read: 18 (a) A school district that provides student transportation services for the 19 transportation of students who reside a distance from established schools is eligible to 20 receive funding for operating or subcontracting the operation of the transportation 21 system for students to and from the schools within the student's transportation service 22 area. Subject to appropriation, the amount of funding provided by the state for 23 operating the student transportation system is the amount of a school district's ADM, 24 less the ADM for the district's correspondence programs during the current fiscal year, 25 multiplied by the per student amount for the school district as follows, for the school 26 years beginning July 1, 2024: 27 DISTRICT PER STUDENT AMOUNT 28 Alaska Gateway $2,536 29 Aleutians East 378 30 Anchorage 531 31 Annette Island 222
01 Bering Strait 60 02 Bristol Bay 3,257 03 Chatham 342 04 Copper River 1,934 05 Cordova 409 06 Craig 515 07 Delta/Greely 2,019 08 Denali 2,203 09 Dillingham 1,484 10 Fairbanks 995 11 Galena 310 12 Haines 763 13 Hoonah 364 14 Iditarod 258 15 Juneau 735 16 Kake 331 17 Kashunamiut 6 18 Kenai Peninsula 1,115 19 Ketchikan 886 20 Klawock 712 21 Kodiak Island 974 22 Kuspuk 797 23 Lake and Peninsula 468 24 Lower Kuskokwim 338 25 Lower Yukon 1 26 Matanuska-Susitna 1,109 27 Nenana 716 28 Nome 757 29 North Slope 1,365 30 Northwest Arctic 30 31 Pelican 88
01 Petersburg 457 02 Saint Mary's 235 03 Sitka 522 04 Skagway 44 05 Southeast Island 1,408 06 Southwest Region 728 07 Tanana 581 08 Unalaska 790 09 Valdez 897 10 Wrangell 854 11 Yakutat 907 12 Yukon Flats 322 13 Yukon/Koyukuk 365 14 Yupiit 2. 15 * Sec. 9. AS 14.16.200(b) is amended to read: 16 (b) Costs that may be claimed by a district for reimbursement under (a) of this 17 section are 18 (1) one round trip on the least expensive means of transportation 19 between the student's community of residence and the school during the school year if 20 the district expends money for the trip; and 21 (2) a per-pupil monthly stipend to cover room and board expenses as 22 determined by the department on a regional basis and not to exceed the following 23 amounts: 24 (A) for the Southeast Region (Region I), $1,845 [$1,230]; 25 (B) for the Southcentral Region (Region II), $1,800 [$1,200]; 26 (C) for the Interior Region (Region III), $2,178 [$1,452]; 27 (D) for the Southwest Region (Region IV), $2,264 [$1,509]; 28 (E) for the Northern Remote Region (Region V), $2,664 29 [$1,776]. 30 * Sec. 10. AS 14.17.430 is amended to read: 31 Sec. 14.17.430. State funding for correspondence study. Except as provided
01 in AS 14.17.400(b), funding for the state centralized correspondence study program or 02 a district correspondence program, including a district that offers a statewide 03 correspondence study program, includes an allocation from the public education fund 04 in an amount calculated by multiplying the ADM of the correspondence program by 05 the special needs factor in AS 14.17.420(a)(1) [90 PERCENT]. 06 * Sec. 11. AS 14.17.470 is amended to read: 07 Sec. 14.17.470. Base student allocation. The base student allocation is $6,260 08 [$5,960]. 09 * Sec. 12. AS 14.30.272 is amended by adding new subsections to read: 10 (c) A school district shall 11 (1) provide a parent of a child who is deaf or hard of hearing, or who 12 the school district suspects may be deaf or hard of hearing, with comprehensive, 13 neutral, and unbiased information regarding 14 (A) hearing technology, including hearing aids, bone-anchored 15 hearing aids, cochlear implants, and remote microphone systems; 16 (B) different methods of communication for a child who is deaf 17 or hard of hearing, including listening and spoken language, a bilingual 18 approach, cued speech, and total communication; 19 (C) services and programs that are designed to meet the needs 20 of children who are deaf or hard of hearing; and 21 (D) support and advocacy services offered by public and 22 private agencies and other entities knowledgeable about the needs of children 23 who are deaf or hard of hearing; 24 (2) allow the parent of a child who is deaf or hard of hearing, or who 25 the school district suspects may be deaf or hard of hearing, to choose the method of 26 communication that the parent determines is most appropriate for the child and 27 provide services using the parent's chosen method of communication for the child; and 28 (3) deliver services to a child who is deaf or hard of hearing, or who 29 the school district suspects may be deaf or hard of hearing, through professionals with 30 training, experience, and a background in the chosen method of communication. 31 (d) A school district shall inform a parent of a child who is deaf or hard of
01 hearing, or who the school district suspects may be deaf or hard of hearing, of the 02 school district's duties and of the parent's rights provided under (c) of this section. 03 (e) In this section, 04 (1) "bilingual approach" means the development of both sign language 05 and English language literacy skills as a child's mode of receptive and expressive 06 communication; 07 (2) "cued speech" means a visual communication system that uses 08 hand shapes and placements in combination with the mouth movements of speech to 09 identify the phonemes of spoken language that look similar to one another; 10 (3) "deaf" means possessing hearing levels that, with or without 11 hearing technology, substantially affect a child's ability to understand spoken 12 language; 13 (4) "hard of hearing" means possessing hearing levels that, with or 14 without hearing technology, affect a child's ability to understand spoken language; 15 (5) "listening and spoken language" means communication that 16 focuses on maximizing listening through the use of hearing technologies, professional 17 intervention, and family involvement and support to facilitate the acquisition and 18 development of the spoken language of the child's home and community; 19 (6) "total communication" means the combined use of signs, speech, 20 speech-reading, auditory training, visual aids, manual gestures, and writing to convey 21 information. 22 * Sec. 13. AS 14.30.276 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 23 (b) The department shall establish and operate a centralized program for the 24 deaf to be made available to deaf students in the state. The program must provide 25 residential services as part of its educational program. The program may be operated 26 by a school district under an agreement with the department. If a school district 27 operates the program, the school district shall annually submit a plan of operations to 28 the department for approval and shall perform all duties of a local school district 29 related to special education under state and federal law, except that the school district 30 is only required to offer transportation to students who reside in the district. If a school 31 district determines that placement at the program is appropriate for a child who resides
01 in the district, the school district that makes the placement retains the school district's 02 responsibilities for special education for that child under state and federal law. The 03 department shall provide funding for the students who attend the program operated by 04 a school district under this subsection to the school district that operates the program. 05 * Sec. 14. AS 44.31.020 is amended to read: 06 Sec. 44.31.020. Duties of department. The Department of Labor and 07 Workforce Development shall 08 (1) enforce the laws and adopt regulations under them concerning 09 employer-employee relationships, including the safety, hours of work, wages, and 10 conditions of workers, including children; 11 (2) accumulate, analyze, and report labor statistics; 12 (3) operate systems of workers' compensation and unemployment 13 insurance; 14 (4) gather data reflecting the cost of living in various locations of the 15 state upon request of the director of personnel under AS 39.27.030; 16 (5) operate the federally funded employment and training programs 17 under 29 U.S.C. 2801 - 2945 (Workforce Investment Act of 1998); 18 (6) administer the state's program of adult basic education and adopt 19 regulations to administer the program; and 20 (7) administer the programs of the Alaska Vocational Technical Center 21 and adopt regulations to administer the programs, including regulations that set rates 22 for student tuition and room and board and fees for the programs and services 23 provided by the department regarding the Alaska Vocational Technical Center; 24 (8) gather data on the progress of each high school graduating 25 class in a district by collecting career, postsecondary education, and residency 26 data on each student in the graduating class; the department shall gather the 27 data required under this paragraph every five years for 20 years after the high 28 school graduation date of each high school graduating class; the department shall 29 publish a biennial report on the data gathered under this paragraph; in this 30 paragraph, "district" has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990. 31 * Sec. 15. Sections 1, 2, and 21, ch. 61, SLA 2014, and sec. 38(b), ch. 101, SLA 2018, are
01 repealed. 02 * Sec. 16. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 03 read: 04 LUMP SUM PAYMENT FOR CERTAIN TEACHERS. (a) Subject to appropriation 05 for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027, a certificated full- 06 time teacher occupying a position requiring teaching on a regular basis during the normal 07 work period for each day or week at a classroom teaching assignment in a public elementary 08 or secondary school, excluding a person teaching as an assistant or graduate assistant or 09 teaching on a substitute, temporary, or per diem basis, is entitled to receive a lump sum 10 payment as a retention and recruitment incentive on or within a reasonable period after July 1, 11 2024, July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026, if the teacher was employed in a full-time classroom 12 teaching position for the entirety of the school term for the school year immediately preceding 13 the date of payment. The Department of Education and Early Development shall reduce the 14 retention and recruitment incentive by the amount necessary to pay mandatory employee and 15 employer deductions, including a deduction required under AS 14.25. 16 (b) Subject to the application and certification requirements in (c) of this section, the 17 Department of Education and Early Development shall pay the retention and recruitment 18 incentive identified in (a) of this section as grants to school districts as follows: 19 (1) $5,000 for each eligible certificated full-time teacher teaching in the 20 following districts: 21 (A) Anchorage School District; 22 (B) Fairbanks North Star Borough School District; 23 (C) Juneau Borough School District; 24 (D) Kenai Peninsula Borough School District; 25 (E) Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District; 26 (2) $10,000 for each eligible certificated full-time teacher teaching in the 27 following districts: 28 (A) Alaska Gateway School District; 29 (B) Aleutian Region School District; 30 (C) Aleutians East Borough School District; 31 (D) Annette Island School District;
01 (E) Chugach School District; 02 (F) Copper River School District; 03 (G) Cordova City School District; 04 (H) Delta/Greely School District; 05 (I) Denali Borough School District; 06 (J) Galena City School District; 07 (K) Haines Borough School District; 08 (L) Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District; 09 (M) Kodiak Island Borough School District; 10 (N) Mount Edgecumbe; 11 (O) Nenana City School District; 12 (P) Nome Public Schools; 13 (Q) Petersburg Borough School District; 14 (R) Saint Mary's School District; 15 (S) Sitka School District; 16 (T) Skagway School District; 17 (U) Unalaska City School District; 18 (V) Valdez City School District; 19 (W) Wrangell Public School District; 20 (X) Yakutat School District; 21 (3) $15,000 for each eligible certificated full-time teacher teaching in the 22 following districts: 23 (A) Bering Strait School District; 24 (B) Bristol Bay Borough School District; 25 (C) Chatham School District; 26 (D) Craig City School District; 27 (E) Dillingham City School District; 28 (F) Hoonah City School District; 29 (G) Hydaburg City School District; 30 (H) Iditarod Area School District; 31 (I) Kake City School District;
01 (J) Kashunamiut School District; 02 (K) Klawock City School District; 03 (L) Kuspuk School District; 04 (M) Lake and Peninsula Borough School District; 05 (N) Lower Kuskokwim School District; 06 (O) Lower Yukon School District; 07 (P) North Slope Borough School District; 08 (Q) Northwest Arctic Borough School District; 09 (R) Pelican City School District; 10 (S) Pribilof School District; 11 (T) Southeast Island School District; 12 (U) Southwest Region School District; 13 (V) Tanana City School District; 14 (W) Yukon Flats School District; 15 (X) Yukon-Koyukuk School District; 16 (Y) Yupiit School District. 17 (c) To be eligible for the retention and recruitment incentive identified in (a) of this 18 section, a certificated full-time teacher must apply during each eligible calendar year to the 19 Department of Education and Early Development on a date not later than the final day the 20 teacher's school is in session for the school term established by the governing body of that 21 teacher's school district or regional educational attendance area. The teacher shall apply for 22 the payment under this section on a form designated by the commissioner of education and 23 early development. For each teacher who applies, the school district or regional educational 24 attendance area shall certify the teacher's eligibility for payment under (a) of this section to 25 the Department of Education and Early Development. 26 (d) A payment made under this section is considered compensation for the purposes 27 of AS 14.25. 28 (e) The Department of Education and Early Development may adopt regulations 29 necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. 30 * Sec. 17. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 31 read:
01 REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. Before the first day of the First Regular Session of the 02 Thirty-Fourth Alaska State Legislature, the senate and house education committees shall 03 jointly prepare a report, deliver a copy of the report to the senate secretary and the chief clerk 04 of the house of representatives, and notify the legislature that the report is available. The 05 report shall contain 06 (1) recommendations for any change to public school foundation funding the 07 department supports; 08 (2) a survey of each school district's curriculum, programs, and services and 09 an explanation of whether there is any duplication of the curriculum, programs, and services 10 within the district; 11 (3) a definition of "accountability" as that term applies to measuring school 12 and student performance; and 13 (4) recommended metrics for determining school and student performance 14 other than the standardized testing that is currently used. 15 * Sec. 18. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 16 read: 17 TRANSITION: REGULATIONS. The state Board of Education and Early 18 Development may adopt regulations necessary to implement the changes made by secs. 3 and 19 6 this Act. The regulations take effect under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), but 20 not before the effective date of the law implemented by the regulation. 21 * Sec. 19. Section 37, ch. 61, SLA 2014, and sec. 40, ch. 101, SLA 2018, are repealed. 22 * Sec. 20. Section 6 of this Act takes effect on the effective date of sec. 16, ch. 40, SLA 23 2022. 24 * Sec. 21. Section 18 of this Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 25 * Sec. 22. Except as provided in secs. 20 and 21 of this Act, this Act takes effect July 1, 26 2024.