Legislature(2023 - 2024)BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
03/08/2023 03:30 PM Senate EDUCATION
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| Audio | Topic |
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| SB52 | |
| Presentation Institute of Social and Economic Research Teacher Turnover, Supply, and Demand | |
| Presentation University of Alaska College of Education Consortium: Collaborating to Recruit, Prepare and Retain High Quality Educators for Alaska | |
| Presentation Alaska Teacher Recruitment and Retention | |
| Adjourn |
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| = | SB 52 | ||
SB 52-EDU INFO;INCREASE BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION
3:33:30 PM
CHAIR TOBIN announced the consideration of SENATE BILL NO. 52
"An Act relating to education; increasing the base student
allocation; and providing for an effective date."
3:33:47 PM
CHAIR TOBIN solicited a motion to adopt the proposed committee
substitute (CS).
3:33:49 PM
SENATOR STEVENS moved to adopt the committee substitute (CS) for
SB 52, work order 33-LS0369/S, as the working document.
3:33:57 PM
CHAIR TOBIN objected for purposes of discussion.
3:34:03 PM
MICHAEL MASON, Staff, Senator Löki Tobin, Alaska State
Legislature, Juneau, Alaska, provided a summary of changes from
version A to version S for SB 52:
[Original punctuation provided.]
Senate Bill 52: Increase Base Student Allocation
Summary of Changes: Version A to Version S
Section 1 Amends AS 14.03.120, which governs the
reporting requirements for school districts in Alaska,
to add a new subsection requiring the Alaska
Department of Education and Early Development to
create a website that the public can use to view and
download relevant information about public education
in Alaska. The website must also allow the public to
make recommendations relating to improving public
education in Alaska.
The special website must display information in a
fashion that is easily understood. The website must
include information included in the annual report card
to parents about the annual progress of each school
and school district toward high academic performance
by all students. The website must also include a
description of resources provided to school districts
regarding staff training, progress in aligning
curriculum with sate education performance standards,
and a description of the efforts of the Department of
Education and Early Development to assist schools or
school districts that receive a low performance
designation under AS 14.03.123.
The new subsection allows school district to link to
the new website on their websites. The new subsection
(m) directs the Department of Labor and Workforce
Development to collaborate with the Department of
Education and Early Development to gather data on the
progress of each high school graduating class in a
district. The agencies would gather information on
career, postsecondary education, and residency data on
each student in the graduating class. The departments
must gather the data every five years until 20 years
after the high school graduating date of the high
school class.
Section 2 Amends Section 15 of the Alaska Reads Act
to add language requiring the Alaska Department of
Education and Early Development to collaborate with
the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to
gather data on the progress of each high school
graduating class under the new AS 14.03.120(m)
authorized in Section 1 of the Act.
Section 3 Amends AS 14.07.020(a) to add the
collaboration with the Department of Labor and
Workforce Development to the duties of the Alaska
Department of Education and Early Development.
Section 4 Amends the Alaska Reads Act, House Bill
114 from the 32nd Alaska State Legislature, to
increase the Base Student Allocation (BSA) by an
additional $1,000 in fiscal year 2024.
The Alaska Reads Act amended AS 14.17.470, the BSA
statute, to increase the BSA from $5,930 to $5,960.
Section 4 of Senate Bill 52 further amends AS
14.17.470 to increase the BSA to $6,960.
Section 5 Amends AS 14.17.470 to increase the BSA to
$7,308. The $348 increase to the BSA take effect in
Fiscal Year 2025.
Section 6 Amends AS 14.17.470 to add a new
subsection (b) requiring the Alaska Department of
Education and Early Development to increase the base
student allocation on July 1, 2025, by a percentage
equal to the average percentage of increase over the
preceding four calendar years in all items of the
Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers for urban
Alaska prepared by the U.S. Department of Labor. The
inflation adjustment takes affect at the start of
fiscal year 2026.
Section 7 Amends AS 44.31.020 to add the requirement
to gather data on the progress of high school
graduating classes to the duties of the Alaska
Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The Act
requires the Department to publish a biennial report
on the data gathered on the progress of each high
school graduating class.
Section 8 Stipulates that Section 3 of the Act takes
effect on July 1, 2023.
Section 9 Stipulates that Section 2 of the Act takes
effect on July 1, 2023.
Section 10 Stipulates that the new subsections
authorized by Section 1 of the Act take effect on July
1, 2024.
Section 11 Stipulates that AS 14.03.120(m) enacted
by section 1 of this Act, and sections 6 and 7 of this
Act take effect on July 1, 2025.
3:38:26 PM
CHAIR TOBIN found no further objection and the CS for SB 52,
work order 33-LS0369/S, was adopted.
3:38:43 PM
CHAIR TOBIN held SB 52 in committee.
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
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| University of Alaska Presentation to Senate Education 03.08.2023.pdf |
SEDC 3/8/2023 3:30:00 PM |
University of Alaska |
| DEED Teacher Recruitment and Retention Presentation 03.07.2023.pdf |
SEDC 3/8/2023 3:30:00 PM |
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| DEED 2023 Teacher Data Handouts 03.07.2023.pdf |
SEDC 3/8/2023 3:30:00 PM |
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| ISER Teacher Turnover Presentation 03.07.2023.pdf |
SEDC 3/8/2023 3:30:00 PM |
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| ISER Research Summary Grow Our Own Policy Brief 03.07.2023.pdf |
SEDC 3/8/2023 3:30:00 PM |
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| ISER Research More Than Dollars 03.07.2023.pdf |
SEDC 3/8/2023 3:30:00 PM |
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| ISER Research Cost of Teacher Turnover 03.07.2023.pdf |
SEDC 3/8/2023 3:30:00 PM |
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| SB 52 Version S 03.08.2023.pdf |
SEDC 3/8/2023 3:30:00 PM |
SB 52 |
| SB 52 Explanation of Changes Version A to Version S 03.08.2023.pdf |
SEDC 3/8/2023 3:30:00 PM |
SB 52 |