Title 14, Education, Libraries, and Museums

Within seven days after the certification of the results of each regular school election, the school board shall meet and elect one of its members as president, one as clerk, and, if necessary, one as treasurer.

When a member of a school board has notice of and is absent from three consecutive regular school board meetings and is not excused by the president of the school board, the other members of the school board may declare the position vacant and shall notify the ex-member by regist…

In addition to other duties, a school board shall (1) determine and disburse the total amount to be made available for compensation of all school employees and administrative officers; (2) provide for, during the school term of each year, an educational program for each school ag…

(a) The school board policies relating to management and control of the district shall be expressed in written bylaws formally adopted at regular school board meetings. (b) Administrative rules that do not embody school district policy need not be adopted as bylaws; however, the …

A school board may establish a sick leave bank to enable a teacher, because of unusual circumstances, to draw not more than twice the number of days of sick leave the teacher has accumulated before the first day of school in any school year, or 24 days, whichever is greater. Howe…

(a) Every school district shall allow its certificated employees one and one-third days of sick leave a month with unlimited accumulation of sick leave days. (b) A certificated school district employee who changes employment from one school district to another district, or from a…

(a) When necessary to provide more efficient or more economical educational services, a district may cooperate or the department may require a district to cooperate with other districts, state-operated schools, or the Bureau of Indian Affairs in providing educational or administr…

(a) To encourage cooperative arrangements between school districts and between school districts and private businesses, nonprofit organizations, or government agencies to provide more efficient or economical administrative or educational services, a school district may receive a …

(a) When there are fewer than eight children eligible to attend elementary and secondary school in a district, the school board may declare the district inoperative for that school year. (b) During the school year in which a district is inoperative, the school board shall perform…

(a) A school board may select and employ a qualified person as the chief school administrator for the district. In this subsection, “employ” includes employment by contract. (b) If the district employs a chief school administrator, the administrator shall administer the district …

(a) While serving on the school board, a member may not be employed by that local school board. Members of the immediate family of a school board member may not be employed by the school board except upon written approval of the commissioner. (b) Members of the immediate family o…

The Association of Alaska School Boards is recognized as the organization and representative agency of the members of the school boards of the state.

(a) The department and local districts may cooperate with the Association of Alaska School Boards in its inservice training program for school board members and in encouraging and fostering cooperation among the school boards affiliated with the Association of Alaska School Board…

A school board may create a committee or other advisory body on the involvement of young people in school governance.

The committee may consist of not more than nine members, drawn from the fields of public affairs, education, the sciences, the professions, other fields of private endeavor, from the state or local service, and three additional members from the 17-22 age group, and shall include …

Members of the committee or other advisory body serve without compensation but are entitled to per diem and travel expenses as may be authorized by the board.

(a) The committee shall establish procedures to enable it to recommend annually to the board a group of promising young men and women from whom the board may select interns and youth voting members of district committees or other advisory bodies. The committee, in establishing th…

An intern may be appointed to serve on the staff of the board or the district administrator for a period of time prescribed by the board, with a maximum of one year. An intern may be assigned responsibilities in any office, department, or agency of the district. Service begins at…

(a) Notwithstanding AS 39.05.100 or a provision of law relating to age, the board may appoint any 17-21 year old district resident to a district committee or advisory body if recommended by the youth involvement committee. (b) A young person recommended by the committee may be ap…

In AS 14.14.250 — 14.14.310, (1) “board” means the governing body of a borough or city school district or regional educational attendance area; (2) “district” means a borough, city, or regional educational attendance area.