Title 14 — Education, Libraries, and Museums
36 chapters · 1,018 sections in this title.
AS 14.20.010 Teacher certificate required.
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A person may not be employed as a teacher in the public schools of the state unless that person possesses a valid teacher certificate except that a person who has made application to the department for a teacher certificate or renewal of a teacher certificate that has not been ac…
AS 14.20.015 Recognition of certificates of out-of-state teachers.
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(a) The department shall issue a preliminary teacher certificate to an out-of-state teacher who meets the requirements of this section. To be eligible for a preliminary teacher certificate, a person shall (1) have received at least a baccalaureate degree from an institution of hi…
AS 14.20.017 Grace period for issuance of regular teacher certificates to previously certificated teachers.
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(a) The department shall issue a teacher certificate as described in AS 14.20.020, subject to revocation, to a teacher who meets the requirements of this section. To be eligible for a revocable teacher certificate under this section, a person shall (1) have held a valid teacher c…
AS 14.20.020 Requirements for issuance of certificate; fingerprints.
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(a) Except as provided in (f) of this section, the department shall issue a teacher certificate to every person who meets the requirements in (b), (c), and (h) of this section. (b) A person is not eligible for a teacher certificate unless that person has received at least a bacca…
AS 14.20.022 Subject-matter expert limited teacher certificate.
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(a) Notwithstanding AS 14.20.020, a person may be issued a subject-matter expert limited teacher certificate, valid only in the subject-matter in which the person has expertise, upon compliance with the requirements of this section. A subject-matter expert teacher may only be emp…
AS 14.20.023 Limited language immersion teacher certificates.
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(a) Notwithstanding AS 14.20.020(b), the department may issue a limited language immersion teacher certificate, valid only in the area of expertise for which it is issued, to a person qualified under (b) of this section to teach any subject if the language of instruction is not E…
AS 14.20.025 Limited teacher certificates.
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Notwithstanding AS 14.20.020(b), a person may be issued a limited certificate, valid only in the area of expertise for which it is issued, to teach Alaska Native language or culture, military science, or a vocational or technical course for which the board determines by regulatio…
AS 14.20.027 Reporting of and access to social security numbers.
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Notwithstanding AS 14.20.010 — 14.20.040, the department may not issue a teacher certificate under AS 14.20.020 or a limited teacher certificate under AS 14.20.025 unless the applicant has supplied the department with the applicant's social security number. Upon request, the depa…
AS 14.20.030 Causes for revocation and suspension.
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(a) The commissioner or the Professional Teaching Practices Commission may revoke or suspend a certificate only for the following reasons: (1) incompetency, which is defined as the inability or the unintentional or intentional failure to perform the teacher's customary teaching d…
AS 14.20.035 Evaluation of training and experience.
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In evaluating an applicant for a position in a district or regional educational attendance area, a district or regional educational attendance area shall give preference to those applicants who demonstrate training or experience that establishes that the applicant is likely to be…
AS 14.20.040 Applicability of the Administrative Procedure Act.
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AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) applies to all proceedings under AS 14.20.030, and revocations and suspensions are final and reviewable in accordance with AS 44.62.560 — 44.62.570.
AS 14.20.090 Revocation of certificates. [Repealed, § 59 ch 98 SLA 1966.]
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Article 2. Employment and Tenure.
AS 14.20.095 Right to comment and criticize not to be restricted.
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A bylaw or regulation of the commissioner, a school board, or local school administrator may not restrict or modify the right of a teacher to engage in comment and criticism outside school hours, regarding school personnel, members of the governing body of any school or school di…
AS 14.20.097 Duty-free time.
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Each governing body shall allow its teachers in school facilities with four or more teachers a daily duty-free mealtime of at least 30 minutes reasonably scheduled during the middle of the teacher's workday.
AS 14.20.100 Unlawful to require statement of religious or political affiliation.
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A school board, or a member of a school board, may not require or compel a person applying for the position of teacher in the public schools of the state to state a religious or political affiliation.
AS 14.20.110 Penalty for violation of AS 14.20.100.
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A person violating AS 14.20.100 is punishable by a fine of not more than $100.
AS 14.20.120 Statement of qualifications.
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A statement of the qualifications of each teacher and superintendent employed by the state or a school district shall be filed with the commissioner. The statement must contain the credits earned in college, normal school, or university, and the number of years of teaching experi…
AS 14.20.130 Employment contracts.
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An employer may, after January 1, issue contracts for the following school year to employees regularly qualified in accordance with the regulations of the department. The contract for a superintendent may be for more than one school year but may not exceed three consecutive schoo…
AS 14.20.135 Employment of retired teachers because of shortages. [Repealed by, § 12 ch 57 SLA 2001 as amended by § 10 ch 50 SLA 2005, effective July 1, 2009.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.20.136 Reemployment of member of teachers' retirement system.
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(a) Subject to (b) — (d) of this section, a school district may reemploy a member who is retired under a retirement plan established in AS 14.25.009 — 14.25.220, or a member who is retired under a retirement plan established in AS 14.25.310 — 14.25.590. In this subsection, “schoo…
AS 14.20.140 Notification of lay off or nonretention.
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(a) If a teacher who has acquired tenure rights is to be laid off under AS 14.20.177 or is not to be retained for the following school year, the employer shall notify the teacher of the layoff or nonretention by writing, delivered before May 15, or by registered mail postmarked b…
AS 14.20.145 Automatic reemployment.
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If notification of nonretention or layoff is not given according to AS 14.20.140, a teacher is entitled to be reemployed in the same district for the following school year on the contract terms the teacher and the employer may agree upon, or, if no terms are agreed upon, the prov…
AS 14.20.147 Transfer or absorption of attendance area and teachers.
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(a) When an attendance area is transferred from a currently operating district to, or absorbed into, a new or existing school district, the teachers for the attendance area also shall be transferred unless otherwise mutually agreed by the teacher or teachers and the chief school …
AS 14.20.148 Intradistrict teacher reassignments.
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When a teacher is involuntarily transferred or reassigned to a position for which the teacher is qualified, within the district, the teacher's moving expenses shall be paid unless the one-way driving distance is 20 miles or less from the teacher's present place of residence, or u…
AS 14.20.149 Employee evaluation.
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(a) A school board shall adopt a certificated employee evaluation system for evaluation and improvement of the performance of the district's teachers and administrators. The evaluation system applies to all the district's certificated employees except the district's superintenden…
AS 14.20.150 Acquisition and reacquisition of tenure rights.
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(a) Except as provided in (c) or (d) of this section, a teacher acquires tenure rights in a district when the teacher (1) possesses a valid teaching certificate that authorizes the teacher to be employed as a certificated teacher or as an administrator under regulations adopted b…
AS 14.20.155 Effect of tenure rights.
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a teacher who has acquired tenure rights has the right to employment within the district during continuous service. (b) A teacher who has acquired tenure rights may agree to a new contract at any time. However, if the teacher fail…
AS 14.20.158 Continued contract provisions.
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Continuation of the provisions of a teacher's contract under AS 14.20.145 or 14.20.155 does not (1) affect the alteration of the teacher's salary in accordance with the salary schedule prescribed by state law, or in accordance with a local salary schedule applicable to all teache…
AS 14.20.160 Loss of tenure rights.
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Tenure rights are lost when the teacher's employment in the district is interrupted or terminated. However, a teacher on layoff status does not lose tenure rights during the period of layoff except as provided under AS 14.20.177.
AS 14.20.165 Restoration of tenure rights.
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A teacher who held tenure rights and who was retired due to disability under AS 14.25.130, but whose disability (1) has been removed, and the removal of that disability is certified by a competent physician following a physical or mental examination, or (2) has been compensated f…
AS 14.20.170 Dismissal.
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(a) A teacher, including a teacher who has acquired tenure rights, may be dismissed at any time only for the following causes: (1) incompetency, which is defined as the inability or the unintentional or intentional failure to perform the teacher's customary teaching duties in a s…
AS 14.20.175 Nonretention.
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(a) A teacher who has not acquired tenure rights is subject to nonretention for the school year following the expiration of the teacher's contract for any cause that the employer determines to be adequate. However, at the teacher's request, the teacher is entitled to a written st…
AS 14.20.177 Reductions in force.
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(a) A school district may implement a layoff plan under this section if it is necessary for the district to reduce the number of tenured teachers because (1) school attendance in the district has decreased; or (2) the basic need of the school district determined under AS 14.17.41…
AS 14.20.180 Procedures upon notice of dismissal or nonretention.
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(a) Before a teacher is dismissed, the employer shall give the teacher written notice of the proposed dismissal and a pretermination hearing. A pretermination hearing under this section must comport with the minimum requirements of due process, including an explanation of the emp…
AS 14.20.185 Secs. 14.20.185 — 14.20.200. Procedure and hearing; appeals. [Repealed, § 59 ch 98 SLA 1966.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.20.205 Judicial review. [Repealed, § 14 ch 31 SLA 1996.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.20.207 [Renumbered as AS 14.20.215.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.20.210 Authority of school board or department to adopt bylaws.
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A school board or the department may adopt teacher tenure bylaws not in conflict with the regulations of the department or state law.
AS 14.20.215 Definitions.
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Article 3. Salary Scales. In AS 14.20.010 — 14.20.215, (1) “continuous employment” means employment that is without interruption except for temporary absences approved by the employer or its designee, or except for the interval between consecutive school terms if the teacher is e…
AS 14.20.220 School experience for salary scales.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.20.225 Teacher incentive payments and reimbursement of costs relating to national board certification.
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(a) In January of each year, a district or the department, as applicable, may pay an incentive payment of $5,000 to each teacher who is employed by the district or the department and who holds a current and valid national board certification. (b) A district or the department, as …
AS 14.20.230 Administrators' salaries. [Repealed, § 52 ch 6 SLA 1984.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.20.240 Secs. 14.20.240 — 14.20.270. Salaries; reimbursement by state to school districts; limitation on higher salaries not prohibited; determination of number of teachers, superintendents, principals and vice principals for which district entitled to reimbursement. [Repealed, § 6 ch 229 SLA 1970.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.20.275 Definitions. [Repealed, § 52 ch 6 SLA 1984.]
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Article 4. Sabbatical Leave.
AS 14.20.280 Basis of leave.
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A teacher who has rendered active service for seven or more years in a district is eligible for sabbatical leave. Sabbatical leave may be taken for educational purposes only, and for not more than one school year.
AS 14.20.290 Application.
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A teacher who wishes to take sabbatical leave shall apply to the governing body of the school district. The teacher shall submit information showing qualifications for sabbatical leave and a plan for education during the leave.
AS 14.20.300 Selection of teachers.
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(a) The governing body of the school district has the responsibility for selection of the teachers to be granted sabbatical leave. (b) In selecting teachers for sabbatical leave, the governing body shall consider the benefit that the school district will derive from the proposed …
AS 14.20.310 Number of teachers on sabbatical leave; compensation.
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(a) The number of teachers eligible for sabbatical leave that may be allowed under AS 14.20.280 — 14.20.350 is as follows: (1) not more than one-half of one percent of the total number of teachers from all borough and city school districts and regional educational attendance area…
AS 14.20.320 Responsibility of teacher.
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Upon the return of a teacher to the teaching position, the teacher shall make a report to the governing body concerning educational accomplishments. A teacher who does not serve for at least a full year after returning shall refund to the school board money paid to the teacher un…
AS 14.20.330 Position, tenure, and retirement.
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(a) Unless it is otherwise agreed, a teacher returning from sabbatical leave shall return to the position occupied by that teacher when the sabbatical leave began. (b) A sabbatical leave is not an interruption of the continuous service necessary to attain or retain tenure under A…