Title 14, Education, Libraries, and Museums

There is established, as a public organization, the special education service agency.

The agency shall be governed by the Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education (AS 44.29.600).

Employees of the agency are not in the state service and are not subject to AS 39.25 (State Personnel Act). However, employees of the agency shall be members of either the Teachers' Retirement System (AS 14.25) or the Public Employees' Retirement System (AS 39.35).

(a) The agency may (1) receive and expend public and private funds to carry out the purposes of the agency; (2) contract with the department and other public or private agencies for the provision of special education or related services; (3) do whatever is necessary to carry out …

The services of the agency shall be available to school districts that serve children whose special education needs occur infrequently, who require specialized services not normally available in the school district, and who cannot be easily served by local school district personn…

Each fiscal year, the department shall allocate to the agency not less than $26.89 times the number of students in the state in average daily membership in the preceding fiscal year as determined under AS 14.17.600. Money to carry out the provisions of this section may be appropr…

In AS 14.30.600 — 14.30.660, unless the context otherwise requires, “agency” means the special education service agency.

Upon notification by the Department of Public Safety of a child's disappearance, a school or school district in which the child is currently or was previously enrolled shall flag the school record of that child in a manner that, when a copy or information regarding the record is …

Within 14 days after enrolling a child as a transfer student from this or another state in an elementary or secondary school, the school or school district shall request directly from the child's previous school a certified copy of the child's record. An elementary or secondary s…

In AS 14.30.700 — 14.30.720, (1) “child” means a person under 18 years of age; (2) “school district” means a municipal school district or a regional educational attendance area.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, on or before January 15 and July 15 of each year, a school district shall provide to the director of the Alaska Military Youth Academy, operated by the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs for the purpose of educating and tra…

(a) To implement the district reading intervention services established under AS 14.30.765, the department shall (1) adopt a statewide screening tool to administer to students in grades kindergarten through three to identify students with reading deficiencies, including students …

(a) Each school district shall offer intensive reading intervention services to students in grades kindergarten through three who exhibit a reading deficiency to assist students in achieving reading proficiency at or above grade level by the end of grade three. The district shall…

(a) The department shall establish a reading program to provide direct support for and intervention in intensive reading intervention services annually in the lowest-performing 25 percent of schools serving students in grades kindergarten through three as determined under AS 14.0…

(a) Subject to appropriation, a school district is eligible to receive a reading proficiency incentive grant of not less than $450 for each student in kindergarten through grade six who, at the end of the school year, (1) performs at grade-level reading proficiency; or (2) demons…

The department shall, by regulation, define “dyslexia” for the purposes of AS 14.30.760 — 14.30.780. The department shall consider the meaning of “dyslexia” given by the International Dyslexia Association when adopting the definition by regulation.

In AS 14.30.760 — 14.30.780, (1) “district” has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990; (2) “evidence-based reading intervention” means an intervention based on reliable, trustworthy, and valid evidence that has a demonstrated record of success in adequately increasing a student's rea…

(a) The department shall, in cooperation with school districts, establish a virtual education consortium for the purpose of making virtual education and professional development resources available to students and teachers in the state. The department shall establish standards fo…