Title 14 — Education, Libraries, and Museums
36 chapters · 1,018 sections in this title.
AS 14.43.250 Declaration of purpose.
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(a) The legislature may pay tribute to the memory of Alaskans who, by the example of their lives, or by their distinguished contribution and service to this state, their community or their profession, exemplified the best that is the challenge of “The Great Land” by the creation …
AS 14.43.255 Fund created.
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(a) There is created a memorial education revolving loan fund. The fund shall be used to provide education loans to students selected under AS 14.43.250 — 14.43.325. Repayments of a loan shall be deposited into the memorial education revolving loan fund and shall be used to make …
AS 14.43.300 Limits and conditions of loans.
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(a) An education loan to a recipient under AS 14.43.250(b)(1) — (4) or (6) may not exceed $2,500 a school year for an undergraduate student or $5,000 a school year for a graduate student and may not be made to a student for more than six years. An education loan to a recipient un…
AS 14.43.305 Repayment of loans.
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(a) Memorial education loans under AS 14.43.250(b)(1) — (4) or (6) shall be noninterest-bearing and security for the loan may not be required. However, the note signed by the recipient shall provide for the payment of attorney fees, costs of court, and skip-tracing fees if any ar…
AS 14.43.310 Selection.
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(a) In selecting from among eligible applicants a person who will be granted a loan under AS 14.43.250 — 14.43.325, the administering authority shall consider the following: (1) the applicant's career goals and aspirations; (2) the applicant's prior academic record; (3) the finan…
AS 14.43.315 Discrimination prohibited. [Repealed, § 42 ch 85 SLA 2001.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.43.320 Administering authority.
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(a) The memorial education loans provided for under AS 14.43.250 — 14.43.325 shall be administered by the executive director of the commission, subject to review by the commission and to those regulations the commission may prescribe to carry out the purposes of AS 14.43.250 — 14…
AS 14.43.325 Funding.
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Article 8. Alaska Education Grant Program. (a) The memorial education revolving loan fund created under AS 14.43.255 shall be funded by voluntary contributions by state employees who may contribute the value of one or more days of annual leave a year to the memorial education rev…
AS 14.43.400 Purpose; creation.
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There is created the Alaska education grant program to provide financial assistance to eligible students to enable them to attend, or continue their attendance at, postsecondary educational institutions. Funds designated by the corporation or appropriated for this program may be …
AS 14.43.405 Administration.
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(a) The Alaska education grant program created under AS 14.43.400 — 14.43.420 shall be administered by the executive director of the commission. (b) [Repealed, § 31 ch 63 SLA 2004.]
AS 14.43.406 Applicability of other laws.
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(a) To the extent they are not in conflict with the provisions of AS 14.43.400 — 14.43.420, the provisions of AS 14.43.162(b), 14.43.910, and 14.43.920 apply to a grant made under AS 14.43.400 — 14.43.420. (b) In determining a student's eligibility for a grant under AS 14.43.400 …
AS 14.43.410 Distribution of funds. [Repealed, § 45 ch 89 SLA 2014.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.43.415 Eligibility; priority.
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(a) For an applicant to be eligible for a grant under AS 14.43.400 — 14.43.420, the applicant must be (1) a resident of this state; (2) enrolled or about to be enrolled (A) at an institution located in the state that is (i) accredited by an institutional accrediting body recogniz…
AS 14.43.420 Limitation on grants.
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(a) A grant made under AS 14.43.400 — 14.43.420 may not be in an amount that exceeds $4,000 for each school year. (b) [Repealed, § 31 ch 63 SLA 2004.] (c) A student may receive not more than a total of $16,000 in grants awarded under AS 14.43.400 — 14.43.420. (d) The commission m…
AS 14.43.500 Definitions. [Repealed, § 31 ch. 63 SLA 2004.]
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Article 9. Medical Education Support.
AS 14.43.510 Repayment condition for medical education program participants.
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Article 10. Teacher Education Loan Program. (a) Except as provided under (b) and (c) of this section, as a condition of participating in a medical education program under AS 14.42.033, a program participant shall agree to either return to the state and actively engage in professi…
AS 14.43.600 Findings and intent.
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(a) The legislature finds that there is a wide and unacceptable disparity between the distribution of Native teachers and Native students in rural elementary and secondary schools in the state. Many rural schools have virtually no Native teachers and no non-Native students. The u…
AS 14.43.610 Program established.
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There is established the teacher education loan program to provide an incentive for rural high school graduates to pursue teaching careers in rural elementary and secondary schools in the state.
AS 14.43.620 Teacher education revolving loan fund.
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(a) The teacher education revolving loan fund is created for the purpose of making education loans to students selected under AS 14.43.600 — 14.43.700. The fund consists of money or assets appropriated or transferred to the commission for deposit into the fund, money or assets de…
AS 14.43.630 Administration.
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(a) The teacher education loan program shall be administered by the commission in accordance with regulations adopted by the commission. The commission shall (1) allocate the loan awards available for teacher education loans annually to local school boards giving a preference to …
AS 14.43.640 Conditions of and limitations on loans.
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(a) To the extent that they are not in conflict with the provisions of AS 14.43.600 — 14.43.700, the provisions of AS 14.43.100 — 14.43.160 are applicable to loans made under AS 14.43.600 — 14.43.700. (b) If a borrower meets the conditions provided in (a) of this section and is e…
AS 14.43.650 Selection criteria.
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(a) To be eligible for a teacher education loan, a student must (1) be a graduate of a public or private high school in the state, with sufficient credits to be admitted to an accredited college or university; (2) be enrolled in or show evidence of intent to enroll in a degree pr…
AS 14.43.700 Definition.
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Article 11. Alaska Family Education Loan Program. In AS 14.43.600 — 14.43.700, “rural” means a community with a population of 7,500 or less that is not connected by road or rail to Anchorage or Fairbanks or a community with a population of 1,500 or less that is connected by road …
AS 14.43.710 Program established.
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The Alaska family education loan program is established to provide low interest loans to families to assist in paying the costs of postsecondary education for family members.
AS 14.43.720 Family education loan account.
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(a) The family education loan account is created within the education loan fund (AS 14.42.210). The account shall be used to make family education loans to families selected under AS 14.43.710 — 14.43.750, to pay the costs of collecting family education loans that are in default …
AS 14.43.730 Administration. [Repealed, § 42 ch 85 SLA 2001.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.43.740 Loan terms, limits, and conditions.
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(a) The provisions of AS 14.43.100, 14.43.120(a) — (c), (m), and (r) — (u), 14.43.122, 14.43.135, 14.43.145 — 14.43.155, 14.43.173, and 14.43.910 — 14.43.990 apply to a loan made under AS 14.43.710 — 14.43.750. (b) [Repealed, § 18 ch 54 SLA 1997.] (c) The corporation shall set th…
AS 14.43.750 Eligibility.
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(a) A person may apply for and obtain a family education loan on behalf of a family member if (1) the borrower and the family member (A) are residents of the state at the time of application for the loan; for purposes of this paragraph, a borrower and family member qualify as res…
AS 14.43.790 Definitions. [Repealed, § 18 ch 54 SLA 1997.]
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Article 12. Alaska Performance Scholarship Program.
AS 14.43.810 Alaska performance scholarship program established; regulations.
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(a) The Alaska performance scholarship program is established to provide scholarships for high school graduates who are Alaska residents to attend a qualified postsecondary institution in the state. (b) The department shall, in consultation with the commission, adopt regulations …
AS 14.43.820 Alaska performance scholarship program; eligibility.
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(a) Subject to appropriation, the commission shall award an Alaska performance scholarship to an applicant who (1) is a resident of the state as defined in AS 01.10.055; (2) graduated or will graduate within 18 months from a high school in the state; and (3) except as provided in…
AS 14.43.825 Maximum annual awards.
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(a) The maximum annual awards for the Alaska performance scholarships are as follows: (1) the first award level is $7,000 and requires a (A) 3.5 grade-point average or above, or the equivalent established under (g) of this section; or (A) 3.5 grade-point average or above, or the …
AS 14.43.830 Qualified postsecondary institutions.
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(a) The following institutions are qualified postsecondary institutions for purposes of awarding an Alaska performance scholarship: (1) a university or college physically located in the state that (A) is authorized to operate in the state under AS 14.48.020 or is exempt from auth…
AS 14.43.840 Report to the legislature.
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(a) To the extent permitted under law, the department, the commission, the University of Alaska, and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall share data necessary to prepare public reports regarding the program. (b) Not more than 10 days after the convening of each…
AS 14.43.849 Definitions.
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Article 13. General Provisions. In AS 14.43.810 — 14.43.849, unless the context requires otherwise, (1) “department” means the Department of Education and Early Development; (2) “grade-point average” means the weighted or unweighted average of all grades on a four-point scale, or…
AS 14.43.910 Confidentiality of financial need information.
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All information submitted in support of a determination of financial need as provided in this chapter is confidential. However, an applicant may inspect or copy information from the applicants' application, or records relating to the applicant's own application, or authorize rele…
AS 14.43.915 Alaska education grant account and Alaska performance scholarship award account.
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(a) The Alaska education grant account is created as an account in the general fund. Money may be appropriated to the account from the Alaska higher education investment fund under AS 37.14.750 and from other sources. The commission may use the money in the account to pay grants …
AS 14.43.920 Repayment by ineligible recipient.
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If a person receives a scholarship, loan, or grant under this title for which the person is not eligible under the provisions of this title, the scholarship, loan, or grant is void and the entire balance of money paid is immediately due to the scholarship, loan, or grant fund. Th…
AS 14.43.930 Scholarship program information.
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(a) The board shall make information about scholarship programs available in each school district in the state and at each campus of the University of Alaska. (b) By September 15 before each annual graduation, a qualified high school in the state with a high school graduating cla…
AS 14.43.990 Definitions.
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In this chapter, (1) “AlaskAdvantage” means the service mark registered by the commission under 15 U.S.C. 1051 (Trademark Act) that is used to describe financial aid and higher education outreach programs and services provided by the commission; (2) “approved federal family educa…