Title 14, Education, Libraries, and Museums

When required by any of the Acts described in AS 14.35.010, the department shall (1) cooperate with the appropriate federal agency in the administration of the Act; (2) do everything necessary to entitle the state to receive money available according to the Act; (3) represent the…

The commissioner of administration is designated custodian of appropriations made under any of the Acts described in AS 14.35.010. The commissioner of administration shall receive and provide for the proper custody and disbursement of all money paid to the state according to any …

(a) The Department of Education and Early Development shall operate the head start funding program governed by 42 U.S.C. 9835. (b) The department shall make a grant to each eligible head start agency operating a head start program in the state under 42 U.S.C. 9831 — 9852c in an a…

The University of Alaska consists of the College of Agriculture, the School of Mines, the Department of Agricultural Experiment Station, the Department of Agricultural Extension Work, and other colleges and departments that may be established, including departments of anthropolog…

The University of Alaska is the beneficiary under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved August 30, 1890, designating the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines as beneficiary and the four sections of land specified by the Act of Congress approved March 4, 1915, …

All powers, duties, and obligations devolving upon the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines in connection with or by reason of Acts of Congress, past or future, in relation to agricultural colleges and agricultural or mining experiment stations, extension work in agric…

(a) There is created and established a corporation to be called the University of Alaska. It may in that name (1) sue and be sued; (2) receive and hold real and personal property; (3) contract and be contracted with; a contract entered into by the University of Alaska for the (A)…

The Board of Regents may establish an office of public safety and prescribe the conditions of employment of public safety officers employed by the office. University of Alaska public safety officers have general police powers to enforce state and local laws in connection with off…

No instruction either sectarian in religion or partisan in politics shall be permitted in any department of the University of Alaska and no sectarian or partisan test shall be allowed or exercised in the appointment of regents, instructors, or other officers of the University of …

A person may not be deprived of the privileges of the University of Alaska because of sex, color, or nationality.

To expand educational and cultural opportunities in the state, to keep pace with the expansion of the state in other fields, and to provide educational facilities of particular interest to residents of the state, the Board of Regents shall (1) make a study of the principles and a…

Laws of the state designed to meet requirements of the United States government for the state's acceptance of federal grants and allotments for educational and kindred purposes are extended to cover the establishment and operation of the university expansion program set forth in …

The University of Alaska shall use the property and funds acquired for the purpose of conducting a college where the leading objects shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies and including military tactics, to teach branches of learning related to agricul…

A person is not considered to be an employer of a student of the University of Alaska in a civil action based on the vicarious liability of an employer for the acts or omissions of an employee if the person (1) has agreed to allow the student to gain practical work experience wit…

The University of Alaska may collect and store the bones and other remains of the mammoth, mastodon, horse, bison, and other fossil remains of these and other extinct animals found in the state in mining and other excavations.

(a) The University of Alaska shall establish an Alaska Earthquake and Volcano Hazards Assessment Project within the seismology program of the geophysical institute. The project shall (1) collect, record, process, and archive seismic data on earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in t…

The University of Alaska may establish an Institute of Marine Sciences to provide a program of education and research in physical, chemical, and biological oceanography, and related fields. When established, the Institute of Marine Sciences shall be maintained and operated as an …

The University of Alaska may establish a training program in the operation of unmanned aircraft systems.

(a) The University of Alaska shall establish an Alaska State Climate Center within an appropriate unit of the university. The administration and management of the center is under the direction of a university employee designated the “state climatologist.” (b) The Alaska State Cli…

(a) The University of Alaska shall establish an Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies in an appropriate unit of the university at its Anchorage campus. The institute shall consist of a research and instruction branch and an administration and information branch. (b) The instit…

(a) The University of Alaska shall establish and offer to bona fide Alaska prospectors and miners in the state a correspondence course equal and parallel to the mining extension course being taught at present. (b) The University of Alaska may establish the minimum charge necessar…

(a) The University of Alaska may establish a Center for Information Technology at the University of Alaska Anchorage with major components at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of Alaska Southeast. The center may charge fees for the services it provides. The un…

The Board of Regents may conduct a college extension service, the leading object of which is to carry information on rural life subjects to the people of the state.

The University of Alaska may establish a Business, Economics, and Public Administration Research Program for the purpose of developing and publishing statistics and other information regarding the economy, government, and resources of the state.

(a) The University of Alaska online course schedule must provide a description of each course that clearly identifies (1) required course materials; (2) which of the required course materials, if any, are zero-cost resources; (3) to the extent practicable, which of the required c…

The University of Alaska shall establish a Mineral Industry Research Program and coordinate with state and federal mineral agencies to implement the program by (1) using the laboratory facilities and staff of the College of Earth Sciences and Mineral Industry to initiate applied …

The University of Alaska shall establish an Alaska Native Language Center, the purposes of which are to (1) study languages native to Alaska; (2) develop literacy materials; (3) assist in the translation of important documents; (4) provide for the development and dissemination of…

The University of Alaska shall be governed by a Board of Regents consisting of 11 regents.

(a) Each regent shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the state. (b) In addition to satisfying the requirements of (a) of this section, the regent appointed under AS 14.40.150(b) must (1) be enrolled as a full-time student at the University of Alaska at the ti…

Except for a student regent as specified in AS 14.40.150(b), the term of office of a regent is eight years. The term of office begins on the first Monday in February of the year in which the appointment is made. Each regent serves until a successor is appointed and qualifies.

(a) The governor shall appoint the regents subject to confirmation by a majority of all the members of the legislature in joint session. The names of those appointed shall be sent to the legislature within five days after the opening of the session, for confirmation or rejection.…

(a) The governor may, after providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing, suspend a member of the Board of Regents while a final disposition is pending on (1) a criminal complaint, presentment, information, or indictment involving a felony in any jurisdiction; (2) an informa…

(a) The provisions of AS 44.62.310 apply to meetings of the Board of Regents. All meetings of the board, its committees or subcommittees, are open to the public and press except as otherwise provided in AS 44.62.310(c). The findings of an executive session shall be made a part of…

(a) The Board of Regents shall (1) appoint the president of the university by a majority vote of the whole board, and the president may attend meetings of the board; (2) fix the compensation of the president of the university, all heads of departments, professors, teachers, instr…

The Board of Regents shall insure or indemnify and protect the Board of Regents, any member of the Board of Regents, or any agent or employee of the University of Alaska or of the Board of Regents against financial loss and expense, including reasonable legal fees and costs arisi…

(a) The Board of Regents shall prepare a written report at the beginning of each regular session of the legislature of the condition of the university property, of all receipts and expenditures, including the administration and disposition of appropriated and restricted funds and…

Corporate business may not be transacted at any meeting of the Board of Regents unless at least six regents are present, the majority of the whole board to approve the same.

(a) The president of the University of Alaska may (1) give general direction to the work of the University of Alaska in all its departments subject to the approval of the Board of Regents; (2) appoint the deans, heads of departments, professors, assistants, instructors, tutors, a…

The president shall define the duties and supervise the performance of those persons who are appointed by the president to positions established by the Board of Regents.

The Board of Regents may remove from office any officer of the University of Alaska by a majority vote of the whole board when in its judgment the good of the university requires it.

The power to suspend and expel a student for misconduct or other cause and to reinstate the student is vested solely in the president of the University of Alaska. The president may delegate the exercise of the power to the chancellor or another official on each campus of the univ…

The Board of Regents may receive, manage, and invest money or other real, personal, or mixed property for the purpose of the University of Alaska, its improvement or adornment, or the aid or advantage of students or faculty, and, in general, may act as trustee on behalf of the Un…

(a) For the purposes of this chapter, tuition, a fee, or another charge to an individual by the University of Alaska is in default after payment has become 180 or more days past due. Upon default, the university may take the individual's permanent fund dividend under AS 43.23.190…

If the University of Alaska intends to enter into an obligation, except for refinancing obligations, under AS 14.40.040(a)(5) with an annual payment by the university anticipated to exceed $2,500,000, the university shall provide notice to the legislature. The notice must include…

(a) Subject to AS 14.40.253, the board may issue revenue bonds to pay the cost of acquiring, constructing, or equipping a facility that the board determines is necessary. (b) The board may enter into an agreement with a trustee or bond owner for the purpose of securing payment of…