Title 14 — Education, Libraries, and Museums
36 chapters · 1,018 sections in this title.
AS 14.07.020 Duties of the department.
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(a) The department shall (1) exercise general supervision over the public schools of the state except the University of Alaska; (2) study the conditions and needs of the public schools of the state, adopt or recommend plans, administer and evaluate grants to improve school perfor…
AS 14.07.030 Powers of the department.
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(a) The department may (1) establish, maintain, govern, operate, discontinue, and combine area, regional, and special schools; (2) enter into contractual agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or with a school district to share boarding costs of secondary school students; (…
AS 14.07.032 Definition for AS 14.07.020 — 14.07.032.
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In AS 14.07.020 — 14.07.032, “instructional practices” means the strategies and methods used in teaching or delivering information, skills, material, and student learning management tools to a student to help the student achieve intended educational outcomes.
AS 14.07.035 Accounting and disposition of receipts. [Repealed, § 28 ch 90 SLA 1991.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.07.040 Supplies and equipment for state-operated schools. [Repealed, § 34 ch 46 SLA 1970.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.07.050 Selection of textbooks.
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Textbooks for use in the public schools of the state, including a district-offered statewide correspondence study program, shall be selected by district boards for district schools. Nothing in this section precludes (1) a correspondence study student, or the parent or guardian of…
AS 14.07.052 State Textbook Commission. [Repealed, § 2 ch 96 SLA 1970.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.07.053 Secs. 14.07.053 — 14.07.054. [Renumbered as AS 14.07.058 — 14.07.059.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.07.055 Expenses and per diem. [Repealed, § 19 ch 53 SLA 1973.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.07.057 Transmittal of textbook selections.
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A school board that selects its own books shall forward a list of the selections to the department.
AS 14.07.058 Secs. 14.07.058 , 14.07.059. Alaska School Activities Association; activities fund. [Repealed, § 13, ch 43 SLA 1994.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.07.060 Regulations.
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The board shall adopt regulations that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. All regulations shall be adopted under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).
AS 14.07.070 Withholding state funds.
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Article 2. State Board of Education and Early Development. State funds may not be paid to a school district or teacher that fails to comply with the school laws of the state or with the regulations adopted by the department.
AS 14.07.075 Creation.
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There is created at the head of the Department of Education and Early Development a Board of Education and Early Development consisting of seven members.
AS 14.07.080 Creation and term of office. [Repealed, § 14 ch 96 1967.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.07.085 Appointment of members.
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(a) The seven members of the board, no more than four of whom shall be members of the same political party as the governor, shall be appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of the legislature in joint session. In appointing board members, t…
AS 14.07.090 Appointment of members. [Repealed, § 14 ch 96 SLA 1967.]
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AS 14.07.095 Term of office.
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The members of the board shall be appointed for overlapping five-year terms commencing on the March 1 following the date of the member's appointment. Except as provided in AS 39.05.080(4), a member appointed to fill a vacancy serves for the unexpired term of the member whose vaca…
AS 14.07.100 Executive officer. [Repealed, § 14 ch 96 SLA 1967.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.07.105 Quorum and chair.
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(a) Four members constitute a quorum. (b) The board shall designate one member of the board as the chairperson who serves as chair of the board at the pleasure of the board.
AS 14.07.110 Appointment of commissioner. [Repealed, § 14 ch 96 SLA 1967.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.07.115 Removal.
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Members of the board serve at the pleasure of the governor.
AS 14.07.120 Term of office and vacancy. [Repealed, § 14 ch 96 SLA 1967.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.07.125 Meetings.
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The board shall meet at least quarterly. Meetings may be called by the chair or by a majority of the members of the board. Meetings shall be held in Juneau unless a majority of the members of the board changes the place of a meeting.
AS 14.07.130 Removal of commissioner. [Repealed, § 14 ch 96 SLA 1967.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.07.135 Legal assistance.
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The Department of Law shall provide all legal services for the board.
AS 14.07.140 Commissioner administers department. [Repealed, § 14 ch 96 SLA 1967.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.07.145 Commissioner of education and early development.
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(a) The board shall appoint the commissioner of education and early development subject to the approval of the governor. The commissioner shall be the principal executive officer of the department. (b) The commissioner shall be appointed without regard to political affiliation an…
AS 14.07.150 Budget and fiscal authority.
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The commissioner has responsibility and authority for the preparation and execution of a budget and for the other fiscal affairs of the department, subject to the approval of the board.
AS 14.07.155 Partisan candidacy prohibited.
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A member of the board may not be a candidate for partisan political office while serving as a member of the board.
AS 14.07.160 Bylaws.
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(a) The board may adopt bylaws for the management of the department. (b) The bylaws shall be written and distributed in a manner so as to be readily available to personnel of the department. (c) This section may not be construed to allow the use of a bylaw rather than a regulatio…
AS 14.07.165 Duties.
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(a) The board shall adopt (1) statewide goals and require each governing body to adopt written goals that are consistent with local needs; (2) regulations regarding the application for and award of grants under AS 14.03.125; (3) regulations implementing provisions of AS 14.11.014…
AS 14.07.168 Report to the legislature.
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Not later than the 30th legislative day of each regular session of the legislature, the board shall prepare and present in person to the legislative committees having jurisdiction over education an annual report that describes the efforts of the board to develop, maintain, and co…
AS 14.07.170 Additional powers and duties of board.
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(a) The board may (1) appoint unpaid advisory commissions; (2) require school boards or school personnel to submit to the department, in the form the board may require, the district budget or any information or reports that are reasonably necessary to assist the department in car…
AS 14.07.175 Development of statewide assessment plan; review of education laws and regulations.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.07.180 Curricula approval and review; pilot program; incentives.
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board shall establish standards and a procedure for the review, ranking, and approval of mathematics and English and language arts curricula for school districts to use in each grade level as provided in this section. The board …
AS 14.07.181 Pamphlet concerning controlled substances. [Repealed, § 19 ch 6 SLA 1998.]
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AS 14.07.182 Curriculum improvement and best practices fund.
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Article 3. Council for Alaska Native Languages.
AS 14.07.200 Council for Alaska Native Languages.
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(a) The Council for Alaska Native Languages is established in the department for the purpose of recommending the establishment or reorganization of programs to support the preservation, restoration, and revitalization of Alaska Native languages. (b) The council established under …
AS 14.08.010 [Repealed, § 1 ch 124 SLA 1975.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.08.011 Purpose.
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(a) It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for public education in the unorganized borough and the military reservations in the state. (b) Nothing in this chapter prohibits an organized borough, city, village, community, or settlement in an unorganized area of the state fro…
AS 14.08.020 [Repealed, § 1 ch 124 SLA 1975.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.08.021 Authority.
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The legislature delegates to school boards for each regional educational attendance area the authority to operate the public schools in those areas in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, subject to the provisions of this title and the regulations adopted under it that…
AS 14.08.030 [Repealed, § 1 ch 124 SLA 1975.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.08.031 Regional educational attendance areas.
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(a) The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development in consultation with the Department of Education and Early Development and local communities shall divide the unorganized borough into educational service areas using the boundaries or sub-boundaries of the regio…
AS 14.08.040 [Repealed, § 1 ch 124 SLA 1975.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.08.041 Regional school boards.
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(a) A regional educational attendance area shall be operated on an areawide basis under the management and control of a regional school board. (b) The qualified voters of the communities receiving educational services in each regional educational attendance area shall elect a reg…
AS 14.08.045 Vacancies.
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(a) The regional school board shall declare a regional school board seat vacant when the person elected (1) fails to qualify within 30 days of certification of the election; (2) notifies the school board in writing of the person's refusal to take office; (3) resigns and the resig…
AS 14.08.050 [Repealed, § 1 ch 124 SLA 1975.]
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AS 14.08.051 School board sections.
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(a) The commissioner in consultation with the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development and the local communities may divide a regional educational attendance area into sections only for the purpose of nominating and electing regional school board members. If th…