Title 14, Education, Libraries, and Museums

(a) Federal grants and appropriations paid to the commissioner of revenue under AS 14.40.380, 14.40.410, or 14.40.430, or from a source described in AS 14.40.450, shall be transferred to the state treasury under AS 37.10.060. The Department of Administration, upon requisitions by…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, university-grant land, state replacement land that becomes university-grant land on conveyance to the university, land conveyed to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska under AS 14.40.365, and any other land own…

(a) There is established in the treasury of the University of Alaska the University of Alaska working capital reserve fund. The fund consists of money appropriated by the legislature for the purpose of providing nonlapsing current working capital for the University of Alaska and …

The Board of Regents shall create the office of comptroller of the university, fix the salary, and determine the duties of the office. The Board of Regents shall fill the office. The comptroller shall report directly to the Board of Regents.

The fiscal year of the University of Alaska begins on July 1 and closes at midnight on the following June 30.

Notwithstanding the provisions of AS 37.07.080(e), each appropriation to the University of Alaska is subject to reallocation by the university administration under procedures established by the Board of Regents and the office of management and budget in the Office of the Governor…

The Board of Regents shall maintain or cause to be maintained a perpetual inventory of all permanent property of the University of Alaska.

The Board of Regents may execute leases for mining, agriculture, or other purposes to the land granted for the benefit of an agricultural college and school of mines for Alaska by the Act of Congress approved March 4, 1915, for such time and at such rent or royalty as may seem ju…

The Board of Regents may select the land granted to Alaska by the Act of Congress approved January 21, 1929, as amended, may sell or lease the land, and shall deposit the net income as provided in AS 14.40.400(a) in conformity with that Act.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, before July 1, 2008, the commissioner of natural resources shall convey to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska, by quitclaim deed, the state land identified for conveyance to the university and described in the…

(a) Before the conveyance or the disposal of an interest in the land to a third party, land conveyed to the Board of Regents in trust for the University of Alaska under AS 14.40.365 shall be managed in a manner that, to the extent practicable, permits reasonable activities of the…

Notwithstanding AS 40.25.100 — 40.25.295, on a determination that it is in the best interest of the University of Alaska or on the request of the person who has provided the information, the president of the university may keep the following confidential: (1) the name of a person…

The state assents to the provisions and accepts the benefits of the Act of Congress approved March 4, 1915, and the Acts of Congress approved August 30, 1890, and March 4, 1907, in behalf of the University of Alaska, and the commissioner of revenue is designated as the officer to…

The state assents to the provisions and accepts the benefits of the grants of land authorized by the Act of Congress of January 21, 1929, 45 Stat. 1091 — 1093, as amended by the Act of Congress of September 19, 1966, 80 Stat. 811, for the Agricultural College and School of Mines …

(a) The Board of Regents shall establish a separate endowment trust fund in which shall be held in trust in perpetuity all (1) net income derived from the sale or lease of the land granted under the Act of Congress approved January 21, 1929, as amended; (2) net income derived fro…

The state assents to the provisions and accepts the benefits of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States under the provisions of an Act approved July 2, 1862, and of the Ac…

The University of Alaska is designated as the beneficiary under the provisions of the Hatch Act and may establish a department to be known as the Agricultural Experiment Station.

The state assents to the provisions and accepts the benefits of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide for cooperative extension work between agricultural colleges in the United States receiving the benefits of an Act of Congress approved July 2, 1862, and of Acts supple…

The University of Alaska is designated as the beneficiary under the provisions of the Smith-Lever Act, and may administer and carry on agricultural extension work in the state in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture.

The governor is authorized to make all certificates required by law or the regulations of the Department of Agriculture or of the Department of the Interior necessary to be made to entitle the state to grants of money for the benefits of state colleges of agriculture and mechanic…

The public records inspection requirements of AS 40.25.110 — 40.25.121 do not apply to writings or records that consist of intellectual property or proprietary information received, generated, learned, or discovered during research conducted by the University of Alaska or its age…

(a) The university may purchase an interest in a corporation if the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska authorizes the purchase and the purchase advances a public purpose of the university. (b) If the university purchases an interest in a corporation, the corporation is …

(a) For the purpose of advancing research into forest practices, ecology, wildlife management, and recreation, a university research forest is established on land described as the “University Research Forest” and identified for conveyance to the Board of Regents in trust for the …

In AS 14.40.120 — 14.40.491, “university receipts” includes (1) student fees, including tuition; (2) receipts from university auxiliary services; (3) recovery of indirect costs of university activities; (4) receipts from sales and rentals of university property; (5) federal recei…

A qualified school district or political subdivision may make an agreement with the University of Alaska for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of a community college. A qualified school district or qualified political subdivision shall pay all instructional and admini…

(a) Since academic education beyond the high school level is a statewide responsibility, the board, in its discretion and as the need arises, may cooperate with the federal government and qualified school districts and political subdivisions in the establishment of appropriate hi…

(a) If facilities used by the community college are owned by the school district or political subdivision, the board, subject to availability of appropriated funds, may reimburse the school district for all expenses directly related to facilities for academic degree programs and …

The administrative head of a community college established by the University of Alaska in cooperation with school districts or political subdivisions is a director. The director shall be selected by the board, subject to approval by the governing body of the school district or po…

A community college established by the university in cooperation with school districts or political subdivisions shall be established, maintained, and operated under rules and regulations adopted by the board. The selection and academic qualifications for personnel and the curric…

(a) [Repealed, § 12 ch 42 SLA 1997.] (b) All money, including tuition and fees received before or after April 10, 1962, from the operations of a community college established, operated, and maintained under AS 14.40.560 — 14.40.640 and directly related or attributable to nondegre…

An agreement between the University of Alaska and a community college in effect on April 10, 1962, shall remain in effect until its agreed expiration unless, before the agreed expiration, it is mutually cancelled or modified by the contracting parties.

In AS 14.40.560 — 14.40.640, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “board of regents” or “board” means the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska; (2) “community college” means a program of education established by the University of Alaska in cooperation with qualified…

AS 14.40.560 — 14.40.640 may be cited as the Community College Act.

(a) The board may establish and maintain university retirement programs for eligible employees in which retirement and death benefits are provided through the purchase of annuity contracts, either fixed, variable, or a combination of fixed and variable. Participation in a univers…

(a) An employee in a participating position may elect to participate in a university retirement program or to participate in the appropriate state retirement system. Eligibility to participate in a program begins on an employee's appointment to a participating position. (b) An el…

An employee participating in a university retirement program may not participate in a state retirement system during the time the employee is employed in a participating position. If the employee is later employed in a position covered by a state retirement system that is not a p…

(a) The university shall contribute on behalf of each employee participating in the program an amount established by the board. (b) An employee participating in the program shall contribute to the program an amount established by the board. (c) The board may specify that contribu…

Payment of benefits to participants of the program is the responsibility of the company or companies designated by the board and is not the responsibility of the board, the university, or the state. The benefits are payable to participants or their beneficiaries in accordance wit…

In AS 14.40.661 — 14.40.799, (1) “appropriate state retirement system” means the state retirement system that includes the employee's position; (2) “board” means the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska; (3) “contribution account” means the member contribution account und…

(a) The Education Trust of Alaska is established in the University of Alaska. The purpose of the trust is to secure obligations to participants and beneficiaries under an education savings program operated by the University of Alaska and to provide participants a convenient metho…

(a) The Alaska advance college tuition savings fund is established as a nonlapsing fund of the University of Alaska. The purpose of the fund is to secure obligations to participants under a postsecondary education savings program operated by the University of Alaska and to enhanc…

(a) Contributions to the fund under the terms of an advance college tuition savings contract may be made by direct cash payments or by contributions from the permanent fund dividend. The Department of Revenue shall (1) prepare the permanent fund dividend application to allow an a…

(a) The Board of Regents of the University of Alaska may contract with a purchaser for the purchase of advance college tuition credits for the payment of tuition and other qualified higher education expenses for a beneficiary of any age to attend a branch of the university or oth…

(a) An advance college tuition savings contract must set out or include by reference to the plan (1) the name and date of birth of the purchaser and the beneficiary under the contract; (2) the number of advance college tuition credits purchased under the contract; (3) the terms a…

In AS 14.40.803 — 14.40.817, (1) “advance college tuition savings contract” or “contract” means a contract entered into by the board and a purchaser to provide for the qualified higher education expenses of a beneficiary; (2) “beneficiary” means a designated beneficiary as define…

(a) [Repealed, § 42 ch 85 SLA 2001.] (b) The legislature affirms that the legal authority for the operation and management of the statewide university system remains with the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska and the legal authority for the operation and management of …