Title 14 — Education, Libraries, and Museums
36 chapters · 1,018 sections in this title.
AS 14.40.095 Establishment of a Center for Information Technology at University of Alaska Anchorage.
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(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…
AS 14.40.100 College extension service.
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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.
AS 14.40.110 Establishment of Business, Economics, and Public Administration Research Program.
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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.
AS 14.40.112 Course materials.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.40.115 Establishment of Mineral Industry Research Program.
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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 …
AS 14.40.117 Establishment of Alaska Native Language Center.
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Article 2. Board of Regents and President of the University of Alaska. 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 im…
AS 14.40.120 University governed by Board of Regents.
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The University of Alaska shall be governed by a Board of Regents consisting of 11 regents.
AS 14.40.130 Qualifications of regents; special provisions relating to student regent.
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(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…
AS 14.40.140 Term of office.
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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.
AS 14.40.150 Appointment of regents.
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(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.…
AS 14.40.155 Suspension and removal of regents.
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(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…
AS 14.40.160 Board meetings public; meeting notice; public facilities.
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(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…
AS 14.40.170 Duties and powers of Board of Regents.
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(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…
AS 14.40.175 Indemnification.
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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…
AS 14.40.180 [Renumbered as AS 14.40.045.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.40.190 Report.
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(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…
AS 14.40.200 Quorum.
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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.
AS 14.40.210 Powers and duties of president of the university; research and development.
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(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…
AS 14.40.220 Duty of president to define duties and supervise appointees.
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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.
AS 14.40.230 Powers of regents to remove officers.
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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.
AS 14.40.240 Power of president to suspend and expel students.
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Article 3. Property and Funds of the University of Alaska. 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 th…
AS 14.40.250 Regents to act as trustees and administer money or property.
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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…
AS 14.40.251 Default on tuition, fees, and charges.
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(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…
AS 14.40.253 Financing notice and approval.
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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…
AS 14.40.254 University revenue bonds.
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(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…
AS 14.40.255 Investment of surplus money.
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If the Board of Regents determines that there is a surplus of money, received in the form of state and federal appropriations, above the amount sufficient to meet current and projected cash expenditure needs of the university, the surplus must be invested as set out in AS 37.10.0…
AS 14.40.257 Reimbursement for costs of capital projects.
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(a) Subject to appropriations for the purpose, during each fiscal year, the legislature may appropriate an amount to reimburse the University of Alaska for the cost to be paid by the university during that same fiscal year for the principal and interest on outstanding debt for th…
AS 14.40.260 [Renumbered as AS 14.40.055.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.40.270 [Renumbered as AS 14.40.057.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.40.280 Endowments and donations.
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(a) Title to and control or possession of land, personal property, money, and other property that is devised, bequeathed, or given to the university shall be taken by the university in its corporate capacity acting by and through the Board of Regents or an authorized agent and sh…
AS 14.40.282 Endowment for the physical sciences.
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(a) The Board of Regents shall establish an endowment for the physical sciences at the University of Alaska campus in Fairbanks. The endowment shall be managed as a perpetual trust. The income of the endowment shall be used to pay the salary and related expenses of the person app…
AS 14.40.290 Property and funds generally.
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(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…
AS 14.40.291 Land of the University of Alaska not public domain land.
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(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…
AS 14.40.295 Working capital reserve fund. [Repealed, § 10 ch 46 SLA 1977.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.40.296 Working capital reserve fund.
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(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 …
AS 14.40.300 Creation and appointment of comptroller.
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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.
AS 14.40.310 Fiscal year.
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The fiscal year of the University of Alaska begins on July 1 and closes at midnight on the following June 30.
AS 14.40.320 Requisitions on funds. [Repealed, § 10 ch 46 SLA 1977.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.40.325 Reallocation within state appropriations.
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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…
AS 14.40.330 Inventory of property.
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The Board of Regents shall maintain or cause to be maintained a perpetual inventory of all permanent property of the University of Alaska.
AS 14.40.340 Applicability of bid practices to University of Alaska. [Repealed, § 67 ch 106 SLA 1986. For current law, see AS 36.30.005(c).]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.40.350 Board of Regents authorized to lease land.
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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…
AS 14.40.360 Board of Regents authorized to select and to sell or lease land granted by Act of Congress.
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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.
AS 14.40.365 University land grant.
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(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…
AS 14.40.366 Management requirements for university land.
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(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…
AS 14.40.367 Confidential records relating to university land and interests in land.
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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…
AS 14.40.368 Encumbrances and trespasses. [Repealed, § 8 ch 8 FSSLA 2005.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.40.370 Books of account and statement of trust funds. [Repealed, § 10 ch 46 SLA 1977.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.40.380 Assent of legislature to federal land and money grants.
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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…
AS 14.40.390 Federal land grants to Agricultural College and School of Mines reaccepted for university.
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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 …