Title 14, Education, Libraries, and Museums

The legislature assents to federal aid under former 20 U.S.C. 401 — 602 on behalf of the state. The commissioner of education and early development may do all things necessary to cooperate with the United States government to participate under former 20 U.S.C. 401 — 602 and under…

Public schools, for the purpose of Public Law 85-508, 72 Stat. 339, 85th Congress, Second Session (Alaska Statehood Act), includes public elementary schools, public high schools, the University of Alaska, and other public educational institutions which may be established. Nothing…

If the United States Congress enacts legislation making federal money available to the states for teachers' salaries, school construction, and other educational purposes, it is the desire of the legislature that the governor or the state Board of Education and Early Development a…

If the United States Congress enacts legislation, when the state legislature is not in session, making money available to the states for teachers' salaries, the governor or the board as the federal law may require may accept and use part or all of the federal money made available…

If the United States Congress enacts into law legislation making money available to the state for school construction while the legislature is not in session, the governor or the board as the federal law may require may accept and use the federal money and apply it to the cost of…

If federal money is made available to the state without limitation or restriction as to the educational purposes for which it may be spent or if the federal money is made available to the state for alternative educational purposes, including payment of teachers' salaries, the gov…

The governor or the board as the federal law may require may direct the use of any state money appropriated in any line item for the department to match federal money which will be made available to the state for substantially the same purpose or program as the money appropriated…

The governor or the board as the federal law may require may accept all reasonable conditions which may be required by the federal government as a condition to receiving federal money for education purposes.

The term “teacher” for the purposes of AS 14.50.030 — 14.50.100 includes teachers, school superintendents, and other public school employees covered by the state minimum salary schedule who would be qualified to receive federal money through the state.

The Department of Education and Early Development shall manage and have complete charge of all of the property contained in the institutions known as the state library and state historical library. The state library and state historical library shall be maintained in the state ca…

The department shall (1) stimulate and encourage citizens' participation in the development and improvement of library facilities; and (2) establish policies, plans, and procedures of the department, and adopt reasonable regulations and orders, with penalties, as may be required.…

The department shall undertake state library functions that will benefit the state and its citizens, including (1) coordinating library services of the state with other educational services and agencies to increase effectiveness and eliminate duplication; (2) providing reference …

The department shall (1) collect, catalog, and preserve an Alaska collection consisting of books, laws, pamphlets, periodicals, manuscripts, microreproductions, audiovisual materials, etc.; (2) serve as a depository for state and federal historical publications concerning Alaska;…

There is established in the state library the state library distribution and data access center.

The center shall, in cooperation with federal, municipal, and private data collection and research efforts, promote the establishment of an orderly depository library and data index distribution and access system.

The Department of Education and Early Development shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of AS 14.56.090 — 14.56.180.

(a) Each state agency shall deposit, upon release, at least four copies of each of its state publications in the center. Additional copies of each publication may be requested by the center for deposit in quantities necessary to meet the needs of the depository library system and…

Each state agency shall and each municipality and regional educational attendance area may designate one of its employees to be responsible for depositing the materials and information specified in AS 14.56.120.

(a) Upon notification of the creation of data under AS 14.56.120, a state agency shall and a municipality or regional educational attendance area may prepare an abstract or summary of it. (b) The center shall prepare and keep current an index of all publications and data abstract…

Upon the request of the center, a state agency shall furnish the center with a complete list of its current state publications, data published or compiled by or for it at public expense, and a copy of its mailing or exchange lists. However, data that is protected by the constitut…

The center shall, to the extent practicable, avoid duplication, coordinate its activities with other state agencies charged with record-keeping functions, and employ computerization to compile or organize research data and other materials.

The center may enter into depository contracts with municipal, regional educational attendance area, university or community college libraries, public library associations, state library agencies, the Library of Congress, and other state and federal library systems. The requireme…

Libraries may be designated as either “complete depository” or “selective depository.” A complete depository library shall be sent one copy of every state publication. A selective depository library shall be sent one copy of every publication from the specific state agencies it d…

The center may not engage in general public distribution of either (1) state publications or lists of publications or (2) the index of publications and research data. However, unless expressly prohibited by law, the center shall make available to any person, upon request and unde…

In AS 14.56.090 — 14.56.180, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “center” means the state library distribution and data access center; (2) “research data” or “data” means a representation of facts, concepts or instructions in a formalized manner suitable for communication,…

There is established in the department a library assistance grant program. From legislative appropriations, the department shall make grants to eligible libraries for public library operations, for interlibrary cooperation, or for regional library services.

(a) Libraries eligible for grants under AS 14.56.300 are (1) public libraries established under AS 14.56.400 or, in a municipality that does not have a public library established under AS 14.56.400, another library that (A) is a nonprofit corporation and holds meetings of its boa…

An eligible library may apply to the department for a grant under AS 14.56.300 — 14.56.340 in accordance with regulations adopted by the board.

(a) A public library assistance grant under AS 14.56.310(a)(1) may be a basic grant or a per capita grant. A basic grant may not be more than $7,000 for each service outlet of the public library in any one fiscal year. The amount of a basic grant must be equally matched by local …

The board shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of AS 14.56.300 — 14.56.330. The regulations must include qualifications for grant eligibility and provisions regarding the use of grant funds.

(a) There is established in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development a matching grant program for library construction and major expansion. (b) A person in charge of construction or major expansion of an eligible library may apply to the department for a ma…

(a) To be a library eligible for a grant under AS 14.56.355, a library must be (1) publicly owned and operated by a community; and (2) a public library as described in AS 14.56.400 that is not a public school library. (b) An applicant for a grant under AS 14.56.355 must provide m…

(a) There is established in the department a public school library collection development grant program. (b) The person or division in charge of the state library shall award and administer grants of not more than $3,000 for a fiscal year for use by a public school library eligib…

(a) A library eligible for a grant under AS 14.56.360 must be a public school library established and supported by a school district that (1) provides physical space or, if a correspondence school operated by a school district, resources for use as a library; (2) provides regular…

(a) A library collection development grant may be used only to purchase library collection materials by a public school or by a school district if the district operates a correspondence program with an eligible school library. In this subsection, “library collection materials” me…

A recipient of a grant awarded under AS 14.56.360 shall prepare a brief annual report to the department describing the effects of the grant and whether all conditions of the grant were met or exceeded.

(a) A public library established under this section shall provide at least the following services free of charge to the residents of the municipality or community: (1) establish and maintain a collection of books and other materials for loaning; (2) provide access to interlibrary…

(a) The department shall manage and have complete charge of all of the property contained in the institution known as the state museum. The museum is designated as a repository of natural and cultural history collections and shall be operated and maintained as a designated reposi…

(a) The department may designate natural and cultural history repositories in addition to the state museum as provided under this section. (b) An institution located in the state that seeks designation as a natural and cultural history repository may apply on a form and under pro…

(a) There is created in the department the State Museum Collections Advisory Committee consisting of five members appointed by the board to serve at the board's pleasure for staggered three-year terms. The appointees shall be broadly representative of the public's interest in the…

(a) The committee shall elect a chair from among its members. (b) The committee shall meet at least once every six months and at the call of its chair, on petition of a majority of its members, or at the call of the commissioner, or the director of the museum, at a mutually conve…

The members of the committee serve without compensation, but they are entitled to per diem and travel expenses as authorized by law for boards and commissions.

(a) On recommendation of the committee, the department shall adopt regulations governing the museum's in-house acquisitions committee, and the management and disposition of artifacts, natural history specimens, art objects, collections or other items, materials, or properties tha…

The committee shall act in an advisory capacity to the board as to the general acquisition and deaccession policies and programs of the state museum.

(a) A member of the committee may not act on a matter relating to the state museum in which the member's relationship with another person or with respect to the acquisition or disposition of an item owned by, in custody of, or proposed to be acquired by or for the state museum cr…

In AS 14.57.020 — 14.57.080, “committee” means the state Museum Collections Advisory Committee.