Title 14, Education, Libraries, and Museums
36 chapters · 1,022 sections in this title.
AS 14.03.010 Establishment of school system.
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There is established in the state a system of public schools to be administered and maintained as provided in this title.
AS 14.03.015 State education policy.
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It is the policy of this state that the purpose of education is to help ensure that all students will succeed in their education and work, shape worthwhile and satisfying lives for themselves, exemplify the best values of society, and be effective in improving the character and q…
AS 14.03.016 A parent's right to direct the education of the parent's child.
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(a) A local school board shall, in consultation with parents, teachers, and school administrators, adopt policies to promote the involvement of parents in the school district's education program. The policies must include procedures (1) recognizing the authority of a parent and a…
AS 14.03.020 School year.
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The school year begins on the first day of July and ends on the 30th day of June.
AS 14.03.030 School term.
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A school term begins and ends on the dates fixed by the governing body of a school district. A school term shall include not less than 180 days in session unless, with the approval of the commissioner, (1) a day used for in-service training of teachers is substituted for a day in…
AS 14.03.040 Day in session.
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Each day within the school term is a day in session except Saturdays, Sundays, and days designated as holidays by or according to AS 14.03.050. A school board may approve Saturdays as a day in session. The day in session in every school shall be at least four hours long, exclusiv…
AS 14.03.050 School holidays.
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(a) Public schools may not be in session on school holidays, which are Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day immediately following Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Years Day, Memorial Day, and the Fourth of July. If one of these holidays falls on a Saturday, the Friday immedia…
AS 14.03.060 Elementary, junior high, and secondary schools.
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(a) Except as provided in (e) of this section, an elementary school consists of grades kindergarten through grade eight or any appropriate combination of grades within this range. (b) A secondary school consists of grades seven through 12 or any appropriate combination of grades …
AS 14.03.065 Maximum classroom size. [Effective July 1, 2026].
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Each school district shall establish and make available to the public a target average class size policy for each grade level. The target average class size for pre-kindergarten through grade six may not exceed 23 and the target average class size for grades seven through 12 may …
AS 14.03.070 School age.
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A child who is six years of age on or before September 1 following the beginning of the school year, and who is under the age of 20 and has not completed the 12th grade, is of school age.
AS 14.03.072 Literacy and early reading information.
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(a) Each school district shall annually provide to parents and guardians of students enrolled in kindergarten through grade three in a public school in the state current information on the importance of literacy and early reading, including (1) culturally responsive intervention …
AS 14.03.073 Secondary school course credit.
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(a) A school district shall provide the opportunity for students enrolled in grades nine through 12 in the district to challenge one or more courses provided by the district by demonstrating mastery in mathematics, language arts, science, social studies, and world languages at th…
AS 14.03.075 College and career readiness assessment; retroactive issuance of diploma.
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(a) [Repealed, §§ 25, 29 ch 2 SSSLA 2015.] (b) [Repealed, §§ 25, 29 ch 2 SSSLA 2015.] (c) [Repealed, §§ 25, 29 ch 2 SSSLA 2015.] (d) At the request of a student, a school district shall issue a high school diploma to a student who did not receive a high school diploma because the…
AS 14.03.077 High school diploma for certain veterans.
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(a) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, the commissioner shall award a high school diploma to a person who (1) makes application under (b) of this section; if a person is deceased or incapacitated, an immediate family member may apply on behalf of the person; (2) ne…
AS 14.03.078 Annual progress reports.
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(a) The department shall provide to the legislature and school districts by February 15 of each year by electronic means an annual report regarding the progress of each school and school district toward high academic performance by all students. The report required under this sec…
AS 14.03.080 Right to attend school.
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(a) A child of school age is entitled to attend public school without payment of tuition during the school term in the school district in which the child is a resident subject to the provisions of AS 14.14.110 and 14.14.120. (b) A person over school age may be admitted to the pub…
AS 14.03.083 Contracting for services.
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(a) A school district may contract for educational services provided to students in the district by an agency that is accredited by the department under AS 14.07.020 and (b) of this section. (b) The department shall adopt regulations and establish program standards for educationa…
AS 14.03.085 Procurement preference for recycled Alaska products.
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A school district shall comply with AS 29.71.050, except that in AS 29.71.050(b), AS 29.71.040 is read as AS 36.15.050, and in AS 29.71.050(a) (c) and (e), municipal and municipality are read as school district. In this section, school district does not include regi…
AS 14.03.090 Partisan, sectarian, or denominational doctrines prohibited.
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Partisan, sectarian, or denominational doctrines may not be advocated in a public school during the hours the school is in session. A teacher or school board violating this section may not receive public money.
AS 14.03.095 Part-time school attendance.
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(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a governing body shall, upon request, allow a child, including a child who is also enrolled at a private school, is a correspondence student, or is being home schooled, to enroll as a part-time student in the district. A governing bo…
AS 14.03.100 Use of school facilities.
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The governing body of a school district may allow the use of school facilities for any legal gatherings or assemblies. The governing body shall adopt bylaws that will ensure reasonable and impartial use of the facilities.
AS 14.03.105 Search of school lockers.
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(a) Subject to (b) of this section, a locker or other container provided in a school by the school or the school district may be searched and examined with the permission of the chief administrative officer of the school or the school district or the designee of the chief adminis…
AS 14.03.110 Questionnaires and surveys administered in public schools.
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(a) A school district, principal or other person in charge of a public school, or teacher in a public school may not administer or permit to be administered in a school a questionnaire or survey, whether anonymous or not, that inquires into personal or private family affairs of t…
AS 14.03.113 District determination of scholarship eligibility.
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A school district shall determine whether a student who graduates from a high school in the district is eligible for an award of an Alaska performance scholarship under AS 14.43.810 14.43.849. If a student is eligible, the district shall state in the student's permanent record …
AS 14.03.115 Access to school records by parent, foster parent, or guardian.
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Upon request of a parent, foster parent, or guardian of a child under 18 years of age who is currently or was previously enrolled in a municipal school district or a school district that is a regional educational attendance area, the school district shall provide a copy of the ch…
AS 14.03.120 Education planning; reports.
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(a) A district shall annually file with the department, and make available to the public, a report that (1) establishes district goals and priorities for improving education in the district; (2) includes a plan for achieving district goals and priorities; and (3) includes a means…
AS 14.03.123 School and district accountability.
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(a) By September 1 of each year, the department shall assign a performance designation to each public school and school district and to the state public school system in accordance with (f) of this section. (b) The department shall inform the governing body of each district of th…
AS 14.03.125 Fund for the improvement of school performance.
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(a) The fund for the improvement of school performance is created as an account in the general fund. The fund shall be used by the commissioner to make grants to a district located in the state for the purpose of improving school performance. The fund consists of money appropriat…
AS 14.03.126 Public school performance incentive program. [Repealed, § 8 ch 41 SLA 2006.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.03.127 Funding for Internet services.
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(a) Each fiscal year, a district in which one or more schools qualify for a discounted rate for Internet services under the federal universal services program is eligible to receive an amount for each school that is equal to the amount needed to bring the applicant's share to 100…
AS 14.03.130 Display of flags and pledge of allegiance.
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(a) United States and Alaska flags shall be displayed upon or near each principal school building during school hours and at other times the governing body considers proper. The governing body shall require that the pledge of allegiance be recited regularly, as determined by the …
AS 14.03.135 Dress code; natural hairstyles.
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(a) A governing body may not adopt a school dress code that (1) prohibits a student from wearing a hairstyle that is associated with race; (2) prohibits a student from wearing a natural hairstyle, regardless of the student's hair texture or type; in this paragraph, natural hairs…
AS 14.03.140 Emergency drills.
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The principal or other persons in charge of each public or private school or educational institution shall instruct and train pupils by means of drills so that in an emergency they may be able to leave the school building in the shortest possible time without confusion or panic. …
AS 14.03.150 Property insurance required.
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(a) Each school district shall purchase and maintain or provide proof of adequate property insurance for the replacement cost of all school facilities and equipment. Insurance purchased to comply with this section may contain a deductible amount, if approved by the department. A …
AS 14.03.160 Suspension or expulsion of students for possessing weapons.
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Article 2. Charter Schools. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school district shall (1) expel for at least one year a student who violates AS 11.61.210(a)(8) while possessing a firearm, as that term is defined under 18 U.S.C. 921; (2) suspend for at least 30 days,…
AS 14.03.250 Application for charter school.
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(a) A local school board shall prescribe an application procedure for the establishment of a charter school in that school district. The application procedure must include provisions for an academic policy committee consisting of parents of students attending the school, teachers…
AS 14.03.253 Charter school application appeal.
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(a) In an appeal to the commissioner under AS 14.03.250, the commissioner shall review the record before the local school board. The commissioner may request written supplementation of the record from the applicant or the local school board. The commissioner may (1) remand the ap…
AS 14.03.255 Organization and operation of a charter school.
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(a) A charter school operates as a school in the local school district except that the charter school (1) is exempt from the local school district's textbook, program, curriculum, and scheduling requirements; (2) is exempt from AS 14.14.130(c); the principal of the charter school…
AS 14.03.257 Charter school termination.
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(a) A local school board may terminate a contract between the local school board and a charter school only if the charter school has (1) failed to comply with a condition or material term of the contract or AS 14.03.250 14.03.290; or (2) intentionally or fraudulently misreprese…
AS 14.03.260 Funding for charter school.
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(a) A local school board shall provide an approved charter school with an annual program budget. The budget shall be not less than the amount generated by the students enrolled in the charter school less administrative costs retained by the local school district, determined by ap…
AS 14.03.263 Charter school grant program. [Repealed, § 1 ch 100 SLA 2003.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 14.03.264 Charter school grant program.
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(a) A charter school that is established on or after July 1, 2014 may receive a one-time grant from the department equal to the amount of $500 for each student enrolled in the school on October 1 of the first year in which the school applies for the grant. The charter school shal…
AS 14.03.265 Admission.
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(a) The program of a charter school may be designed to serve (1) students within an age group or grade level; (2) students who will benefit from a particular teaching method or curriculum; or (3) nonresident students, including providing domiciliary services for students who need…
AS 14.03.270 Teacher or employee transfers, evaluations, and negotiated agreements.
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(a) A teacher or employee may not be assigned to a charter school unless the teacher or employee consents to the assignment. (b) All provisions of an existing negotiated agreement or collective bargaining agreement applicable to a teacher or employee of a district apply to that t…
AS 14.03.275 Contracts; duration.
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A contract for a charter school may be for a term of no more than 10 years.
AS 14.03.280 Regulations.
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The state Board of Education and Early Development may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) necessary to implement AS 14.03.250 14.03.290.
AS 14.03.290 Definitions.
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Article 3. Correspondence Study Programs. In AS 14.03.250 14.03.290, (1) academic policy committee means the group designated to supervise the academic operation of a charter school and to ensure the fulfillment of the mission of a charter school; (2) charter school means a…
AS 14.03.300 Correspondence study programs; individual learning plans.
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(a) A district or the department that provides a correspondence study program shall annually provide an individual learning plan for each student enrolled in the program developed in collaboration with the student, the parent or guardian of the student, a certificated teacher ass…
AS 14.03.310 Student allotments.
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Article 4. Early Education. (a) Except as provided in (e) of this section, the department or a district that provides a correspondence study program may provide an annual student allotment to a parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the correspondence study program for the p…
AS 14.03.410 Early education programs; grants.
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(a) The department shall provide training and assistance to develop and improve district-wide early education programs that comply with standards adopted by the board under AS 14.07.165(a)(5). (b) The department may award a grant to provide funding for a three-year period for the…