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Alaska Statutes (Last Updated: January 11, 2017) |
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Title 14. EDUCATION, LIBRARIES, AND MUSEUMS. |
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Chapter 14.07. ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. |
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Article 14.07.01. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT. |
Section 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 performance awarded under AS 14.03.125, and adopt regulations for the improvement of the public schools; the department may consult with the University of Alaska to develop secondary education requirements to improve student achievement in college preparatory courses;
(3) provide advisory and consultative services to all public school governing bodies and personnel;
(4) prescribe by regulation a minimum course of study for the public schools; the regulations must provide that, if a course in American Sign Language is given, the course shall be given credit as a course in a foreign language;
(5) establish, in coordination with the Department of Health and Social Services, a program for the continuing education of children who are held in detention facilities in the state during the period of detention;
(6) accredit those public schools that meet accreditation standards prescribed by regulation by the department; these regulations shall be adopted by the department and presented to the legislature during the first 10 days of any regular session, and become effective 45 days after presentation or at the end of the session, whichever is earlier, unless disapproved by a resolution concurred in by a majority of the members of each house;
(7) prescribe by regulation, after consultation with the state fire marshal and the state sanitarian, standards that will ensure healthful and safe conditions in the public and private schools of the state, including a requirement of physical examinations and immunizations in pre-elementary schools; the standards for private schools may not be more stringent than those for public schools;
(8) exercise general supervision over pre-elementary schools that receive direct state or federal funding;
(9) exercise general supervision over elementary and secondary correspondence study programs offered by municipal school districts or regional educational attendance areas; the department may also offer and make available to any Alaskan through a centralized office a correspondence study program;
(10) accredit private schools that request accreditation and that meet accreditation standards prescribed by regulation by the department; nothing in this paragraph authorizes the department to require religious or other private schools to be licensed;
(11) review plans for construction of new public elementary and secondary schools and for additions to and major rehabilitation of existing public elementary and secondary schools and, in accordance with regulations adopted by the department, determine and approve the extent of eligibility for state aid of a school construction or major maintenance project; for the purposes of this paragraph, "plans" include educational specifications, schematic designs, projected energy consumption and costs, and final contract documents;
(12) provide educational opportunities in the areas of vocational education and training, and basic education to individuals over 16 years of age who are no longer attending school; the department may consult with businesses and labor unions to develop a program to prepare students for apprenticeships or internships that will lead to employment opportunities;
(13) administer the grants awarded under AS 14.11;
(14) establish, in coordination with the Department of Public Safety, a school bus driver training course;
(15) require the reporting of information relating to school disciplinary and safety programs under AS 14.33.120 and of incidents of disruptive or violent behavior;
(16) establish by regulation criteria, based on low student performance, under which the department may intervene in a school district to improve instructional practices, as described in AS 14.07.030(14) or (15); the regulations must include
(A) a notice provision that alerts the district to the deficiencies and the instructional practice changes proposed by the department;
(B) an end date for departmental intervention, as described in AS 14.07.030(14)(A) and (B) and (15), after the district demonstrates three consecutive years of improvement consisting of not less than two percent increases in student proficiency on standards-based assessments in language arts and mathematics, as provided in AS 14.03.123(f)(1)(A); and
(C) a process for districts to petition the department for continuing or discontinuing the department's intervention;
(17) notify the legislative committees having jurisdiction over education before intervening in a school district under AS 14.07.030(14) or redirecting public school funding under AS 14.07.030(15).
(b) In implementing its duties under (a)(2) of this section, the department may not expend any money to implement the set of educational curriculum standards for grades kindergarten through 12 established by the Common Core Standards Initiative and shall develop
(1) performance standards in language arts and mathematics to be met at designated age levels by each student in public schools in the state; and
(2) a comprehensive system of student assessments, composed of multiple indicators of proficiency in language arts and mathematics; this comprehensive system must
(A) be made available to all districts and regional educational attendance areas;
(B) include a developmental profile for students entering kindergarten or first grade; and
(C) include performance standards in language arts and mathematics for students in age groups five through seven, eight through 10, and 11 - 14.
(c) In this section, "pre-elementary school" means a school for children ages three through five years if the school's primary function is educational.
Authorities
14.03.060;14.03.083;14.07.030;14.07.032;14.07.020;14.07.175;14.11.100;14.11.135;14.14.060;14.16.050;28.15.046;36.30.850
Notes
Recent Bills that will modify this
HB 36 PREKINDERGARTEN SCHOOL PROGRAMS/PLANS
HB 85 STUDENT DATA & ASSESSMENTS
HB 156 SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES; FED. LAW
HB 163 NUTRITION STANDARDS; SCHOOL FUNDRAISERS
HB 232 EDUCATION STUDENT ASSESSMENTS
SB 80 ED. STANDARDS AND ASSESSMENTS/FED FUNDS
SB 103 RESIDENTIAL PSYCHIATRIC EDUCATION FUNDING
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4 AAC 06.712
4 AAC 60.180
7 AAC 57.015
AS 14.03.060 Elementary, junior high, and secondary schools.
AS 14.03.083 Contracting for services.
AS 14.07.030 Powers of the department.
AS 14.07.032
AS 14.07.032 Definition for AS 14.07.020 - 14.07.032.
AS 14.07.175 Development of statewide assessment plan; review of education laws and regulations.
AS 14.11.100 State aid for costs of school construction debt.
AS 14.11.135 Definitions.
AS 14.14.060 Relationship between borough school district and borough; finances and buildings.
AS 14.16.050 Applicability of education laws.
AS 28.15.046 Licensing of school bus drivers.
AS 36.30.850 Application of this chapter.
History
(Sec. 1 ch 98 SLA 1966; am Sec. 2 ch 69 SLA 1971; am Sec. 6 ch 104 SLA 1971; am Sec. 1 ch 190 SLA 1975; am Sec. 6 ch 50 SLA 1977; am Sec. 1 - 3 ch 126 SLA 1978; am Sec. 10 ch 147 SLA 1978; am Sec. 1 ch 86 SLA 1979; am Sec. 24 ch 59 SLA 1982; am Sec. 1, 2 ch 92 SLA 1982; am Sec. 2 ch 11 SLA 1984; am Sec. 1 ch 32 SLA 1984; am Sec. 1 ch 19 SLA 1986; am E.O. No. 62, Sec. 2 (1986); am Sec. 1 ch 70 SLA 1988; am Sec. 2 ch 5 SLA 1990; am Sec. 3 ch 173 SLA 1990; am Sec. 2 ch 100 SLA 1992; am Sec. 2 ch 78 SLA 1993; am Sec. 12 ch 42 SLA 1997; am Sec. 12 ch 83 SLA 1998; am Sec. 1 ch 114 SLA 2000; am Sec. 2 ch 114 SLA 2003; am Sec. 3 ch 54 SLA 2005; am Sec. 1 ch 70 SLA 2008; am Sec. 3, 5 ch 11 SLA 2010; am Sec. 2 ch 93 SLA 2010; am Sec. 9 ch 8 SLA 2011; am Sec. 16, 17 ch 15 SLA 2014; am Sec. 9 ch 54 SLA 2016)