Section 14.44.025. Provisions of services.

   (a) State participation under Articles VIII and XIII of the Western Regional Higher Education Compact shall be limited to the provision of adequate services and facilities in the professional fields of study available through the Professional Student Exchange Program administered by the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education. The Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education shall establish funding priorities under AS 14.44.035 for the available fields of study by analyzing student access and state labor needs.
   (b) Notwithstanding the funding priorities established under (a) of this section, the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education shall provide adequate funding for not fewer than five students each year to attend four-year programs in each of the following fields:
        (1) dentistry;
        (2) optometry; and
        (3) pharmacy.

Authorities

14.40.685;14.42.210;36.30.850

Notes

Implemented As

20 AAC 18.007
20 AAC 18.990

References

20 AAC 15.910
AS 14.40.685
AS 14.42.210 Education loan fund and program administration.
AS 36.30.850 Application of this chapter.

History

(Sec. 2 ch 70 SLA 1971; am Sec. 1 ch 96 SLA 1972; am Sec. 1 ch 78 SLA 1974; am Sec. 1 ch 85 SLA 1977; am Sec. 1 ch 102 SLA 1981; am Sec. 24 ch 5 SLA 1996; am Sec. 6 ch 14 SLA 2010)