Alaska HB 120: An Act relating to state land; relating to the authority of the Department of Education and Early Development to dispose of state land; relating to the authority of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to dispose of state land; relating to the authority of the Department of Natural Resources over certain state land; relating to the state land disposal income fund; relating to the leasing and sale of state land for commercial development; repealing establishment of recreation rivers and recreation river corridors; and providing for an effective date.

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HB0120b -1- CSHB 120(RES)
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CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 120(RES)

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION

BY THE HOUSE RESOURCES COMMITTEE

Offered: 5/11/22
Referred: Finance

Sponsor(s): HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR
A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act relating to access roads; relating to state land; relating to contracts for the sale 1
of state land; relating to the authority of the Department of Education and Early 2
Development to dispose of state land; relating to a program of state inspection for 3
certain meat processing facilities; relating to the authority of the Department of 4
Transportation and Public Facilities to dispose of state land; relating to the authority of 5
the Department of Natural Resources over certain state land; relating to the state land 6
disposal income fund; relating to the leasing and sale of state land; relating to covenants 7
and restrictions on agricultural land; relating to the Alaska Native Vietnam veteran 8
land exchange; establishing temporary grant programs for certain meat processing 9
facilities and for farm development and improvement; and providing for an effective 10
date." 11
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 12

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CSHB 120(RES) -2- HB0120b
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* Section 1. AS 14.07.030(a) is amended to read: 1
(a) The department may 2
(1) establish, maintain, govern, operate, discontinue, and combine area, 3
regional, and special schools; 4
(2) enter into contractual agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs 5
or with a school district to share boarding costs of secondary school students; 6
(3) provide for citizenship night schools when and where expedient; 7
(4) provide for the sale or other disposition of abandoned or obsolete 8
buildings and other state-owned school property; 9
(5) prescribe a classification for items of expense of school districts; 10
(6) acquire and transfer personal property, acquire real property, and 11
transfer an interest in real property according to terms, standards, and conditions 12
established by the commissioner [TO FEDERAL AGENCIES, STATE AGENCIES, 13
OR TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS]; 14
(7) enter into contractual agreements with school districts to provide 15
more efficient or economical education services; reasonable fees may be charged by 16
the department to cover the costs of providing services under an agreement, including 17
costs for professional services, reproduction or printing, and mailing and distribution 18
of educational materials; 19
(8) provide for the issuance of elementary and secondary diplomas to 20
persons not in school who have completed the equivalent of an 8th or 12th grade 21
education, respectively, in accordance with standards established by the department; 22
(9) apply for, accept, and spend endowments, grants, and other private 23
money available to the state for educational purposes in accordance with AS 37.07 24
(Executive Budget Act); 25
(10) set student tuition and fees for educational and extracurricular 26
programs and services provided and schools operated by the department under the 27
provisions of (1) of this section and AS 14.07.020(a)(9), (11), and (12); 28
(11) charge fees to cover the costs of care and handling with respect to 29
the acquisition, warehousing, distribution, or transfer of donated foods; 30
(12) establish and collect fees for the rental of school facilities and for 31

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HB0120b -3- CSHB 120(RES)
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other programs and services provided by the schools; 1
(13) develop a model curriculum and provide technical assistance for 2
early childhood education programs; 3
(14) notwithstanding any other provision of this title, intervene in a 4
school district to improve instructional practices under standards established by the 5
department in regulation, including directing the 6
(A) employees identified by the department to exercise 7
supervisory authority for instructional practices in the district or in a specified 8
school; 9
(B) use of appropriations under this title for distribution to a 10
district; 11
(15) notwithstanding any other provision of this title, redirect public 12
school funding under AS 14.17 appropriated for distribution to a school district, after 13
providing notice to the district and an opportunity for the district to respond, when 14
(A) necessary to contract for services to improve instructional 15
practices in the district; or 16
(B) the district has failed to take an action required by the 17
department to improve instructional practices in the district; if funding is 18
redirected under this subparagraph, the department shall provide the redirected 19
funding to the district when the department has determined that the required 20
action is satisfactorily completed. 21
* Sec. 2. AS 17.20.005 is amended to read: 22
Sec. 17.20.