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SENATE BILL NO. 82

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION

BY THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR

Introduced: 1/31/25
Referred: Education, Finance

A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act relating to education; relating to public school attendance; relating to mobile 1
communication devices in schools; relating to reading proficiency incentive grants; 2
relating to authorization of charter schools; relating to transportation of students; 3
relating to school bond debt reimbursement; relating to funding and reporting by 4
Alaska technical and vocational education programs; authorizing lump sum payments 5
for certain teachers as retention and recruitment incentives; and providing for an 6
effective date." 7
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 8
* Section 1. AS 14.03.080(a) is amended to read: 9
(a) Subject to AS 14.14.110 and 14.14.120, a [A] child of school age is 10
entitled to attend public school without payment of tuition during the school term 11
(1) in the school district in which the child is a resident; and 12
(2) except as provided in (i) of this section, upon application to a 13

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school district, at a school selected by the child's parent in or outside the school 1
district in which the child is a resident subject to 2
(A) capacity limitations of the selected school; 3
(B) a school district enrollment preference policy that 4
prioritizes 5
(i) placement of siblings in the same school; and 6
(ii) enrollment of children in the order of 7
applications received; and 8
(C) regulations that the department shall adopt to 9
(i) require a school district to accept students upon 10
application throughout the school year as capacity becomes 11
available; 12
(ii) require a school district to report to the 13
department and publish on the school district's Internet website 14
annually student enrollment data at each school, including capacity 15
and vacancies for each grade; the number of applications, 16
acceptances, and denials; and the reasons for any denial; 17
(iii) compensate a school district at the end of a 18
school year to account for a year-end ADM that is greater than the 19
district's student count data provided under AS 14.17.600; 20
(iv) establish a student transportation plan; and 21
(v) establish a procedure for appealing a school 22
district's denial of an enrollment application [SUBJECT TO THE 23
PROVISIONS OF AS 14.14.110 AND 14.14.120]. 24
* Sec. 2. AS 14.03.080 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 25
(i) Nothing in (a)(2) of this section applies to a correspondence study program 26
under AS 14.03.300. 27
* Sec. 3. AS 14.03 is amended by adding a new section to read: 28
Sec. 14.03.103. Mobile communication devices in schools. (a) The governing 29
body of a school district shall adopt a policy to prohibit a student from using a 30
personal mobile communication device in school under the supervision of an 31

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employee of the school district except 1
(1) in the event of an emergency or a perceived threat of danger; 2
(2) when a teacher or administrator of the school grants permission to 3
the student to use the device for educational purposes; 4
(3) when use of the device is necessary for the health or well-being of 5
the student; or 6
(4) when use of the device is a required component of the student's 7
individualized education plan. 8
(b) This section does not authorize monitoring, collecting, or accessing 9
information related to a student's use of a personal mobile communication device. 10
(c) In this section, "mobile communication device" means a cellular telephone, 11
smart phone, personal data assistant, wireless tablet, computer, or a similar device 12
used for voice or visual communication. 13
* Sec. 4. AS 14.03 is amended by adding a new section to read: 14
Sec. 14.03.124. Reading proficiency incentive grants. (a) Subject to 15
appropriation, a school district is eligible to receive a reading proficiency incentive 16
grant of $450 for each student in 17
(1) grade kindergarten through three who performs at grade-level or 18
demonstrates improvement on expected grade-level skills on the statewide screening 19
tool adopted by the department under AS 14.30.760; and 20
(2) grade four through six who performs at grade-level or demonstrates 21
a measure of increased proficiency on a standards-based assessment in language arts. 22
(b) The department shall adopt regulations to implement this section. 23
* Sec. 5. AS 14.03.124(a), added by sec. 4 of this Act, is amended to read: 24
(a) Subject to appropriation, a school district is eligible to receive a reading 25
proficiency incentive grant of $450 for each student in 26
[(1)] grade kindergarten through [THREE WHO PERFORMS AT