Alaska Statutes Title 14, Chapter 14.03, Article 01 - General Provisions

• Sec. 14.03.010 Establishment of School System.
  There is established in the state a system of public schools to be administered and maintained as provided in this title.
• Sec. 14.03.015 State Education Policy.
  It is the policy of this state that the purpose of education is to help ensure that all students will succeed in their education...
• Sec. 14.03.020 School Year.
  The school year begins on the first day of July and ends on the 30th day of June.
• Sec. 14.03.030 School Term.
  A school term begins and ends on the dates fixed by the governing body of a school district. A school term shall include not...
• Sec. 14.03.040 Day in Session.
  Each day within the school term is a day in session except Saturdays, Sundays, and days designated as holidays by or according to AS...
• Sec. 14.03.050 School Holidays.
  (a) Public schools may not be in session on school holidays, which are Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day immediately following Thanksgiving Day, Christmas...
• Sec. 14.03.060 Elementary, Junior High, and Secondary Schools.
  (a) Except as provided in (e) of this section, an elementary school consists of grades kindergarten through grade eight or any appropriate combination of...
• Sec. 14.03.070 School Age.
  A child who is six years of age on or before September 1 following the beginning of the school year, and who is under...
• Sec. 14.03.072 Early Literacy Information.
  (a) Each school district shall annually provide to parents and guardians of students enrolled in kindergarten through grade three in a public school in...
• Sec. 14.03.073 Secondary School Course Credit.
  (a) A school district shall provide the opportunity for students enrolled in grades nine through 12 in the district to challenge one or more...
• Sec. 14.03.075 College and Career Readiness Assessment; Retroactive Issuance of Diploma.
  (a) [Repealed June 30, 2016]. A school may not issue a secondary school diploma to a student unless the student takes a college and...
• Sec. 14.03.077 High School Diploma for Certain Veterans.
  (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...
• Sec. 14.03.078 Annual Progress Reports.
  (a) The department shall provide to the legislature by February 15 of each year by electronic means an annual report regarding the progress of...
• Sec. 14.03.080 Right to Attend School.
  (a) A child of school age is entitled to attend public school without payment of tuition during the school term in the school district...
• Sec. 14.03.083 Contracting for Services.
  (a) A school district may contract for educational services provided to students in the district by an agency that is accredited by the department...
• Sec. 14.03.085 Procurement Preference for Recycled Alaska Products.
  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 ,"...
• Sec. 14.03.090 Partisan, Sectarian, or Denominational Doctrines Prohibited.
  Partisan, sectarian, or denominational doctrines may not be advocated in a public school during the hours the school is in session. A teacher or...
• Sec. 14.03.095 Part-Time School Attendance.
  (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a governing body shall, upon request, allow a child, including a child who is also...
• Sec. 14.03.100 Use of School Facilities.
  The governing body of a school district may allow the use of school facilities for any legal gatherings or assemblies. The governing body shall...
• Sec. 14.03.105 Search of School Lockers.
  (a) Subject to (b) of this section, a locker or other container provided in a school by the school or the school district may...
• Sec. 14.03.110 Questionnaires and Surveys Administered in Public Schools.
  (a) A school district, principal or other person in charge of a public school, or teacher in a public school may not administer or...
• Sec. 14.03.113 District Determination of Scholarship Eligibility.
  A school district shall determine whether a student who graduates from a high school in the district is eligible for an award of an...
• Sec. 14.03.115 Access to School Records by Parent, Foster Parent, or Guardian.
  Upon request of a parent, foster parent, or guardian of a child under 18 years of age who is currently or was previously enrolled...
• Sec. 14.03.120 Education Planning; Reports.
  (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...
• Sec. 14.03.123 School and District Accountability.
  (a) By September 1 of each year, the department shall assign a performance designation to each public school and school district and to the...
• Sec. 14.03.125 Fund for the Improvement of School Performance.
  (a) The fund for the improvement of school performance is created as an account in the general fund. The fund shall be used by...
• Sec. 14.03.126 Public School Performance Incentive Program. [Repealed, Sec. 8 Ch 41 Sla 2006].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 14.03.127 Funding for Internet Services.
  (a) Each fiscal year, a district in which one or more schools qualify for a discounted rate for Internet services under the federal universal...
• Sec. 14.03.130 Display of Flags and Pledge of Allegiance.
  (a) United States and Alaska flags shall be displayed upon or near each principal school building during school hours and at other times the...
• Sec. 14.03.140 Emergency Drills.
  The principal or other persons in charge of each public or private school or educational institution shall instruct and train pupils by means of...
• Sec. 14.03.150 Property Insurance Required.
  (a) Each school district shall purchase and maintain or provide proof of adequate property insurance for the replacement cost of all school facilities and...
• Sec. 14.03.160 Suspension or Expulsion of Students for Possessing Weapons.
  (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...

Last modified: November 15, 2016