The school year begins on the first day of July and ends on the 30th day of June.
A contract for a charter school may be for a term of no more than 10 years.
There is established in the state a system of public schools to be administered and maintained as provided in this title.
Repealed or Renumbered
A child who is six years of age on or before September 1 following the beginning of the school year, and who is under the age of 20 and has not completed the 12th grade, is of school age.
The governing body of a school district may allow the use of school facilities for any legal gatherings or assemblies. The governing body shall adopt bylaws that will ensure reasonable and impartial use of the facilities.
It is the policy of this state that the purpose of education is to help ensure that all students will succeed in their education and work, shape worthwhile and satisfying lives for themselves, exemplify the best values of society, and be effective in improving the character and quality of the world about them.
Partisan, sectarian, or denominational doctrines may not be advocated in a public school during the hours the school is in session. A teacher or school board violating this section may not receive public money.
The principal or other persons in charge of each public or private school or educational institution shall instruct and train pupils by means of drills so that in an emergency they may be able to leave the school building in the shortest possible time without confusion or panic. Drills shall be held at least once each month during the school term, weather permitting.
The state Board of Education and Early Development may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) necessary to implement AS 14.03.250 - 14.03.290.
Each day within the school term is a day in session except Saturdays, Sundays, and days designated as holidays by or according to AS 14.03.050. A school board may approve Saturdays as a day in session. The day in session in every school shall be at least four hours long, exclusive of intermissions, for the first, second, and third grades and five hours, exclusive of intermissions, for all other grades. The commissioner may approve a shorter day in session for any grade. The period of the day in session shall be devoted to the instruction of pupils or to study periods for the pupils.
(a) A school district may contract for educational services provided to students in the district by an agency that is accredited by the department under AS 14.07.020 and (b) of this section.
(b) The department shall adopt regulations and establish program standards for educational services that may be contracted for by a school district.
(c) Expenses incurred by the department in accrediting the agency and program shall be borne by the agency seeking accreditation.
Upon request of a parent, foster parent, or guardian of a child under 18 years of age who is currently or was previously enrolled in a municipal school district or a school district that is a regional educational attendance area, the school district shall provide a copy of the child's record. This section does not apply to
(1) a record of a child who is an emancipated minor; or
(2) record information that consists of the child's address if the school district determines that the release of the child's address poses a threat to the health or safety of the child.
(a) An elementary school consists of grades kindergarten through grade eight or any appropriate combination of grades within this range.
(b) A secondary school consists of grades seven through 12 or any appropriate combination of grades within this range. The establishment of one or two grades beyond the 12th grade is optional with the governing body of the school district.
(c) Grades seven through eight, nine, and ten or any appropriate combination of grades within this range may be organized as a junior high school.
(d) This section does not prevent a high school from issuing a diploma to a student who has completed the 12th grade.
(a) Public schools may not be in session on school holidays, which are Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day immediately following Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Years Day, Memorial Day, and the Fourth of July. If one of these holidays falls on a Saturday, the Friday immediately preceding is a school holiday. If one of these holidays falls on a Sunday, the Monday immediately following is a school holiday. A teacher may not be required to perform employment services on these holidays, nor may the salary of a teacher be diminished because the teacher does not perform employment services on a school holiday.
(b) The public schools shall be in session on all other holidays falling upon school days and shall conduct appropriate exercises in recognition of the day.
(c) The governing body of the school district may declare additional holidays.
A school term begins and ends on the dates fixed by the governing body of a school district. A school term shall include not less than 180 days in session unless, with the approval of the commissioner,
(1) a day used for in-service training of teachers is substituted for a day in session, up to a maximum of 10 days;
(2) an 'emergency closure day' is substituted for a day in session because of conditions posing a threat to the health or safety of students; or
(3) the school board adopts a different school term that includes at least 740 hours of instruction and study periods for pupils in kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and third grade and at least 900 hours of instruction and study periods for pupils in grades four through 12 if the commissioner finds that the school board has submitted an acceptable plan under which students will receive the approximate educational equivalent of a 180-day term.
(a) United States and Alaska flags shall be displayed upon or near each principal school building during school hours and at other times the governing body considers proper. The governing body shall require that the pledge of allegiance be recited regularly, as determined by the governing body. A person may recite the following salute to the flag of the United States or maintain a respectful silence: 'I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.'
(b) A school district shall inform all affected persons at the school of their right not to participate in the pledge of allegiance. The exercise of the right not to participate in the pledge of allegiance may not be used to evaluate a student or employee or for any other purpose.
(a) A teacher or employee may not be assigned to a charter school unless the teacher or employee consents to the assignment.
(b) All provisions of an existing negotiated agreement or collective bargaining agreement applicable to a teacher or employee of a district apply to that teacher or employee if employed at a charter school in that district, unless the district and the bargaining unit representing the teacher or employee agree to an exemption.
(c) A teacher in a charter school shall be evaluated in an equivalent manner as all other teachers in the district, except that if there is no administrator assigned to the charter school, the local school board, with the agreement of the charter school, shall designate a school district administrator in that district to evaluate a teacher in a charter school.
(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 this section; if a person is deceased or incapacitated, an immediate family member may apply on behalf of the person;
(2) never received a high school diploma; and
(3) actively served in the United States armed forces or the Alaska Territorial Guard during the period of August 7, 1940, through July 25, 1947, and
(A) died in active service;
(B) was honorably discharged; or
(C) was released from active duty because of a service-related disability.
(b) The commissioner shall provide a form or electronic format for a person to apply under this section. The commissioner may accept an affidavit to support the award if documentation is not readily available from the military or other sources.
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 ,' and in AS 29.71.050(a) - (c) and (e), 'municipal' and 'municipality' are read as 'school district.' In this section, 'school district' does not include regional educational attendance areas.
(a) Subject to (b) of this section, a locker or other container provided in a school by the school or the school district may be searched and examined with the permission of the chief administrative officer of the school or the school district or the designee of the chief administrative officer to determine compliance with school regulations, school district regulations, and local, state, and federal laws. A search or examination under this section may not be more intrusive than reasonably necessary to meet the objectives of the search.
(b) Notices in letters at least two inches high stating the right and the intention of school and school district officers to permit searches and examinations under (a) of this section shall be posted in prominent locations throughout a school.
(c) Nothing in this section limits the ability of a peace officer, chief administrative officer, or other appropriate person, acting in compliance with local, state, or federal laws, to search a locker or other container provided in a public or private school by the school district.
(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a governing body shall, upon request, allow a child, including a child who is also enrolled at a private school, is a correspondence student, or is being home schooled, to enroll as a part-time student in the district. A governing body may not discriminate between part-time and full-time students or require that part-time students be enrolled after full-time student enrollment is completed.
(b) A governing body is not required to allow part-time enrollment if
(1) the enrollment would be denied even if the enrollee were a full-time student; or
(2) the enrollment would result in an expenditure of public funds for the direct benefit of a private educational institution.
(c) Part-time enrollment under this section does not constitute attendance for the purposes of AS 14.30.010 (a).
(d) This section does not apply to interscholastic or extracurricular student activities.
(a) The program of a charter school may be designed to serve
(1) students within an age group or grade level;
(2) students who will benefit from a particular teaching method or curriculum; or
(3) nonresident students, including providing domiciliary services for students who need those services, if approved by the board.
(b) A charter school shall enroll all eligible students who submit a timely application, unless the number of those applications exceeds the capacity of the program, class, grade level, or building. In the event of an excess of those applications, the charter school and the local school board shall attempt to accommodate all of those applicants by considering providing additional classroom space and assigning additional teachers from the district to the charter school. If it is not possible to accommodate all eligible students who submit a timely application, students shall be accepted by random drawing. A school board may not require a student to attend a charter school.
(c) In addition to other requirements of law, a charter school shall be nonsectarian.
(1) 'academic policy committee' means the group designated to supervise the academic operation of a charter school and to ensure the fulfillment of the mission of a charter school;
(2) 'charter school' means a school established under AS 14.03.250 - 14.03.290 that operates within a public school district;
(3) 'local school board' means a borough or city school board or a school board of a regional educational attendance area;
(4) 'parent' means a biological, adoptive, or foster parent, or an adult who acts as guardian of a child and makes decisions related to the child's safety, education, and welfare;
(5) [Repealed, Sec. 102 ch 21 SLA 2000].
(6) 'teacher' means a person who serves a school district in a teaching, counseling, or administrative capacity and is required to be certificated in order to hold the position.
(a) The fund for the improvement of school performance is created as an account in the general fund. The fund shall be used by the commissioner to make grants to a district located in the state for the purpose of improving school performance. The fund consists of money appropriated by the legislature. The commissioner shall annually determine the amount requested for grants under this section and shall include the amount in the department's budget request.
(b) A governing body, district advisory board, or nonprofit organization located in the state, or a teacher or principal employed by a public school in the state, may apply for a grant of up to $50,000 to improve school performance by submitting an application to the commissioner.
(c) A grant may be awarded to the same grantee in consecutive fiscal years, but may not be awarded to the same grantee for more than two fiscal years within a five-year period.
(d) Grant funds awarded under this section may only be expended to improve the performance of a public school.
(e) In this section, 'district' has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990 .
(a) A charter school may be established as provided under AS 14.03.250 - 14.03.290 upon the approval of the local school board and the state Board of Education and Early Development of an application for a charter school. The state Board of Education and Early Development may not approve more than 60 charter schools to operate in the state at any one time.
(b) A local school board shall prescribe an application procedure for the establishment of a charter school in that school district. The application procedure must include provisions for an academic policy committee consisting of parents of students attending the school, teachers, and school employees and a proposed form for a contract between a charter school and the local school board, setting out the contract elements required under AS 14.03.255 (c).
(c) A local school board shall forward to the state Board of Education and Early Development applications for a charter school that have been approved or denied by the local board.
(a) A local school board shall provide an approved charter school with an annual program budget. The budget shall be not less than the amount generated by the students enrolled in the charter school less administrative costs retained by the local school district, determined by applying the indirect cost rate approved by the Department of Education and Early Development. The 'amount generated by students enrolled in the charter school' is to be determined in the same manner as it would be for a student enrolled in another public school in that school district.
(b) The program budget of a charter school is to be used for operating expenses of the educational program of the charter school, including purchasing textbooks, classroom materials, and instructional aids.
(c) The charter school shall provide the financial and accounting information requested by the local school board or the Department of Education and Early Development and shall cooperate with the local school district or the department in complying with the requirements of AS 14.17.910 .
(d) The expenses of housing nonresident students who attend the charter school, including room, board, and other reasonable housing expenses, may not be paid for with state money but may be paid for with funds contributed by sources other than the state.
(a) Each school district shall purchase and maintain or provide proof of adequate property insurance for the replacement cost of all school facilities and equipment. Insurance purchased to comply with this section may contain a deductible amount, if approved by the department. A school district may comply with this section by initiating and maintaining a program of self-insurance, if the department annually determines that the school district has submitted adequate evidence of the district's ability to self-insure for the replacement cost of all school facilities and equipment. A copy of the insurance policy or other information indicating compliance with this section shall be provided to the department.
(b) If the department determines that a school district is not insured as required under (a) of this section, the department shall notify the school district of the determination. Unless the school district obtains adequate insurance within 30 days after the school district receives notice under this subsection, the department shall purchase the insurance required by (a) of this section for that school district.
(c) The department may not award a school construction or major maintenance grant under AS 14.11 to a municipality that is a school district or a regional educational attendance area that is not in compliance with (a) of this section. The department shall reduce the amount of state aid under AS 14.17.400 for which a school district may qualify by the amount, if any, paid by the department under (b) of this section.
The department shall provide to the legislature by February 15 of each year an annual report regarding the progress of each school and school district toward high academic performance by all students. The report required under this section must include
(1) information described under AS 14.03.120 (d);
(2) the number and percentage of students in each school who pass the examination required under AS 14.03.075 , and the number who pass each section of the examination;
(3) progress of the department
(A) toward implementing the school accountability provisions of AS 14.03.123; and
(B) in assisting high schools to become accredited;
(4) a description of the resources provided to each school and school district for coordinated school improvement activities and staff training in each school and school district;
(5) each school district's and each school's progress in aligning curriculum with state education performance standards;
(6) a description of the efforts by the department to assist a public school that receives a designation of deficient or in crisis;
(7) a description of intervention efforts by each school district and school for students who are not meeting state performance standards;
(8) the number and percentage of turnover in certificated personnel and superintendents;
(9) the number of teachers by district and by school who are teaching outside the teacher's area of endorsement but in areas tested by the high school competency examination.
(a) A child of school age is entitled to attend public school without payment of tuition during the school term in the school district in which the child is a resident subject to the provisions of AS 14.14.110 and 14.14.120.
(b) A person over school age may be admitted to the public school in the school district in which the person is a resident at the discretion of the governing body of the school district. A person over school age may be charged tuition by the governing body of the school district.
(c) A child under school age may be admitted to a public school in the school district of which the child is a resident at the discretion of the governing body of the school district if the child meets minimum standards prescribed by the board evidencing that the child has the mental, physical, and emotional capacity to perform satisfactorily for the educational program being offered. A district's educational program must prescribe that under school age students advance through the curriculum or grade level by the following school year. A governing body may delegate the authority granted under this subsection to the chief school administrator of the school district.
(d) A child who is five years of age on or before September 1 following the beginning of the school year, and who is under school age, may enter a public school kindergarten.
(e) A child under school age shall be admitted to school in the district of which the child is a resident if immediately before the child became a resident of the district, the child was legally enrolled in the public schools of another district or state.
(f) This section does not require a school district to admit a child or person currently under suspension or expulsion under AS 14.03.160 in that or another school district.
(a) A school district, principal or other person in charge of a public school, or teacher in a public school may not administer or permit to be administered in a school a questionnaire or survey, whether anonymous or not, that inquires into personal or private family affairs of the student not a matter of public record or subject to public observation unless written permission is obtained from the student's parent or legal guardian.
(b) For an anonymous questionnaire or survey, written permission required under (a) of this section may be obtained annually and is valid until the commencement of the subsequent school year or until the parent or legal guardian who gave permission submits a written withdrawal of permission to the school principal. The school shall provide each student's parent or legal guardian at least two weeks' notice before administering a questionnaire or survey described under this subsection.
(c) If a school administers to a student a questionnaire or survey that is not anonymous, the school shall obtain the written permission required under (a) of this section from the student's parent or legal guardian at least two weeks before the questionnaire or survey is administered.
(d) The school shall give a student's parent or guardian an opportunity to review the questionnaire or survey described under (b) or (c) of this section and shall give the parent or guardian written notice regarding
(1) how the questionnaire or survey will be administered to the student;
(2) how the results of the survey or questionnaire will be used; and
(3) who will have access to the questionnaire or survey.
(e) A student may refuse to participate in a questionnaire or survey administered in a public school. A student's parent or legal guardian may refuse to allow the student to participate in a specified questionnaire or survey.
(f) In this section, 'questionnaire or survey' means a list of questions to, or information collected from, a class or group of students.
(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 possessing a firearm, as that term is defined under 18 U.S.C. 921;
(2) suspend for at least 30 days, or expel for the school year or permanently, a student who violates AS 11.61.210 (a)(8) while possessing a deadly weapon, other than a firearm as that term is defined under 18 U.S.C. 921.
(b) The administrative officer of a school district may on a case-by-case basis reduce or otherwise modify the expulsion or suspension of a student under (a) of this section.
(c) A prior conviction, or adjudication of delinquency or child in need of aid, for violation of AS 11.61.210 (a)(8) is not necessary for a school board to suspend or expel a student under this section.
(d) Each school district shall adopt a policy providing for the
(1) referral to law enforcement authorities of students who violate AS 11.61.210 (a)(8);
(2) identification of procedures and conditions for early reinstatement of students suspended or expelled under this section.
(e) Annually on a date set by the department, each school district shall report to the department the number of students expelled under this section and the types of weapons involved.
(f) In this section,
(1) 'deadly weapon' has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900 ;
(2) 'district' has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990 .
Article 02. CHARTER SCHOOLS
(a) By September 1 of each year, the department shall assign a performance designation to each public school and school district and to the state public school system in accordance with (f) of this section.
(b) The department shall inform the governing body of each district of the performance designation assigned under (a) of this section.
(c) The state board shall adopt regulations implementing this section, providing for a statewide student assessment system, and providing for the process of assigning a designation under (a) of this section, including
(1) the methodology used to assign the performance designation, including the measures used and their relative weights;
(2) high achievement and low achievement designations that are based on the accountability system under this section;
(3) a procedure for appealing a designation that may be used by the principal of a public school or by the superintendent of a public school district;
(4) additional measures that may be progressively implemented by the commissioner to assist schools or districts to improve performance in accordance with this section and with federal law; to the extent necessary to conform to federal law, the additional measures may be unique to a certain school or district if that school or district receives federal funding that is not available to all schools or districts in the state.
(d) A public school or district that receives a low achievement designation under this section shall prepare and submit to the department a school or district improvement plan, as applicable, in accordance with regulations adopted by the board. The improvement plan must be prepared with the maximum feasible public participation of the community including, as appropriate, interested individuals, teachers, parents, parent organizations, students, tribal organizations, local government representatives, and other community groups.
(e) The department shall establish a program of special recognition for those public schools that receive a high achievement designation.
(f) In the accountability system for schools and districts required by this section, the department shall
(1) implement 20 U.S.C. 6301 - 7941 (Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965), as amended;
(2) implement state criteria and priorities for accountability including the use of
(A) measures of student performance on standards-based assessments in reading, writing, and mathematics, and including competency tests required under AS 14.03.075 ;
(B) measures of student improvement; and
(C) other measures identified that are indicators of student success and achievement; and
(3) to the extent practicable, minimize the administrative burden on districts.
(g) In this section,
(1) 'district' has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990 ;
(2) 'state public school system' means the combination of all public schools, public school districts, and state-operated schools.
(a) A charter school operates as a school in the local school district except that the charter school (1) is exempt from the local school district's textbook, program, curriculum, and scheduling requirements; (2) is exempt from AS 14.14.130 (c); the principal of the charter school shall be selected by the academic policy committee and shall select, appoint, or otherwise supervise employees of the charter school; and (3) operates under the charter school's annual program budget as set out in the contract between the local school board and the charter school under (c) of this section. A local school board may exempt a charter school from other local school district requirements if the exemption is set out in the contract. A charter school is subject to secondary school competency testing as provided in AS 14.03.075 and other competency tests required by the department.
(b) A charter school shall
(1) keep financial records of the charter school;
(2) oversee the operation of the charter school to ensure that the terms of the contract required by (c) of this section are being met;
(3) meet regularly with parents and with teachers of the charter school to review, evaluate, and improve operations of the charter school; and
(4) meet with the academic policy committee at least once each year to monitor progress in achieving the committee's policies and goals.
(c) A charter school shall operate under a contract between the charter school and the local school board. A contract must contain the following provisions:
(1) a description of the educational program;
(2) specific levels of achievement for the education program;
(3) admission policies and procedures;
(4) administrative policies;
(5) a statement of the charter school's funding allocation from the local school board and costs assignable to the charter school program budget;
(6) the method by which the charter school will account for receipts and expenditures;
(7) the location and description of the facility;
(8) the name of the teacher, or teachers, who, by agreement between the charter school and the teacher, will teach in the charter school;
(9) the teacher-to-student ratio;
(10) the number of students served;
(11) the term of the contract, not to exceed a term of 10 years;
(12) a termination clause providing that the contract may be terminated by the local school board for the failure of the charter school to meet educational achievement goals or fiscal management standards, or for other good cause;
(13) a statement that the charter school will comply with all state and federal requirements for receipt and use of public money;
(14) other requirements or exemptions agreed upon by the charter school and the local school board.
(d) A charter school may be operated in an existing school district facility or in a facility within the school district that is not currently being used as a public school, if the chief school administrator determines the facility meets requirements for health and safety applicable to public buildings or other public schools in the district.
(a) A student may not be issued a secondary school diploma unless the student passes a competency examination in the areas of reading, English, and mathematics or receives a waiver from the governing body. A governing body may not grant a waiver to a student before the student's final semester of attendance. The department shall determine the form and contents of the examination and shall score completed examinations.
(b) A student who fails the examination required under this section shall be retested at least once during a school year on those portions of the examination that the student has not passed. A student who passes any portion of the test may not retake that portion of the test. A student who, when retested, passes the portions of the test not previously passed and who meets any other graduation requirements shall receive a diploma from the school district. This subsection does not apply to a student who is a child with a disability if the student's individualized education program team recommends that the student not be retested.
(c) Notwithstanding (a) of this section,
(1) a student who is a child with a disability and who does not achieve a passing score on the examination required under (a) of this section, with or without accommodation, is eligible to receive a diploma if the student successfully completes an alternative assessment program required by the student's individualized education program or required in the education plan developed for the student under 29 U.S.C. 794; an alternative assessment program must, to the maximum extent possible, conform to state performance standards established for the competency examination required under (a) of this section; this paragraph does not apply to a student unless the department determines that the student has taken and failed to pass the competency examination with or without accommodations and the department approves the student's alternative assessment program described under this paragraph; and
(2) a student who transfers into a public high school in this state shall receive a diploma if the student
(A) meets graduation requirements imposed by the governing body and the state; and
(B) has passed a competency examination in the state from which the student transferred.
(d) A student who fails to qualify for the issuance of a diploma under (a) of this section or a retest under (b) of this section by the end of the student's final semester of attendance, but who has met all other graduation requirements of a governing body and the state, shall be awarded a certificate of achievement. A certificate of achievement may include the following information:
(1) the portions of the examination described under (a) of this section that were passed;
(2) the student's attendance record; and
(3) other information indicating the qualifications of the student that the governing body determines appropriate.
(e) The department shall by regulation establish uniform standards for
(1) pre-examination study materials; and
(2) procedures to be followed during administration of an examination.
(f) The department shall by regulation establish uniform standards for an alternative assessment program required under (c)(1) of this section. The alternative assessment program required under (c)(1) of this section applicable to an individual student may not be changed after February 1 of the student's junior year of study.
(g) In this section,
(1) 'child with a disability' has the meaning given in AS 14.30.350 ;
(2) 'individualized education program team' has the meaning given in AS 14.30.350 .
(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 improving education in the district;
(2) includes a plan for achieving district goals and priorities; and
(3) includes a means of measuring the achievement of district goals and priorities.
(b) The department shall summarize the reports submitted under (a) of this section and include all revenue received by each school district organized in easily sortable categories including ADM and district, as a statewide report, provide a copy to the governor, publish the report on the department's Internet website, and notify the legislature that the report is available; in this subsection, 'revenue' means all money reported to the department as receipts from any source, including state, federal, local, special, and other funding.
(c) A district shall make efforts to encourage students, parents, teachers, and other members of the community to participate in the preparation of the report submitted under (a) of this section.
(d) Annually, before the date set by the district under (e) of this section, each public school shall deliver to the department for posting on the department's Internet website and provide, in a public meeting of parents, students, and community members, a report on the school's performance and the performance of the school's students. The report shall be prepared on a form prescribed by the department and must include
(1) information on accreditation;
(2) results of norm-referenced achievement tests;
(3) results of state standards-based assessments in reading, writing, and mathematics;
(4) a description, including quantitative and qualitative measures, of student, parent, community, and business involvement in student learning;
(5) a description of the school's attendance, retention, dropout, and graduation rates, including the number and percentage of students who received a diploma under a waiver from the competency examination required under AS 14.03.075 (a), as specified by the state board;
(6) the annual percent of enrollment change, regardless of reason, and the annual percent of enrollment change due to student transfers into and out of the school district;
(7) if Native language education is provided, a summary and evaluation of the curriculum described in AS 14.30.420 ;
(8) the number and percentage of students in each school who take and who successfully complete an alternative assessment program in reading, English, or mathematics; and the number and percentage of pupils in each school who successfully complete the alternative assessment program but who do not reach the state performance standards at the competency exam level in reading, English, or mathematics; a school may not report results under this paragraph unless the school complies with the family educational rights and privacy requirements of 34 C.F.R. 99;
(9) the performance designation assigned the school under AS 14.03.123 and the methodology used to assign the performance designation, including the measures used and their relative weights; and
(10) other information concerning school performance and the performance of the school's students as required by the state board in regulation.
(e) By a date set by the district, each public school in the district shall provide the report described in (d) of this section to the district's governing body. Along with the report, each public school shall submit a summary of comments made on the report by parents, students, and community members. By July 1 of each year, each district shall provide to the department a report on the performance of each public school and the public school students in the district. The district's report must
(1) be entitled 'School District Report Card to the Public'; and
(2) include
(A) copies of the reports and summaries of comments submitted under this section by each public school in the district;
(B) a compilation of the material described in (A) of this paragraph by each public school in the district;
(C) the designation assigned the district under AS 14.03.123 and the methodology used to assign the performance designation, including the measures used and their relative weights; and
(D) other information concerning school performance and the performance of the school's students as required by the state board in regulation.
(f) By January 15 of each year, beginning in 2001, the department shall provide to the governor and make available to the public and the legislature a report on the performance of public schools in this state. The report must be entitled 'Alaska's Public Schools: A Report Card to the Public.' The report must include
(1) comprehensive information on each public school compiled, collected, and reported under (d) and (e) of this section for the prior school year;
(2) a summary of the information described in (1) of this subsection; the summary must be prepared in a manner that allows school performance to be measured against established state education standards; and
(3) for a report due by or after January 15, 2005, the most recent performance designation under AS 14.03.123 received by each public school.
(g) In this section, 'district' has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990 .
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