(a) It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for public education in the unorganized borough and the military reservations in the state. (b) Nothing in this chapter prohibits an organized borough, city, village, community, or settlement in an unorganized area of the state from becoming part of or being formed into an organized […]
The legislature delegates to school boards for each regional educational attendance area the authority to operate the public schools in those areas in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, subject to the provisions of this title and the regulations adopted under it that apply to all school districts in the state.
(a) The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development in consultation with the Department of Education and Early Development and local communities shall divide the unorganized borough into educational service areas using the boundaries or sub-boundaries of the regional corporations established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, unless by referendum a community votes to […]
(a) A regional educational attendance area shall be operated on an areawide basis under the management and control of a regional school board. (b) The qualified voters of the communities receiving educational services in each regional educational attendance area shall elect a regional school board of not less than five nor more than eleven members […]
(a) The regional school board shall declare a regional school board seat vacant when the person elected (1) fails to qualify within 30 days of certification of the election; (2) notifies the school board in writing of the person’s refusal to take office; (3) resigns and the resignation is accepted by the school board; (4) […]
(a) The commissioner in consultation with the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development and the local communities may divide a regional educational attendance area into sections only for the purpose of nominating and electing regional school board members. If the voters in a regional educational attendance area favor election of regional school board members […]
(a) Members elected to a regional school board shall serve staggered three-year terms. However, (1) the term of office of all of the members of a regional school board elected from the same multi-member section may not expire at the same time; and (2) for the first board elected, the term of office of each […]
(a) In each regional educational attendance area in the unorganized borough, the lieutenant governor, within not less than 60, nor more than 90 days after the establishment of the regional educational attendance area, shall provide for the election of a regional school board. (b) Except for the first election of regional school board members under […]
The members of a regional school board are subject to recall in accordance with AS 29.26.240 – 29.26.360, except that the director of elections shall perform the functions of a municipal clerk, the lieutenant governor shall perform the functions of the assembly or council under those sections, and the last regular election is the last […]
(a) The regional school boards shall be organized in accordance with AS 14.14.070, and, before taking office, each school board member shall take and sign the oath or affirmation prescribed by AS 14.12.090. (b) The officer of the board responsible for the custody of regional educational attendance area funds shall execute a bond of $50,000 […]
A regional school board may (1) sue and be sued; (2) contract with the department, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or any other school district, agency, or regional board for the provision of services, facilities, supplies, or utilities; (3) determine its own fiscal procedures, including policies and procedures for the purchase of supplies and equipment; […]
A regional school board shall (1) provide, during the school term of each year, an educational program for each school age child who is enrolled in or a resident of the district; (2) develop a philosophy of education, principles, and goals for its schools; (3) approve the employment of the professional administrators, teachers, and noncertificated […]
(a) A regional school board shall establish advisory school boards in each community in the regional educational attendance area that has more than 50 permanent residents, and by regulation shall prescribe their manner of selection and organization, and, in a manner consistent with (b) of this section, their powers and duties. (b) An advisory board […]
A board member having a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a contract for erection of buildings, heating, ventilation, furnishing, or repairing the buildings or in a contract for the furnishing of supplies for a regional school is disqualified from voting on any question involving the pecuniary interest of the member unless the member has […]
(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, the ownership of land and buildings used in relation to regional educational attendance area schools shall remain vested in the state, and use permits shall be given to the regional school boards. (b) Except for land located within the boundaries of a state airport, a regional […]
