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HOUSE BILL NO. 294
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION
BY REPRESENTATIVES RASMUSSEN, Tuck
Introduced: 2/24/20
Referred: Education, Community & Regional Affairs
A BILL
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
1 "An Act relating to the start time of a day in session for public high schools."
2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
3 * Section 1. AS 14.03.040 is amended to read:
4 Sec. 14.03.040. Day in session. Each day within the school term is a day in
5 session except Saturdays, Sundays, and days designated as holidays by or according to
6 AS 14.03.050. A school board may approve Saturdays as a day in session. The day in
7 session in every school shall be at least four hours long, exclusive of intermissions, for
8 the first, second, and third grades and five hours, exclusive of intermissions, for all
9 other grades. The commissioner may approve a shorter day in session for any grade.
10 The day in session in every high school shall begin at 8:30 a.m. or later. The
11 period of the day in session shall be devoted to the instruction of pupils or to study
12 periods for the pupils.
HB0294a -1- HB 294
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Statutes affected:
HB0294A, AM HB 294, introduced 02/24/2020: 14.03.040