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                                           HOUSE BILL NO. 280
                          IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
                         THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION
     BY REPRESENTATIVE EASTMAN
     Introduced: 1/18/22
     Referred: Community and Regional Affairs, Education
                                                   A BILL
                                        FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
 1   "An Act relating to school size and average daily membership; and providing for an
 2   effective date."
 3   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
 4     * Section 1. AS 14.17.450(b) is amended to read:
 5                     (b) If, excluding students who are children of school employees, the ADM
 6           in a school is less than 10, the [THOSE] students attending the school shall be
 7           included in the ADM of the school in that district with the lowest ADM as determined
 8           by the most recent student count data for that district.
 9     * Sec. 2. AS 14.17.905(a) is amended to read:
10                     (a) For purposes of this chapter, the determination of the number of schools in
11           a district is subject to the following:
12                            (1) a community with an ADM of at least 10 [,] but not more than 100,
13           excluding students who are children of school employees, shall be counted as one
14           school;
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 1                          (2) a community with an ADM of at least 101 [,] but not more than
 2            425, excluding students who are children of school employees, shall be counted as
 3                                 (A) one elementary school, which includes [THOSE] students
 4                   in grades kindergarten through six; and
 5                                 (B) one secondary school, which includes students in grades
 6                   seven through 12;
 7                          (3) in a community with an ADM of greater than 425, excluding
 8            students who are children of school employees, each facility that is administered as
 9            a separate school shall be counted as one school, except that each alternative school
10            with an ADM of less than 175 shall be counted as a part of the school in the district
11            with the highest ADM.
12    * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect July 1, 2022.
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Statutes affected: 
HB0280A, AM HB 280, introduced 01/18/2022: 14.17.450, 14.17.905