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AK SB169

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/20/2012

Primary Sponsor

Unknown

Origin

Senate

27th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Amends Alaska's public school funding formula to include a new distance delivery funding component for school districts offering online courses.

  • Provides distance delivery funding equal to 0.5 times the number of students enrolled in qualifying distance delivery courses, counted as part of the district's adjusted average daily membership (ADM).

  • Limits eligibility to courses that are part of the core academic curriculum required for scholarship eligibility under AS 14.43.820, provided only by distance delivery, and taught by an accredited public postsecondary institution located in Alaska.

  • Defines "distance delivery" as an online course taught in a central location and simultaneously relayed by technology to one or more distant locations.

Legislative Description

Funding For Distance Delivery Education

Education

Last Action

REFERRED TO EDUCATION

1/20/2012

Committee Referrals

Education1/20/2012

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