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HB248
HB 248: Rules for Online School Test Participation
Last scannedSep 22, 2026, 12:32 AM
In one sentence
This law requires Alaska school districts running correspondence study programs to have student test participation rates that match or exceed the rest of their district, and it stops state funding if they do not meet this rule.
What it does
- Requires a district's correspondence program to keep its student testing rate at least as high as the overall district rate.
- Stops payments of state aid to any correspondence program that does not meet the required participation level until it complies again.
Who it affects
- School districts that offer a statewide correspondence study program
- Students enrolled in these programs
Limits and unknowns
- The law does not specify what happens if a district cannot meet the requirement due to reasons outside its control.
- The text defines how rates are calculated but does not list specific penalties other than withholding state aid payments until compliance is reached.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Correspondence program student assessment participation rate
- The percentage of students enrolled in the program who took required tests, divided by the number of eligible students on the first day testing began.
- District correspondence program
- A district that offers a statewide correspondence study program.
Official record
Sources
Read the official summary
CORRESPONDENCE STUDY PROGRAM ASSESSMENT An Act relating to correspondence study program student assessment participation; and providing for an effective date.
Official activity
Bill history
- (H) REFERRED TO EDUCATION1449
- (H) EDC, FIN1449
- (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS1449
- (H) PREFILE RELEASED 1/9/261449