CORRESPONDENCE STUDY: FUNDING

Plain English Breakdown

The specific numerical values for the 'special needs factor' and 'intensive services' are not in this text; they depend on AS 14.17.420.

HB 223: Funding for Special Needs and Intensive Services in Correspondence Study Programs

This bill changes how the state calculates funding for correspondence study programs to include special needs factors and intensive services costs.

What This Bill Does

• Amends Alaska Statute 14.17.430 regarding state funding rules for correspondence study.
• Requires that student counts (ADM) be multiplied by 90 percent as the first step in calculating funds.
• Multiplies the result from the previous step by a special needs factor found in AS 14.17.420(a)(1).
• Adds costs for intensive services, defined in AS 14.17.420(a)(2), to the total funding amount.
• Sets an effective date of July 1, 2025.

Who It Names or Affects

• The state centralized correspondence study program
• Districts that run their own correspondence programs
• School districts offering statewide correspondence study options

Terms To Know

Correspondence Study Program

A school program funded under this act, which may be centralized by the state or run by a district.

ADM (Average Daily Membership)

The count of students in the correspondence study program used to start the funding calculation.

Special Needs Factor

A number defined in AS 14.17.420(a)(1) that is multiplied into the funding total.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not list specific dollar amounts, referring instead to other laws for calculation details.
• The exact values for the special needs factor and intensive services are found in AS 14.17.420, which is referenced but not included here.

Official Summary Text

CORRESPONDENCE STUDY: FUNDING
An Act relating to special needs and intensive services funding for correspondence study programs; and providing for an effective date.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL NO. 223

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION

BY REPRESENTATIVES SCHWANKE, Prax, Vance

Introduced: 5/7/25
Referred: Education, Finance

A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act relating to special needs and intensive services fundin g for correspondence 1
study programs; and providing for an effective date." 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 3
* Section 1. AS 14.17.430 is amended to read: 4
Sec. 14.17.430. State funding for correspondence study. Except as provided 5
in AS 14.17.400(b), funding for the state centralized correspon dence study program or 6
a district correspondence program, including a district that of f e r s a s t a t e w i d e 7
correspondence study program, includes an allocation from the p ublic education fund 8
in an amount calculated by 9
(1) multiplying the ADM of the correspondence program by 90 10
percent; 11
(2) multiplying the number obtained under (1) of this section by 12
the special needs factor set out in AS 14.17.420(a)(1); 13
(3) adding the number obtained under (2) of this section to th e 14
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number obtained for intensive services under AS 14.17.420(a)(2). 1
* Sec. 2. This Act takes effect July 1, 2025. 2