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HB248 • 2026

CORRESPONDENCE STUDY PROGRAM ASSESSMENT

An Act relating to correspondence study program student assessment participation; and providing for an effective date.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
REPRESENTATIVE GALVIN
Last action
2026-01-20
Official status
(H) EDC
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material did not provide specific details on consequences if state aid is withheld, leaving that detail uncertain.

Correspondence Study Program Assessment Participation

This act requires correspondence program students to participate in statewide student assessments at the same rate as regular district students and allows for withholding state aid if this requirement is not met.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires correspondence program students to take required statewide student assessments at a rate that meets or exceeds the rate of regular district students.
  • Allows the commissioner to withhold payments of state aid from districts until their correspondence programs meet assessment participation requirements.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Students in correspondence study programs
  • Districts offering statewide correspondence study programs

Terms To Know

correspondence program student assessment participation rate
The percentage of students enrolled in a correspondence program who take required statewide assessments.
district student assessment participation rate
The percentage of students enrolled in a district who take required statewide assessments.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify the consequences for districts if state aid is withheld.
  • Effective date is January 1, 2027.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-20 1449

    (H) REFERRED TO EDUCATION

  2. 2026-01-20 1449

    (H) EDC, FIN

  3. 2026-01-20 1449

    (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

  4. 2026-01-20 1449

    (H) PREFILE RELEASED 1/9/26

Official Summary Text

CORRESPONDENCE STUDY PROGRAM ASSESSMENT
An Act relating to correspondence study program student assessment participation; and providing for an effective date.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL NO. 248

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION

BY REPRESENTATIVE GALVIN

Introduced: 1/20/26
Referred: Education, Finance

A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act relating to correspondence study program student assessment participation; 1
and providing for an effective date." 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 3
* Section 1. AS 14.03 is amended by adding a new section to article 3 to read: 4
Sec. 14.03.320. Correspondence study program student assessment 5
participation. (a) A district correspondence program must maintain a correspondence 6
program student assessment participation rate that meets or exceeds the district student 7
assessment participation rate. 8
(b) The commissioner shall withhold payments of state aid from a district 9
correspondence program that fails to meet the requirements under (a) of this section 10
until the district correspondence program complies with (a) of this section. 11
(c) In this section, 12
(1) "correspondence program student assessment participation rate" 13
means a quotient, expressed as a percentage, obtained by dividing the number of 14
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students enrolled in a correspondence program who took a statewide student 1
assessment required by the department under AS 14.03.123(f) administered by the 2
correspondence program by the number of students enrolled in a grade in which the 3
correspondence program administers the assessment on the first day that the 4
correspondence program begins administering the assessment; 5
(2) "district correspondence program" includes a district that offers a 6
statewide correspondence study program; 7
(3) "district student assessment participation rate" means a quotient, 8
expressed as a percentage, obtained by dividing the number of students enrolled in a 9
district who took a statewide student assessment required by the department under 10
AS 14.03.123(f) administered by the district by the number of students enrolled in a 11
grade in which the district administers the assessment on the first day that the district 12
begins administering the assessment. 13
* Sec. 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2027. 14