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HOUSE BILL NO. 288
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION
BY REPRESENTATIVE FIELDS
Introduced: 2/2/26
Referred: Education, Finance
A BILL
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
"An Act relating to the local contribution made by a city or borough school district; and 1
providing for an effective date." 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 3
* Section 1. AS 14.03.260(a) is amended to read: 4
(a) A local school board shall provide an approved charter school with an 5
annual program budget. The budget shall be not less than the amount generated by the 6
students enrolled in the charter school less administrative costs retained by the local 7
school district, determined by applying the indirect cost rate approved by the 8
department up to four percent. Costs directly related to charter school facilities, 9
including rent, utilities, and maintenance, may not be included in an annual program 10
budget for the purposes of calculating the four percent cap on administrative costs 11
under this subsection. A local school board shall provide a charter school with a report 12
itemizing the administrative costs retained by the local school board under this section. 13
The "amount generated by students enrolled in the charter school" is to be determined 14
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in the same manner as it would be for a student enrolled in another public school in 1
that school district and includes funds generated by grants, appropriations, federal 2
impact aid, the required local contribution, the voluntary local contribution under 3
AS 14.17.410(c), special needs under AS 14.17.420(a)(1), and secondary school 4
vocational and technical instruction under AS 14.17.420(a)(3). A school district shall 5
direct state aid under AS 14.11 for the construction or major maintenance of a charter 6
school facility to the charter school that generated the state aid, subject to the same 7
terms and conditions that apply to state aid under AS 14.11 for construction or major 8
maintenance of a school facility that is not a charter school. 9
* Sec. 2. AS 14.17.410(c) is amended to read: 10
(c) In addition to the local contribution required under (b)(2) of this section, a 11
city or borough school district in a fiscal year may make a voluntary local 12
contribution in any amount [OF NOT MORE THAN THE GREATER OF 13
(1) THE EQUIVALENT OF A TWO MILL TAX LEVY ON THE 14
FULL AND TRUE VALUE OF THE TAXABLE REAL AND PERSONAL 15
PROPERTY IN THE DISTRICT AS OF JANUARY 1 OF THE SECOND 16
PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR, AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 17
COMMERCE, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UNDER 18
AS 14.17.510 AND AS 29.45.110; OR 19
(2) 23 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL OF THE DISTRICT'S BASIC 20
NEED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR UNDER (b)(1) OF THIS SECTION AND ANY 21
ADDITIONAL FUNDING DISTRIBUTED TO THE DISTRICT IN A FISCAL 22
YEAR ACCORDING TO (b) OF THIS SECTION]. 23
* Sec. 3. AS 14.17.990(6) is amended to read: 24
(6) "local contribution" means appropriations and the value of in-kind 25
services made by a district for any purpose; 26
* Sec. 4. This Act takes effect July 1, 2026. 27