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HOUSE BILL NO. 343
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION
BY REPRESENTATIVES ALLARD, McCabe
Introduced: 2/23/26
Referred: House Special Committee on Military and Veterans' Affairs, Education
A BILL
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
"An Act relating to earning secondary school course credit through assessment; and 1
relating to a child's right to attend a public school." 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 3
* Section 1. AS 14.03.073(a) is amended to read: 4
(a) A school district shall provide an [THE] opportunity at least three times a 5
year, or upon the request of the student's parent or guardian, for a student 6
[STUDENTS] enrolled in grades nine through 12 in the district to challenge one or 7
more courses provided by the district by demonstrating mastery in mathematics, 8
language arts, science, social studies, and world languages at the level of the course 9
challenged. A school district shall give full credit for a course to a student who 10
successfully challenges that course as provided under this section. 11
* Sec. 2. AS 14.03.073(d) is amended to read: 12
(d) In this section, 13
(1) "guardian" has the meaning given in AS 13.06.050; 14
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(2) "school district" has the meaning given in AS 14.30.350. 1
* Sec. 3. AS 14.03.073 is amended by adding new subsections to read: 2
(e) A school district shall provide a student an opportunity to challenge 3
courses under (a) of this section within three weeks after the date the student begins 4
attending school in the district if 5
(1) a parent or guardian of the student serves as an active duty member 6
of the armed forces of the United States or a member of the National Guard; 7
(2) the parent or guardian is transferred under an official military order 8
to a military installation in the state from outside of the state; and 9
(3) the transfer results in the student's enrollment in the school district. 10
(f) Not later than the end of the first business day after a student eligible to 11
challenge courses under (e) of this section enrolls in a school, the school district shall 12
inform the department of the student's enrollment and provide notice to the student's 13
parent or guardian of the student's opportunity to challenge courses under (e) of this 14
section. Not later than three business days after receiving notice from the school 15
district, the department shall provide notice to the student's parent or guardian of the 16
student's opportunity to challenge courses under (e) of this section. The notices 17
required under this subsection may be in physical or electronic form. 18
* Sec. 4. AS 14.03.080(e) is amended to read: 19
(e) A child under school age shall be admitted to school in the district of 20
which the child is a resident if, immediately before the child became a resident of the 21
district, the child was legally enrolled in 22
(1) the public schools of another district or state; or 23
(2) a Department of Defense Education Activity or other publicly 24
funded kindergarten program in a military installation. 25
* Sec. 5. AS 14.60.010 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 26
(11) "military installation" means a base, camp, post, station, yard, 27
center, homeport facility for a ship, armory, or other installation under the jurisdiction 28
of the United States Department of Defense or the United States Coast Guard. 29
* Sec. 6. AS 14.03.080(g)(2) is repealed. 30