RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL FUNDING

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date is not provided in the official text or metadata, so it cannot be confirmed when these rates begin.

HB 380: Updates to Residential School Funding Limits

This bill updates the maximum monthly amounts school districts can claim for student room and board at residential schools, varying by region.

What This Bill Does

• Updates AS 14.16.200(b) to set new maximum per-pupil monthly stipends for room and board based on five regions.
• Sets the Southeast Region (Region I) limit at $1,549.
• Sets the Southcentral Region (Region II) limit at $1,512.
• Sets the Interior Region (Region III) limit at $1,829.
• Sets the Southwest Region (Region IV) limit at $1,901.
• Sets the Northern Remote Region (Region V) limit at $2,237.
• Allows districts to claim one round trip on the least expensive transportation between a student's home and school if the district pays for it.

Who It Names or Affects

• School districts that send students to residential schools in Alaska.
• The state department responsible for determining regional funding rates.

Terms To Know

Stipend

A set amount of money paid monthly to cover room and board expenses, limited by the amounts listed in this bill.

Reimbursement

Money given back to a school district for costs they have already spent on student transportation or housing.

Limits and Unknowns

• The official text does not state the specific date these new funding amounts will take effect.
• The bill sets maximum limits but does not explain how districts calculate exact costs below those limits.

Official Summary Text

RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL FUNDING
An Act relating to funding for residential schools.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL NO. 380

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION

BY THE HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

Introduced: 3/18/26
Referred: Education, Finance

A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act relating to funding for residential schools." 1
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 2
* Section 1. AS 14.16.200(b) is amended to read: 3
(b) Costs that may be claimed by a district for reimbursement under (a) of this 4
section are 5
(1) one round trip on the least expensive means of transportation 6
between the student's community of residence and the school during the school year if 7
the district expends money for the trip; and 8
(2) a per-pupil monthly stipend to cover room and board expenses as 9
determined by the department on a regional basis and not to exceed the following 10
amounts: 11
(A) for the Southeast Region (Region I), $1,549 [$1,230]; 12
(B) for the Southcentral Region (Region II), $1,512 [$1,200]; 13
(C) for the Interior Region (Region III), $1,829 [$1,452]; 14
(D) for the Southwest Region (Region IV), $1,901 [$1,509]; 15
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(E) for the Northern Remote Region (Region V), $2,237 1
[$1,776]. 2