In AS 14.18 and
4
AAC 06.500 -
4
AAC 06.600
(1) "commissioner" means the commissioner of
the Department of Education and Early Development;
(2) "extracurricular recreational activity"
includes school-sponsored or supported clubs, teams, or activities of general
or specific interest not part of classroom instruction;
(3) "instructional material" includes
textbooks, films, filmstrips, workbooks and other materials the primary purpose
of which is for use in classroom instructional activity; "instructional
materials" does not include literary works;
(4) "physical education activities involving
bodily contact" means boxing, wrestling, rugby, ice hockey, football,
basketball, and other sports the purpose or major activity of which involves
bodily contact;
(5) "gender bias"
means behavior or written materials that, when taken as a whole, portray one
gender in a role or status inferior to or more limited than that of the other
gender; assign abilities, traits, interests, or activities on the basis of
gender stereotypes; denigrate or ridicule on the basis of gender; ignore or
substantially underrepresent the numerical existence of one gender for reasons
not necessitated by the subject matter of the work; or otherwise treat persons
in a discriminatory way on the basis of gender;
(6) "state board" means the State Board of
Education;
(7) "department" means
the Department of Education and Early Development;
(8) "discrimination" means differential
treatment of or the denial of equal opportunity to a person based on that
person's race or gender or because that person filed a grievance under this
chapter.
