4 AAC 31.016 - Determination of attendance areas for space eligibility
(a) For purposes of
calculating the number of unhoused students and the amount of square footage
eligible for state school facility funding, each school district is divided
into attendance areas. Annually, by February 1, the commissioner will issue a
list of the department-established attendance areas within each school
district. The list will be based on the criteria set out in (b) and (c) of this
section.
(b) Each group of public
schools in a school district that meet the following criteria will be
established as a single attendance area:
(1)
all schools serving students in any of the grades 9-12, and located within a
single home rule, first class, or second class city; an attendance area under
this paragraph includes all feeder schools, if any, for those
schools;
(2) each school serving
students in any of the grades 9-12, and located outside of a unified
municipality or of a home rule, first class, or second class city; an
attendance area under this paragraph includes all feeder schools, if any, for
that school;
(3) all schools
located within a unified municipality; however, a high school and all of its
feeder schools within a unified municipality will be established as a separate
attendance area, if the high school
(A) is
located more than 13 road miles from the next nearest high school within the
unified municipality; and
(B)
together with all of its feeder schools has an ADM in excess of 1,000 in grades
kindergarten through 12;
(4) all schools located on a military
installation, if access to those schools can be limited by security measures of
the installation.
(c)
The commissioner will establish an attendance area in addition to those
described in (b) of this section if the commissioner is satisfied that the
schools in that attendance area are geographically separated from the nearest
school in the attendance area established under (b) of this section in which
the schools of the additional attendance area would otherwise be
included.
(d) A school district may
request an amendment to the attendance areas established in the annual list
specified in (a) of this section. The commissioner will adjust the attendance
areas if satisfied that the request is justified under the criteria set out in
(b) or (c) of this section. A district request for amendment must be made in
writing and received by the commissioner by March 1 following publication of
the list to which an amendment is sought. The commissioner will provide notice
of approval or denial of a district request under this subsection by certified
mail posted on or before April 1.
(e) Except for an exceptional child
transferred under
AS
14.30.285, a student who resides in one
school district or attendance area but enrolls in and attends school in another
school district or attendance area must be counted in the attendance area in
which the student is enrolled.
(f)
The enrollment calculated for correspondence study students will be excluded
from use in calculating eligibility for additional square footage for
facilities.
(g) Space in
state-operated schools or schools operated on behalf of the state will be
excluded from the attendance area in which the space is located.
(h) Once attendance areas are finalized under
(d) of this section, a change in grade levels offered by a high school or
feeder school must be approved by the commissioner. A request for a change in
grade level must be made in writing to the commissioner before the statutory
deadline for submission of capital improvement project applications for state
aid under AS 14.11.011 or
AS
14.11.100 in order for the change to be
considered in the determination of space allocations for that year.
(i) The enrollment calculated for students
in leased space will be excluded from use in calculating eligibility for
additional square footage for facilities unless
(1)
that enrollment is in an attendance area comprised of a single
school; or
(2) the lease is due to
terminate within two years and the district submits an application for a
capital improvement project under AS 14.11 for new school construction to house
the student population of the terminating lease space
Notes
Authority:AS 14.07.060
AS 14.11.011
AS 14.11.013
AS 14.11.015
AS 14.11.017
AS 14.11.100
AS 14.11.132
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