1. (a) In AS 14.17 and this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,

   1. (1) "alternative school" means an educational program that is not a correspondence study program and that is

      1. (A) designed to target a specific student population to receive a specialized instructional program or curriculum; or
      2. (B) a charter school;

   2. (2) "community" means

      1. (A) an incorporated city;
      2. (B) a unified municipality; or
      3. (C) a place that is not incorporated as a city or a unified municipality and that has a school enrollment of at least 10 full-time equivalent students;

   3. (3) "correspondence study program" means any educational program, including a charter school program or a state supported home-schooling program, that provides

      1. (A) for each secondary course, less than three hours per week of scheduled face-to-face interaction, in the same location, between a teacher certificated under AS 14.20.020 and each class;
      2. (B) for elementary students, less than 15 hours per week of scheduled face-to-face interaction, in the same location, between a teacher certificated under AS 14.20.020 and each full-time equivalent elementary student.

2. (b) In the definition of "local contribution" in AS 14.17.990,

   1. (1) "appropriations" means money appropriated to a district's school operating fund by the city or borough;
   2. (2) "value of in-kind services" means the documented fair market value of insurance, utilities, energy, audits, and maintenance of facilities provided at no charge to a district by the city or borough as reported in the district's school operating fund.

(Eff. 7/22/99, Register 151; am 10/8/99, Register 152; am 12/2/2000, Register 156; am 12/2/2012, Register 204)

Authority: AS 14.03.040, AS 14.17.920