{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-14.09.010","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 14.09.010","heading":"Transportation of students.","body":"(a) A school district that provides student transportation services for the transportation of students who reside a distance from established schools is eligible to receive funding for operating or subcontracting the operation of the transportation system for students to and from the schools within the student's transportation service area. Subject to appropriation, the amount of funding provided by the state for operating the student transportation system is the amount of a school district's ADM, less the ADM for the district's correspondence programs during the current fiscal year, multiplied by the per student amount for the school district as follows, for the school years beginning July 1, 2025:\nDISTRICTPER STUDENT AMOUNT\nAlaska Gateway$2,529\nAleutians East377\nAnchorage529\nAnnette Island221\nBering Strait59\nBristol Bay3,247\nChatham341\nCopper River1,928\nCordova408\nCraig514\nDelta/Greely2,013\nDenali2,197\nDillingham1,480\nFairbanks992\nGalena309\nHaines761\nHoonah363\nIditarod257\nJuneau733\nKake330\nKashunamiut6\nKenai Peninsula1,112\nKetchikan883\nKlawock710\nKodiak Island971\nKuspuk794\nLake and Peninsula466\nLower Kuskokwim337\nLower Yukon1\nMatanuska-Susitna1,106\nNenana714\nNome755\nNorth Slope1,361\nNorthwest Arctic30\nPelican88\nPetersburg455\nSaint Mary's234\nSitka520\nSkagway44\nSoutheast Island1,404\nSouthwest Region726\nUnalaska788\nValdez894\nWrangell851\nYakutat904\nYukon Flats321\nYukon/Koyukuk364\nYupiit2.\n(b) The department shall adopt regulations that provide for oversight of and support to school districts in achieving a safe and cost-effective student transportation system. The regulations must include a requirement for contract terms of not less than three years, if feasible, standardized conditions and bid periods, and standards that ensure cost efficiencies and exclusions.\n(c) [Repealed, § 11 ch 9 SLA 2008.]\n(d) A school district that provides transportation services under this section shall provide transportation services to students attending a charter school operated by the district under a policy adopted by the district. The policy must\n(1) be developed with input solicited from individuals involved with the charter school, including staff, students, and parents;\n(2) at a minimum, provide transportation services for students enrolled in the charter school on a space available basis along the regular routes that the students attending schools in an attendance area in the district are transported; and\n(3) be approved by the department.\n(e) If a school district fails to adopt a policy under (d) of this section, the school district shall allocate the amount received for each student under (a) of this section to each charter school operated by the district based on the number of students enrolled in the charter school.\n(f) Nothing in (d) of this section requires a school district to establish dedicated transportation routes for the exclusive use of students enrolled in a charter school or authorizes a charter school to opt out of a policy adopted by a school district for the purpose of acquiring transportation funding.\n(g) In this section,\n(1) “ADM” has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990;\n(2) “district's ADM” means the sum of the ADMs in the district.","path":["Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums.","Chapter 09. Transportation of Pupils."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#14.09.010","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:00Z","sha256":"822a03040df6b28c9c8cce710af6467d945ec27c643f511fa9b9ddf5112e0a72","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-14.08.170","next":"us-ak/as-14.09.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}