SB 53 — An Act relating to the duties of the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska.

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"An Act relating to reportingthe requirementsduties of the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska." CS FOR SENATE BILL NO.

53(EDC)53 01 "An Act relating to reportingthe requirementsduties of the Board of Regents of the University of 02 Alaska." 0302 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:

0403 * Section 1.

AS 14.40.190(b) is amended to read:

05 (b) In addition to the report required under (a) of this section, the Board of 06 Regents shall prepare and present in person to the legislative committees having 07 jurisdiction over education a biennial report, [NOT LATER THAN THE 30TH 08 LEGISLATIVE DAY OF THE FIRST SESSION OF EACH LEGISLATURE,] titled 09 "Alaska's University for Alaska's Schools" that describes the efforts of the university 10 to attract, train, and retain qualified public school teachers.

The report must include an 11 outline of the university's current and future plans to close the gap between known 12 teacher employment vacancies in the state and the number of state residents who 13 complete teacher training.

The information reported under this subsection may also 14 include short-term and five-year strategies with accompanying fiscal notes and outcome measures.

Not later than the 30th legislative day of the first regular 02 session of each legislature, the Board of Regents shall deliver a copy of the report 03 to the senate secretary and the chief clerk of the house of representatives and 04 notify the legislature that the report is available.

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0604 (c) In addition to the reports required under (a) and (b) of this section, the 05 Board of 07 Regents shall prepare and present to the legislative committees having 06 jurisdiction over education a semiannualbiennial reportreport, onnot later than the 30th legislative day of 07 the first regular session of each legislature, that indicates the national, regional, and 08 programmatic accreditation status of the university and describes the efforts the 09 university has made to achieve and maintain accreditation.

The report must, for each 08 instructional program of the university, assess the program's quality and effectiveness 09 for purposes of accreditation, assess the program's alignment with applicable national, 10 regional, and specialized accreditation standards, and describe the efforts the 11 university has made to achieve or maintain the program's accreditation.

The report 12 must be disaggregated by university campus, school or college, program, accrediting 13 body, date of initial accreditation, next review date and review cycle, and current 14 accreditation status.

For each instructional program that has lost or is at risk of losing 15 accreditation, the report must describe the university's plan to remediate the loss or 16 risk.

The Board of Regents shall 17 (1) deliver a copy of the each semiannual report to the senate secretary 18 and the chief clerk of the house of representatives and notify the legislature that the 19 report is available on or before 20 (A) the 30th legislative day of each regular legislative session 21 for the first semiannual report of the calendar year;

and 22 (B) July 1 of each year for the second semiannual report of the 23 calendar year;

24 (2) annually, present both reports in person to the legislative 25 committees having jurisdiction over education.