Sec. 14.07.165. Duties.

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(a)The board shall adopt

(1)statewide goals and require each governing body to adopt written goals that are consistent with local needs;

(2)regulations regarding the application for and award of grants under AS 14.03.125 ;

(3)regulations implementing provisions of AS 14.11.014 (b);

(4)regulations requiring approval by the board before a charter school, state boarding school, or a public school may provide domiciliary services;

(5)regulations establishing standards for an early education program provided by a school district for children who are four and five years of age; the regulations must include

(A)standards for a locally designed, evidence-based program that meets federal standards required for early education programs to receive federal funding;

(B)a requirement that a teacher in charge of a program hold a valid teacher certificate issued under AS 14.20 and

(i)have satisfactorily completed a minimum of six credit hours in early childhood education or complete the minimum credit hours within two years of the date the teacher's employment with the early education program begins; or

(ii)have two or more years of experience teaching kindergarten or another early education program and have completed additional coursework related to reading instruction, as required by the department;

(C)developmentally appropriate objectives for children four and five years of age rather than academic standards appropriate for older children; the objectives must allow school districts to adapt the content of an early education program to be culturally responsive to local communities;

(D)accommodations for the needs of all early education children and their families regardless of socioeconomic circumstances; and

(E)standards for day in session requirements appropriate for children four and five years of age;

(6)regulations establishing standards for day in session requirements appropriate for kindergarten students.

(b)[Repealed, § 25 ch 2 SSSLA 2015.]

(c)Every five years, the board shall review the mathematics and English and language arts curricula used in the state to ensure the curricula are still effective and are being taught using best practices.