[See delayed amendment note.] Each day within the school term is a day in session except Saturdays, Sundays, and days designated as holidays by or according to AS 14.03.050. A school board may approve Saturdays as a day in session. The day in session in every school shall be at least four hours long, exclusive of intermissions, for the first, second, and third grades and five hours, exclusive of intermissions, for all other grades. The commissioner may approve a shorter day in session for any grade. The period of the day in session shall be devoted to the instruction of pupils or to study periods for the pupils.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums
Chapter 03. Public Schools Generally
Article 1. General Provisions.
Sec. 14.03.010. Establishment of school system.
Sec. 14.03.015. State education policy.
Sec. 14.03.016. A parent's right to direct the education of the parent's child.
Sec. 14.03.040. Day in session.
Sec. 14.03.050. School holidays.
Sec. 14.03.060. Elementary, junior high, and secondary schools.
Sec. 14.03.072. Literacy and early reading information.
Sec. 14.03.073. Secondary school course credit.
Sec. 14.03.075. College and career readiness assessment; retroactive issuance of diploma.
Sec. 14.03.077. High school diploma for certain veterans.
Sec. 14.03.078. Annual progress reports.
Sec. 14.03.080. Right to attend school.
Sec. 14.03.083. Contracting for services.
Sec. 14.03.085. Procurement preference for recycled Alaska products.
Sec. 14.03.090. Partisan, sectarian, or denominational doctrines prohibited.
Sec. 14.03.095. Part-time school attendance.
Sec. 14.03.100. Use of school facilities.
Sec. 14.03.105. Search of school lockers.
Sec. 14.03.110. Questionnaires and surveys administered in public schools.
Sec. 14.03.113. District determination of scholarship eligibility.
Sec. 14.03.115. Access to school records by parent, foster parent, or guardian.
Sec. 14.03.120. Education planning; reports.
Sec. 14.03.123. School and district accountability.
Sec. 14.03.125. Fund for the improvement of school performance.
Sec. 14.03.127. Funding for Internet services.
Sec. 14.03.130. Display of flags and pledge of allegiance.
Sec. 14.03.135. Dress code; natural hairstyles.
Sec. 14.03.140. Emergency drills.
Sec. 14.03.150. Property insurance required.
Sec. 14.03.160. Suspension or expulsion of students for possessing weapons.