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Alaska Stat. § 14.08.101 (2026)
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Sec. 14.08.101. Powers.
A regional school board may
(1) sue and be sued;
(2) contract with the department, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or any other school district, agency, or regional board for the provision of services, facilities, supplies, or utilities;
(3) determine its own fiscal procedures, including policies and procedures for the purchase of supplies and equipment; the regional school boards are exempt from AS 37.05 (Fiscal Procedures Act) and AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code);
(4) appoint, compensate, and otherwise control all school employees in accordance with this title; these employees are not subject to AS 39.25 (State Personnel Act);
(5) adopt regulations governing organization, policies, and procedures for the operation of the schools;
(6) establish, maintain, operate, discontinue, and combine schools subject to the approval of the commissioner;
(7) recommend to the department projects for construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of schools and education-related facilities as specified in AS 14.11.011(b), and plan, design, and construct the project when the responsibility for it is assumed under AS 14.11.020;
(8) by resolution adopted by a majority of all the members of the board and provided to the commissioner of the department, assume ownership of all land and buildings used in relation to the schools in the regional educational attendance area, as provided for in AS 14.08.151(b);
(9) provide housing for rental to teachers, by leasing existing housing from a local agency or individual, by entering into contractual arrangements with a local agency or individual to lease housing that will be constructed by the local agency or individual for that purpose, or, without using for the purpose that portion of public school funding that consists of state aid provided under AS 14.17, by constructing or otherwise acquiring housing that is owned and managed by the regional educational attendance area for rental to teachers;
(10) employ a chief school administrator;
(11) apply for and use the proceeds of a loan from the Alaska energy efficiency revolving loan fund (AS 18.56.855);
(12) exercise those other functions that may be necessary for the proper performance of its responsibilities.
A regional school board may
(1) sue and be sued;
(2) contract with the department, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or any other school district, agency, or regional board for the provision of services, facilities, supplies, or utilities;
(3) determine its own fiscal procedures, including policies and procedures for the purchase of supplies and equipment; the regional school boards are exempt from AS 37.05 (Fiscal Procedures Act) and AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code);
(4) appoint, compensate, and otherwise control all school employees in accordance with this title; these employees are not subject to AS 39.25 (State Personnel Act);
(5) adopt regulations governing organization, policies, and procedures for the operation of the schools;
(6) establish, maintain, operate, discontinue, and combine schools subject to the approval of the commissioner;
(7) recommend to the department projects for construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of schools and education-related facilities as specified in AS 14.11.011(b), and plan, design, and construct the project when the responsibility for it is assumed under AS 14.11.020;
(8) by resolution adopted by a majority of all the members of the board and provided to the commissioner of the department, assume ownership of all land and buildings used in relation to the schools in the regional educational attendance area, as provided for in AS 14.08.151(b);
(9) provide housing for rental to teachers, by leasing existing housing from a local agency or individual, by entering into contractual arrangements with a local agency or individual to lease housing that will be constructed by the local agency or individual for that purpose, or, without using for the purpose that portion of public school funding that consists of state aid provided under AS 14.17, by constructing or otherwise acquiring housing that is owned and managed by the regional educational attendance area for rental to teachers;
(10) employ a chief school administrator;
(11) apply for and use the proceeds of a loan from the Alaska energy efficiency revolving loan fund (AS 18.56.855);
(12) exercise those other functions that may be necessary for the proper performance of its responsibilities.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1979–2003 · leading case: Susan Holz v. Nenana City Pub. Sch. Dist. Terry Bentley Joanne Romero Endil Moore, 347 F.3d 1176 (9th Cir. 2003).
Susan Holz v. Nenana City Pub. Sch. Dist. Terry Bentley Joanne Romero Endil Moore, 347 F.3d 1176 (9th Cir. 2003). “" Alaska Stat. § 14.08.101 (1) (Michie 2002) ("powers”), amended by 2003 Alaska Sess.”
Meiners v. Bering Strait Sch. Dist., 687 P.2d 287 (Alaska 1984). “AS 14.08.101 reads in full: Sec. 14.08.101.”
United States of Am. Ex Rel. Norton Sound Health Corp. v. Bering Strait Sch. Dist., 138 F.3d 1281 (9th Cir. 1998). “Alaska Stat. § 14.08.101 . REAAs do not have taxing power.”
Nw. Arctic Reg'l Educ. Attendance Area v. Alaska Pub. Serv. Employees, Local 71, 591 P.2d 1292 (Alaska 1979). “In light of the broad grant of self-determination given the REAAs and their power to “appoint, compensate and otherwise control all school employees,” AS 14.08.101(4), it would be contrary to the apparent legislative intent to bind the REAAs to a prior collective bargaining…”
Alaska Stat. § 14.08.101(4): 2 cases
Meiners v. Bering Strait Sch. Dist., 687 P.2d 287 (Alaska 1984). “AS 14.08.101 reads in full: Sec. 14.08.101.”
Nw. Arctic Reg'l Educ. Attendance Area v. Alaska Pub. Serv. Employees, Local 71, 591 P.2d 1292 (Alaska 1979). “In light of the broad grant of self-determination given the REAAs and their power to “appoint, compensate and otherwise control all school employees,” AS 14.08.101(4), it would be contrary to the apparent legislative intent to bind the REAAs to a prior collective bargaining…”
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