(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - The Alaska State Board of Education & Early Development will meet starting at 8 a.m. on September 24 & 25 in the University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest Campus Conference Room, 400 East Front Street, Nome. The public is invited to attend.

The State Board will consider sending out for public comment proposed regulations to remove the limit on the number of residential schools that may be approved by the state, and allow for district-wide residential schools and residential schools that offer programs of variable length throughout the school year.

The State Board also will consider sending out for public comment proposed regulations to provide two tracks by which an early-literacy screening tool may be approved by the state.

The State Board will take public comment on agenda and non-agenda items on September 24 beginning at 8:30 a.m. Comment at this oral hearing is limited to three minutes per person and five minutes per group. Public comment can be made for this meeting, during this time only, by calling 1-855-463-5009 if you are outside of Juneau. For participation from Juneau, call 463-5009.

This meeting will be streamed through the Legislative Information Office over http://www.alaskalegislature.tv/ beginning at 8 a.m. both days (audio only). Click on the meeting name to listen to the meeting proceedings. When public comment is over, the meeting will continue to be heard at the above web site.

Comment also can be made by visiting your local Legislative Information Office (LIO). The following LIO’s will participate: Anchorage, Barrow, Bethel, Fairbanks, Juneau, Kenai, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Mat-Su, Nome, and Sitka.

On the Web:

Agenda & Information Packets
http://education.alaska.gov/State_Board/pdf/13_sept_packet.pdf.

Source of News: 

Alaska Department of Education
education.alaska.gov

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