(a) A school board shall establish a local Native language curriculum advisory board for each school in the district in which a majority of the students are Alaska Natives and any school district with Alaska Native students may establish a local Native language curriculum advisory board for each school with Alaska Native students in their district. If the local Native language curriculum advisory board recommends the establishment of a Native language education curriculum for a school, the school board may initiate and conduct a Native language education curriculum within grades K through 12 at that school. The program, if established, must include Native languages traditionally spoken in the community in which the school is located. Each school board conducting a program of Native language education shall implement the program as a part of regular classroom studies and shall use
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
school board: means the school board of a borough or city school district or a regional educational attendance area. See Alaska Statutes 14.60.010
(1) instructors who are certified under Alaska Stat. § 14.20.020 or 14.20.025; and(2) to the maximum extent possible
(A) instructors and instructional materials available through the University of Alaska; and(B) audio-visual, computer, and satellite technology.(b) In this section,
(1) “district” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 14.17.990;(2) “Native” means a person of one-fourth degree or more Alaskan Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut blood.