Alaska Administrative Code
Title 4 - Education and Early Development
Chapter 43 - Alaska Performance Scholarship Program
4 AAC 43.900 - Definitions

(1) "ACT" means the ACT high school achievement and college admissions examination administered by ACT, Inc.;

(2) "Alaska performance scholarship" means the scholarship program established under AS 14.43.810-14.43.849;

(3) "Alaska performance achievement scholarship" means an Alaska performance scholarship at the award level described under AS 14.43.825(a)(2);

(4) "Alaska performance honors scholarship" means an Alaska performance scholarship at the top award level described under AS 14.43.825(a)(1);

(5) "Alaska performance opportunity scholarship" means an Alaska performance scholarship at the award level described under AS 14.43.825(a)(3);

(6) "commissioner" means the Commissioner of Education and Early Development;

(7) "home-based education program" means an educational program that qualifies the student for an exemption under AS 14.30.010(b)(12) from the compulsory education requirement of AS 14.30.010(a);

(8) "SAT" means the SAT high school achievement and college admissions test administered by College Board, Inc.;

(9) "standardized examinations" means the ACT, SAT, or WorkKeys examinations;

(10) "unit of credit" has the meaning given in 4 AAC 06.075(f);

(11) "WorkKeys" means the WorkKeys Job Skills Assessment administered by ACT, Inc.

(12) "world languages" means non-English languages including Alaska Native, American Indian, and American Sign Language.