(a) A regional
resource center must consist of more than one school district.
(b) The school districts of the state public
school system may establish the following regional resource centers:
(1) Southcentral, Aleutian Chain, and Kodiak
Regional Resource Center, which is bounded by the areas served by the following
school districts:
(A) Adak Regional School
District;
(B) Anchorage School
District;
(C) Aleutians East
Borough School District;
(D)
Aleutian Region School District;
(E) Chugach School District;
(F) Copper River School District;
(G) Cordova City School District;
(H) Kodiak Island Borough School
District;
(I) Kenai Peninsula
Borough School District;
(J)
Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District;
(K) Pribilof Island School
District;
(L) Unalaska City School
District; and
(M) Valdez City
School District;
(2)
Western Regional Resource Center, which is bounded by the areas served by the
following school districts:
(A) Iditarod Area
School District;
(B) Kashunamiut
School District;
(C) Kuspuk School
District;
(D) Lower Kuskokwim
School District;
(E) Lower Yukon
School District;
(F) St. Mary's
City School District; and
(G)
Yupiit School District;
(3) Northwest Regional Resource Center, which
is bounded by the areas served by the following school districts:
(A) Bering Strait School District;
(B) Nome City School District; and
(C) Northwest Arctic Borough School
District;
(4) Bristol
Bay Regional Resource Center, which is bounded by the areas served by the
following school districts:
(A) Bristol Bay
Borough School District;
(B)
Dillingham City School District;
(C) Lake and Peninsula Borough School
District; and
(D) Southwest Region
School District;
(5)
Interior Alaska Regional Resource Center, which is bounded by the areas served
by the following school districts:
(A) Alaska
Gateway School District;
(B)
Delta-Greely School District;
(C)
Denali Borough School District;
(D)
Fairbanks North Star Borough School District;
(E) Galena City School District;
(F) Nenana City School District;
(G) North Slope Borough School
District;
(H) Tanana City School
District;
(I) Yukon Flats School
District; and
(J) Yukon Koyukuk
School District;
(6)
South East Regional Resource Center, which is bounded by the areas served by
the following school districts:
(A) Annette
Island School District;
(B) Chatham
School District;
(C) Craig City
School District;
(D) Haines Borough
School District;
(E) Hoonah City
School District;
(F) Hydaburg City
School District;
(G) Juneau Borough
School District;
(H) Kake City
School District;
(I) Ketchikan
Gateway Borough School District;
(J) Klawock City School District;
(K) Pelican City School District;
(L) Petersburg City School
District;
(M) Sitka Borough School
District;
(N) Skagway City School
District;
(O) Southeast Island
School District;
(P) Wrangell City
School District; and
(Q) Yakutat
Borough School District.
(c) A change in the boundaries of a regional
resource center, including an equitable adjustment and transfer of all
property, assets, and liabilities among the regional resource centers directly
involved in the boundary changes, will be made by the state Board of Education,
in the exercise of its discretion, upon recommendation of the
commissioner.
(d) Upon approval by
the commissioner, a regional resource center may provide a service to a
district outside the center's boundaries or to another regional resource
center. The service must be provided under a written contract.
(e) The boarding school, Mt. Edgecumbe High
School, may participate in the establishment and services of the South East
Regional Resource Center.
