The Alaska State Board of Education and Early Development will hold a regular quarterly meeting and a professional development workshop March 14-16, 2023, in Juneau, Alaska. The board meeting will be held at the Andrew P. Kashevaroff Building, 395 Whittier Street. Public participation for the meeting will be in person and through the digital platform Zoom. The workshop will begin at 9:00 a.m. on March 14-15, 2023, and the quarterly board meeting will begin on March 16, 2023, at 8:30 a.m.

The board will take public comment on agenda and non-agenda items starting at approximately 8:45 a.m. on Thursday, March 16, 2023. Oral comment is limited to three minutes per person and five minutes per group. Public comment may be made for this meeting during this time only, in person or by joining the online Zoom meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/99391482721 or by calling 1-253-215-8782 (toll free) and selecting *9 on your phone’s keypad (Meeting ID 993 9148 2721).

This meeting will be audio-streamed through the digital platform Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/99391482721 (Meeting ID 993 9148 2721) beginning at 8:30 a.m. on March 16, 2023. When public comment is over, the meeting will continue to be broadcast at the above website.

The purpose of the meeting is to hold a professional development workshop, work session, and a business meeting.

Topics at the professional development workshop include First Alaskans Institute Training, Code.org presentation, House and Senate Education Committee hearings, and State Board committee meeting reports and discussion.

Topics at the work session include Alaska Reads Act Implementation, school construction and major maintenance list, legislative and budget update, charter school renewals, State Tribal Education Compact Demonstration Tribal Partners Awardee Selection, adoption of proposed regulations (limited teacher certificates regulation and out of state teacher reciprocity regulation).

Topics at the business meeting include approve school construction and major maintenance list, approve charter school renewals, approve State Tribal Education Compact Demonstration Tribal Partners Awardee Selection, approve adoption of proposed regulations (limited teacher certificates regulation and out of state reciprocity regulation) and appointment of Commissioner of Education and Early Development. The board will hear standing reports on the department’s divisions and the commissioner’s report.

The board may amend its published agenda. Agenda times are estimates only, and the board may consider agenda items out of order without amending its agenda. The board also reserves the right to adjourn at a time later than estimated on the published agenda.

Immediately following the work session, the advisory board of the Alaska Public School Trust Fund will hold its annual meeting on March 14, 2023, at 4:45 p.m. in the same location to review the trust’s finances and investments.

The board’s meeting packet is available online at https://education.alaska.gov/State_Board by clicking on the meeting date. Persons with disabilities who need accommodations to participate should contact Janell Andrews at 907-465-2802 or e-mail janell.andrews@alaska.gov at least five days before the accommodation is needed. For more information, call 907-465-2802.