Alaska Statutes 14.42.040 – Executive officer and staff; administration

(a) The commission may appoint an executive director as the commission’s executive officer. The executive officer is a member of the exempt service under Alaska Stat. § 39.25.110, serves at the pleasure of the commission, and receives compensation fixed by the commission. The executive officer appoints persons to the staff positions authorized by the commission, and staff compensation is fixed by the commission. Each employee of the commission shall elect membership either in the state teachers’ retirement system (Alaska Stat. Chapter 14.25), if qualified, or in the public employees’ retirement system (Alaska Stat. Chapter 39.35).

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 14.42.040

board: means the state Board of Education and Early Development. See Alaska Statutes 14.60.010
commissioner: means the commissioner of education and early development. See Alaska Statutes 14.60.010
department: means the Department of Education and Early Development. See Alaska Statutes 14.60.010
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060

(b) The Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education is not a division in the Department of Education and Early Development. The commission, its members, executive officer, and staff are in the Department of Education and Early Development for administrative support services only, and they are not subject to the direction of the commissioner of education and early development or the state Board of Education and Early Development.

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