Section 4 AAC 03.090 - Adoption of regulations(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, in AS 14.03 - AS 14.60 and AS 23.15, if state law authorizes or directs action on a regulation by "the department" or "the Department of Education and Early Development", the regulation may not be adopted, amended, or repealed unless the adoption, amendment, or repeal is approved by the board.(b) The commissioner of education and early development may adopt emergency regulations under AS 44.62.250 - AS 44.62.270 without prior board approval.Eff. 2/11/89, Register 109As of Register 151 (October 1999), the regulations attorney made technical revisions under AS 44.62.125(b)(6) to reflect the name change of the Department of Education to the Department of Education and Early Development made by ch. 58, SLA 1999, and the corresponding title change of the commissioner of education.