There was no discussion Thursday of adding two positions that the Tlingit Culture, Language and Literacy program could stand to lose when grant funds run out.
Education
Alaska legislators press Mt. Edgecumbe officials after more than 100 students disenrolled this year
A delegation of lawmakers made an impromptu visit to the school on Feb. 6, calling the conditions and deteriorating facilities ‘deplorable.’
Juneau School Board to consider adding positions in next year’s budget
The board is expected to receive information about adding staffing to special education, homeschool, nursing and the Tlingit Culture, Language and Literacy program.
Juneau School District releases budgeting tool for community feedback on budget priorities
Balancing Act focuses on building the district’s operating budget and allows people to submit what they think it should look like.
Juneau School Board returns $1.05 million in child care funding to city
The school board unanimously approved returning the funds following multiple delays since November as board members mulled over the future of after-school child care in the district.
Alaska school maintenance backlog has reached a crisis, students and school boards tell lawmakers
Lawmakers with the bipartisan majority caucus have expressed support for more funding for schools, but point to Gov. Dunleavy’s history of vetoes as a major roadblock.