Steve Whitney will fill a seat vacated by Will Muldoon until the school board election this October.
Education
Dunleavy vetoes compromise education funding bill, setting up override vote
House Bill 57 would have increased the base public school funding by $700 per student. Lawmakers included several policy reforms in an effort at compromise.
Alaska fails federal disparity test, putting millions in education funding at risk
Unless the state is able to appeal the decision, what’s usually tens of millions of dollars in federal aid won’t count toward the state’s education contribution for the next fiscal year.
Juneau school board considers five applicants to fill vacant seat
The five applicants include a former school board member and one of the leaders of a recall campaign for two current members.
After federal funding cut, Alaska Legislature asks Congress to help rural schools
A group of Alaska’s rural school districts are asking for help after the federal government failed to renew a program that sends grant money to logging-dependent areas.
Alaska’s education department wants to further limit local funding for schools. A new bill may prevent that.
A bill from Juneau Rep. Andi Story proposed would make it state law that local funding for non-instructional services doesn’t count when the state calculates local contributions to school districts.