The judge didn’t just invalidate spending on private or religious schools — he found that there was no way to narrow the law enough to be constitutional and tossed out the whole correspondence school allotment system.
Education
Tongass Voices: Jeremy Kane on the philosophy of bowl-making
Kane tells his students that even if their creations will go to someone else, they still have to make them for themselves.
Alaska judge strikes down state’s cash payments to families using correspondence school programs
Decision will become a ‘hot-button legislative item’ in final weeks of session, lawmakers say.
Education commissioner disputes feds’ claim that Alaska didn’t fund schools equitably during the pandemic
The U.S. Department of Education says Alaska failed to meet conditions attached to COVID relief funding for schools in Juneau, Anchorage, Fairbanks and the Kenai Peninsula.
States beyond Alaska were surprised by COVID education grant requirement, expert says
More than 40 states were initially deemed out of compliance, but Alaska is the only state that has not resolved the dispute.
This year, colleges must choose between fast financial aid offers, or accurate ones
Colleges don’t yet trust the FAFSA data the U.S. Education Department is sending them, but there’s pressure to get aid offers out to students as soon as possible.