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Work is underway on changes to the House's preferred draft of the state operating budget, which covers 12 months starting July 1.

Dunleavy said that after he vetoed an education bill containing a funding increase and reforms, he became curious about what Alaskans wanted.

A poll Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said there is strong support for increased education funding and that more than half of the public see reforms as crucial to improving the state’s education system. He said a permanent increase to school funding will come only after his reforms are implemented. Dunleavy said that after he vetoed […] The post Alaskans support increased education funding, reforms, according to Dunleavy poll appeared first on Alaska Beacon.

Uncover Alaska's education funding jeopardy, with $425 million of federal grant money at risk amid scrutiny over equity provisions and compliance challenges.

Members of the House Education Committee advanced a new multipart education proposal on Monday after more than a dozen amendments failed. House Bill 392, a proposal carried by Rep. Tom McKay, R-Anchorage, includes a historic $680 increase to the per-pupil formula used to fund public schools. It would also give a governor’s appointees on the […] The post Committee advances Alaska education bill with Gov. Dunleavy priorities, historic funding increase appeared first on Alaska Beacon.

The Last Frontier could lose millions in federal grants for not giving vulnerable school districts funding from the American Rescue Plan

By the end of the fractious meeting, the bill had changed substantially even though only one of more than a dozen amendments passed.

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.

According to the Senate Majority, the state has until 30 days from March 27 to rectify the situation.

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