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ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) and the University of Alaska Fairbanks, K – 12 Outreach: Alaska Teachers and Personnel (UAF AT&P) hosted the first

The bill would mandate that K-12 schools could not start before the first Tuesday in September, and there is a good amount of support for it in the Legislature.

The House Education Committee heard a bill Friday that advocates for parental rights, teacher rights and academic policy committees.

"I feel like us upriver people are just being neglected," said Agnes Sanford, vice president of the Sleetmute Tribal Council.

Legislators must balance that opposition with the governor’s threat to undo their education policy, including historic funding for schools.

The state’s Board of Education and Early Development approved a priority list for half a billion dollars in construction and upkeep for schools at its regularly scheduled meeting in Juneau on Wednesday.

Retired management professor Frank Jeffries writes in a commentary that Alaska can turn to research on teacher retention to set policy.

The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development estimates that the bonus program would apply to about 215 of Alaska’s estimated 7,315 teachers — about 3%

Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry visits Chester

Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he'll veto the bill if lawmakers don't address his priorities.