Assembly mulls over education funding
Posted by Maria Dudzak | Mar 3, 2021
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough has one more year before its education fund dips so low that it can either cut spending or raise taxes. The borough assembly tossed around several ideas but have yet to land on a solution.
Ketchikan has a looming problem. Borough Finance Director Cynna Gubatayao said Monday evening that its education fund reserves have been tapped over the past several years. To fund next year’s school district budget at the current level, it would fall below the $2 million savings requirement.
Gubatayao says the assembly has four options: to give around $375,000 less to schools next year, raise property or other taxes, cut local spending elsewhere or muster a five-vote supermajority to keep pulling from reserves.
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Oregon, Idaho senators lead bipartisan push for critical county payments
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) Oregon and Idaho congressional leaders are pushing to ensure counties do not lose out on essential services due to federal land ownership.
The bipartisan push for reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program is led by Senators Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho).
The bill would reauthorize the SRS program through September 2022. The program, which helps fund essential services in rural communities home to federal land, expired in September 2020; the last payment under the current authorization is scheduled for April 2021, less than two months from now.