Draft House budget includes $2,272 PFD, $680 per-student education increase, $152 million surplus
Plan boosts dividends $444 by abandoning agreement to put half the amount in reserve fund.
Source: juneauempire.com
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Plan boosts dividends $444 by abandoning agreement to put half the amount in reserve fund.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy must decide his course of action on a highly-charged education funding bill by Thursday, March 14. The governor has said he wants additional education bills passed reflecting
Public education in Alaska is at the tipping point of being asked to do more with less.
However, a “statutory” $3,688 PFD would result in a deficit of more than $1.2 billion, report says.
To the editor: I am gravely concerned about Gov. Dunleavy’s plan for education funding.